Emily -- The LadyBug Whisperer

Emily and I were cutting up some strawberries this afternoon and she saw a lady bug. This is how the conversation went:

Emily: Hello, Lady Bug. Are you dead?
Emily: You're not dead? Do you like strawberries?
Emily: Then why don't you eat some? (She offers a strawberry to the bug.)
Emily: You can't have anymore. We have to save them.


I asked Emily after this how she could talk to the lady bug and she said (matter of factly), "She would shake her head yes or no, Mama." (Can you hear the teenage attitude? This is something new recently! Luckily (?), it's just the sound of attitude -- the lack of respect and eye-rolling hasn't sunk in yet. Hallelujah!)

What a character!! :)