But don't ask Ms. Jade 'bout it . . . . .

The latest joke in our house is with Cora and her daycare teacher, Ms. Jade.  Every afternoon after lunch the children are required to lay down and take a nap at daycare.  Often, Cora doesn't fall asleep and she's quite crabby in the evenings.  Well, in our house the rule is, "If you're crabby and you didn't take a nap, you have to go to bed early."  One evening a few weeks ago Cora was particularly crabby and I just knew she hadn't had her nap at daycare.  So I asked her if she had taken her nap.  She thought about it for quite a while and you could just see the wheels spinning in her head.  "If I didn't take a nap, mom is going to make me go to bed early."  And she just didn't want to miss out on anything around the house.  So she looked right at me and said, "Mom, I taked a nap today, but don't ask Ms. Jade 'bout it." 

I couldn't keep myself from laughing.  She lied right to my face but was smart enough to know that she could cover her tracks if only I didn't talk to Ms. Jade about it.  So since I busted out laughing, Cora uses the phrase, "but don't ask Ms. Jade 'bout it" all the time to make me laugh.  Silly little Cora . . . .