Claire...

Claire has always been my quiet one. She can speak just fine, but usually chooses not to - and loves to be left alone to play by herself. It's not very often that I can get her to talk much.

Yesterday I had fed the girls lunch, and with their lunches I'd made them eat three baby carrots each, bribing them with a special treat if they did. Kaiya and Emmie did fine, but Claire is not a huge fan of carrots and choked them down VERY slowly and painfully. When she'd finally finished I threw a "circus peanut" candy on her plate. She scowled at it for a while - I think because after carrots she assumed that one more orange thing was not a very good prize.

I had to actually coax her to eat it. I said, "Claire, it's a treat. Try it. It's yummy."

With a very suspicious look on her face she took a small bite, then very clearly said, "HOLY COW, what is 'dis?!?"

Another fan of circus peanuts. My work is done.

At least she speaks when it's truly important.