A couple weeks ago, I hosted a baby shower at our house.  So for a while, we had blue balloons randomly floating around our house.  Naturally, Alethea thought that was pretty cool, but I started getting sick of them, so one by one, I was slowly popping and disposing of them.

Finally, last Sunday, we were down to two balloons.  The girls hadn’t played with them for days, so I felt pretty safe popping them and tossing them in the trash.  I did wait until the girls were safe in bed, just to avoid any scenes, but I didn’t think anyone would miss them.

Then today at breakfast, Alethea looked around and said, “Where are the balloons that we used to have?”

Gulp!  Quick thinking me said, “I think they popped.  They’re gone now.”

Alethea thought about that for a second and then asked, “Mommy popped them?”

I tried avoidance, “Maybe…”

Alethea wasn’t settling for that, “Mommy popped them?”

Time to fess up, “Yes, Alethea, Mommy popped them and threw them away.”

But what I want to know is, how did my little girl get so smart so quickly?!