Gabrielle, whilst dressing for school this morning: "Mom, did you know that aliens don't leave cookies and milk for Santa? They leave soda and old shoes."
Me: (perplexed as usual) "So Santa goes to outer space? Aliens celebrate Christmas?"
Ellie: "Yes, but aliens don't put ornaments on a tree. They put really tiny trees on a HUGE ornament."
Me: (admittedly admiring the antimetabolic nature of her response) [Editor's Note: For non-logophiles, antimetabole is the repetition of words in reverse order, often used to reinforce parallel contrast...OK, I will stop. Stop I will, OK?]
"How do you know all this about aliens?"
Gabrielle: (admonishingly sentient) "Mom, I just know."
Huh. I just know. Oh, she also knew this little tidbit this afternoon: "God is a ghost."
I guess I should be glad He's not an alien, what with the old shoes and HUGE ornament and all...
Out of the mouths of...well, the adorable Connor kids...tee hee!
Posted by: Michelle Hopkins | January 19, 2012 at 04:30 PM