Bea, blithely to her friend Ethan today, in response to his fear of the Abominable Snowman:

"Snowmonster? I like him. It's no problem."

(Of course she pronounced it, 'ploblem.' And she waved her hand as if she and snowmonsters are well acquainted and on tea-drinking terms). Then they embarked on a serious discussion about dinosaures being 'stinct.

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Tonight she sat on my lap and said, "You know a boy in my class said a funny thing. He said, "When I grow up, I'm going to become a little boy." Isn't that funny?" And she laughed and laughed.

It seemed really funny at the time.