The things kids say

This morning the girls and I decided to go for a walk. As we were walking past the area to take us to the school playground Aaliyah informs me that she wants to go over there to play. The problem is that in order to get to the school you have to cross a canal and to do that you have to walk up about 5 cement stairs. My back is still not in the best of shape and trying to haul a double stroller with 2 kids in it up those stairs was not something I wanted to do. Of course, Aaliyah wanted to know why we couldn't go and I informed her I wasn't strong enough to pull the stroller up. Her response, " Probably because you are lonely too." Where the kid comes up with these things I don't know. For some reason she says I am not strong enough because I am lonely. She then proceeds to tell me that her mom is strong enough.

We decide to take a different street than we normally do for our walk and end up on a street with no sidewalk. We've been trying to teach the girls that you don't go in the road and must always stay on the sidewalk. So Aaliyah starts going off on how we need to find a sidewalk. We ended up on a busy street and I was sure there would be a sidewalk there but there wasn't. We turned around and headed back the way we came and Aaliyah started lecturing me for about 5 minutes on how I needed to listen to her and I wasn't being safe. I really wish I could record the stuff she says because her tone makes everything she says so funny.