And I was like....what????

As Mary Ella approaches five, her speech continues to mature meaning sometimes she says things I would expect to hear from a much older child. For instance, we were on our way home from school one day jamming out to Radio Disney (yes Jeanine, it is a favorite of ours too) and she begins to tell me a story. This is essentially how it went:

Mary Ella: Mom, my ear hurt today.
Me: (turning down the radio) what?
Mary Ella: Yeah, my ear hurt today while I was on the playground.
Me: You mean it hurt on the inside or on the outside of your ear?
Mary Ella: Well, I was just playing on the playground and my ear started hurting inside and
I was like 'oh my goodness, why is my ear hurting?' (I wish I could accurately describe the non-verbal cues paired with this statement)
Me: (attempting to hold back the laughter b/c she gets horribly embarrassed if she feels she is laughed at) You were like what?
Mary Ella: I was like, 'oh my goodness'

It is moments like these that remind me time is continuing on and she is reaching the age where she wants to sound more "adult-like" especially since she is the oldest sibling.

When listening to her speak, I've also become aware of some things I say on a regular basis that I honestly didn't realize come out of my mouth. We were spending an afternoon at home and Mary Ella was playing "mom" to Addy (big shocker, I know) and she kept referring to Addy as "baby cakes"

"C'mon baby cakes"
"This way baby cakes"
"Awww, baby cakes, are you alright?"
"what is it baby cakes?"

It was at that moment I realized I say that all the time. I mean really...baby cakes? Where did I ever come up with that? Do you think I can call them that in high school? Probably not. They'll break me of that habit long before I'm sure. But for now, I guess it will keep coming out of my mouth until one of our daughters finally tells me how horribly embarrassing it is. Oh goodness, I'm going to be one of those parents.