Sometimes the best moments for me as a parent are when my kids are so exhausted they say crazy nonsensical things that leave me shaking my head and laughing all the way to the peanut butter ice cream stash.

Last night was one of those nights.

Chloe had successfully completed her second full week of all day every day kindergarten, something I never thought I would ever be able to say with any form of the words “success” or “complete” in the same sentence.
She did not sleep through dinner as she had all previous nights leading up to yesterday and she even managed to fully commit to her first swimming lesson of the season.

Progress.

But then just as she was closing her eyes, mountain of books piled high atop three pillow pets, her Tim-Bits participation soccer medal and her beloved pink fuzzy she gave me two reasons to stop and pause.

Chloe: Mommy, snake starts with….

Yes Chloe!!!? Yes?? Is she actually going to tell me she knows the first letter of a word? Giddy with anticipation.

Chloe: Snake starts with…snake starts with…sssssssssssssssssssssss

Oh my God she’s going to say “snake starts with S!” Sound the alarms! Fire the canons!

Chloe: Snake starts with sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-C!

So close.

As I giggled and told her, “Actually Chloe, snake starts with the letter S” because I’m a huge jerk, she dealt me a real brain teaser.

She said, “Did you know that people (insert delightful 3 year old yawn here) Did you know that people have more backs than frogs?”