so the other day, ella and i are hanging out and she’s busy coloring in her new coloring book.  it has all kinds of pictures of baby animals doing very human-like activities (that’s anthropomorphism for those of you keeping track) like skate boarding and ballet, but she’s in hog heaven.

well, i’m busy getting ready and she stops coloring and looks up at me and says, “momma, penguins are birds.”

“mmm-hmm.  that’s right.  penguins are birds.”

“momma, penguins are birds that cannot fly.”

“you’re right; they can’t.”  i thought for a moment about this.  ”um, ella, who taught you that penguins can’t fly?”  i know i didn’t, so who should i credit here?

“momma, nobody taught me that.  it’s just word on the street.”

i give her the sideways look and burst out laughing.

“momma, why are you laughing at me?”

“because.  you are HILARIOUS!”