"I think I must be growing"*

These could be the exact words in Red's head today. We had a lovely interaction as she sat on the potty after naptime today. (Oh, there's a story there too, of course... poor girl woke up in the midst of an unexpected accident... the screams let me know this was more than just an, "Oops, I started to pee in my sleepy underwear," as we call the pull-ups she wears for nap and bedtime... thankfully it wasn't too bad!)

Well, back to the story. As she sat there trying to recover from her sudden fright and, ahem, finish her business, she looked down at the kiddy stool at her feet. She then looked up at me with absolute delight in her eyes.

Red: "Mommy! Did you notice that I can reach the stool now? My foots can touch it!"

Me: "I do notice that! You couldn't do that before, huh? You must be growing."

Red: "Yeah, I must be growing like a flower!"

And then talking about this again with her big brother (of course starting the conversation by incredulously asking, "JAM, did you know I got a little little bit of poopy on my pants?!), she added some more of her apparent knowledge of growing things:

Red to me and JAM: "Did you see that seeds grow in flowers? They just grow in their homes and grow and grow, and then they get like flowers. Like daisy flowers."

It's amazing to me how she comes out with this stuff... when she's not screaming her head off, that is.

*And, another gazillion cool points if you can identify the song and kids' songster that this title comes from...