Me: Amalia, what do you think we should have for dinner tonight? I was thinking maybe chili and grilled cheese ... does that sound good?
Amalia: No. How about grilled cheese and ... tortellini?!
Me: Well, no. We had ravioli last night, so we're not having tortellini today.
Amalia: (annoyed) Moooom, tortellini is NOT ravioli. They are not the same thing!
Me: Yes, they basically are. They are just different shapes.
Amalia: Oh. Well, we could have Baylor's favorite food instead!
Me: Isn't Baylor's favorite food tortellini?
Amalia: (thinking) No, it's some other kind of pasta. What is it? What is it? Hm ...
Me: I mean, I thought it was tortellini ...
Amalia: (excitedly) That's it! Tortellini! Baylor's favorite food is tortellini! We should have that tonight for dinner! (proud of herself for solving the riddle and finding a dinner solution)
Me: *sigh*
Amalia: No. How about grilled cheese and ... tortellini?!
Me: Well, no. We had ravioli last night, so we're not having tortellini today.
Amalia: (annoyed) Moooom, tortellini is NOT ravioli. They are not the same thing!
Me: Yes, they basically are. They are just different shapes.
Amalia: Oh. Well, we could have Baylor's favorite food instead!
Me: Isn't Baylor's favorite food tortellini?
Amalia: (thinking) No, it's some other kind of pasta. What is it? What is it? Hm ...
Me: I mean, I thought it was tortellini ...
Amalia: (excitedly) That's it! Tortellini! Baylor's favorite food is tortellini! We should have that tonight for dinner! (proud of herself for solving the riddle and finding a dinner solution)
Me: *sigh*
(While my back was to her as I was washing a dish ...)
Amalia: Mom! Mom! Where did my other hand go?! Ahhh!
Me: (after turning around) Umm ...
Amalia: I mean, it used to be right here, and now it's gone! (gesticulates with her other hand the airspace where the missing hand used to be)
Me: (playing along) Geez, I don't know.
Amalia: Did you check my back?
Me: (after walking around her) Ah! There it is!
Amalia: Yay! There it is! And it has my other grape!
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