Karma

As usual, I've been running around like a crazy person and haven't updated, thus forgetting more of Ava's recent humorous moments than I remember...but here's what I've got...

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Ava sometimes gets angry at me and will lash out and hit/pinch/bite (in response to CJ getting "too much" attention, like when I'm feeding him). Occasionally she'll try to hurt me and inadvertently hurt herself, so I--being a mature adult--have sometimes reacted by saying, "Oooooh! Karma!" So now Ava uses that word, but doesn't quite understand it: for example, she'll trip and fall (not trying to attack me, just walking or playing) and then she'll yell, "KARMA!" Or she'll randomly leap at me and yell it.

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Me: "Ava, tomorrow my friend is coming over and she's bringing her little boy over to play with you!"

Ava: "Oh, that's WONDERFUL! He's my best friend!"

Me: "You haven't met him yet, sweetie."

Ava: "But he's my best buddy! He's a little boy, just like me!"

Me: "Yeah, you're not a boy."

Ava: "Oh. Haha! I'm a girl! (pause) Does he have feet like me?"

Me: "Um, yes, I'm quite certain he has feet."

Ava: "And hands? And a face?"

Me: "Yes, I'm positive he has hands and a face."

Ava; "Oh, okay!"

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Ava: "I'm going to step on a squirrel!"

Me: "Why?"

Ava: "TO MAKE HIM DEAD!"

(She doesn't know what that means, I think she just thinks it means injured. Kind of disturbing either way...)

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speaking of dead...

Me: "Ooooh, Ava! Look at this little butterfly on the driveway! He's so cute!" (too late I realize it's dead) "Aw, nevermind honey. He's dead. Let's put him over here in the plant."

Ava: "I'm going to share my Popsicle with the butterfly! He's my little butterfly friend!"

Me: "Oh, he is? What's his name?"

Ava: "Little Butterfly Friend."

(A few minutes later)

Ava: "I'm going to talk to my butterfly friend for ten minutes! Then he's going back into the woods!"

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Ava: (talking to her brother) "CJ, I love you, you cute little boy! You can stay with us forever!"

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Ava: (mad at me for scolding her for not cooperating at bedtime) "Fine! I'm not sharing my cupcakes with you! You can't have any cupcakes OR any water! Hmph!"

Me: "Where are you going to get the cupcakes?"

Ava: "From the store!"

Me: "Really? Who's going to get them for you?"

Ava: "You are!"

Me: "So...I'm going to have to go to the store and get the cupcakes, and then you won't give me any?"

Ava: "YES!"

Me: "Alrighty then."