At one point today I got frustrated when Brin kept unrolling the ball of yarn I was rolling up for her. She responded to my exasperated sigh in a monotone robot voice: “Beep, bop, borp. I’m sorry.”

In the car today I’m telling Kristina about a recent trip to the grocery store with Brin. Ears perking up and wanting to be part of the conversation, Brin asks, “What happened when something happened?”

As Brin and I are driving back from the grocery store, she realizes she’s left behind a pad of post-it notes at the store. Dismayed, she started to have a made-up conversation between her and Mommy.

“Mommy, I left the papers at the store.”

An exaggerated gasp from “Mommy”.

“Brin! That’s not very exciting.”

We were listening to a phonics song in the car today. At one point Brin says with some injured dignity, “Dad! B isn’t for banana. It’s for Brinley. Buh buh Brinley.”