Shelby-isms

Shelby is now at the age where we never quite know what is going to come out of her mouth, and she often leaves us rolling in laughter. I love this stage!!!! It was one of my very favorite things about teaching kindergarten. :)  Here are a few things she's said recently that we don't want to forget....

--After sitting down at a booth at Raising Cane's for lunch, Shelby asked: "Why does this table have two couches?"
--While looking at her reflection in the mirror, Shelby asked: "Mommy, why does my eye have a hole?" {Referring to her pupil}
--As we were writing birthdays down on Shelby's princess calendar, I told Shelby that September 25th was Auntie Em's birthday. Her response: "Oh, yay! We've got to tell Auntie Em about that!" ;)
--Shelby asked why it was cold one day. I told her it was cold b/c it was winter. To which she replied: "It's not winter b/c it's not snowing yet." ;)  Poor girl wants to see snow in the worst way! Little does she know, it's never going to happen here on the Gulf Coast!
--When I went to get Shelby out of bed one morning, she rubbed her eyes and said "Well that was a long one!" I asked her what was long, and she replied "My nap!" Apparently, we need to discuss the difference between naps & nighttime sleep. ;)
--Shelby is such a smart kid--she can read books well beyond the kindergarten level, she can write her name, count to 100, name several nocturnal animals, and the list goes on--but she can never, ever correctly identify the three meals of the day. ;)  She knows it's breakfast, lunch, and dinner but she can never correctly name the meal when we are eating it. For example, as we were eating breakfast this morning she asked "What can we play after lunch, Mama?" ;)  We keep thinking she'll figure it out, but not yet! Ha!

And here's a video of Shelby reading one of her pigeon books a few weeks ago. She is the most expressive reader, and I can't get enough of listening to her read!

At least once every night after Shelby is in bed, we talk about some crazy thing she did or said that day. And Derek's response is always a simple "I love that girl." Shelby, I hope you always know how very much we love you!