“Look, look!?”
“Hey! You’re missing something!”
“No, it’s right here in my hand, see?”
“Wow!”
“I’m a big girl now.”
“Oh, yeah? Who told you that you were allowed to grow up?”
“I told myself, Mommy.”
“Okay . . . . Can I still call you peanut?”
Sigh. “Yes.”
Earful of Cider 