The newly minted 9-yr-old is not in training to be a teenager. She’s in training to be 21. <\/p>\n
She insisted that she would take her bath without fuss, if only I would please put several ice cubes into the warm water of the tub when it was full. <\/p>\n
“Deal,” says I. In with the water, in with the kid, in with the ice cubes, out with the innocence. For the record, it has been a very long time since I was in 3rd grade. “I take it you’re studying the different properties of water in school, how it can go from a solid to a liquid to a gas all within average temperatures found on Earth?” <\/p>\n
“No,” says she, “I like to pretend the bathtub is a big drink, like your margarita. I’m the lime!”<\/p>\n
This cannot be healthy. I suppose I’m just glad she doesn’t want salt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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