Skewed Version of Reality

Today my girls came back from daycare having completed a "project". The project was an "all about me" fact sheet. Ashley is too little to communicate her answers, but following is Katelyn's:

When I grow up I want to be:
A babysitter and a mom

I help others by:
Making Special Cookies

Favorite Food:
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Favorite Animal:
Elephant

Favorite Book:
Bernstein Bears Grow Plants

Favorite Color:
FEALO

I am special because:
When mom and dad put me to bet, I fall right to sleep.

Now, the first few answers are cute and Kelly was happy that Katelyn wanted to be a mom....but we soon became aware of Katelyn's version of reality versus ours. By the animal question, we were beginning to wonder if we were sent a different kids answer sheet home. Katelyn is afraid of elephants. They squish things. Katelyn does like Bernstein Bears, but we don;t have that book. I am not sure what color FEALO is, but we know for a fact that her real favorite is pink or purple, and the last question is the funniest of all.

In the last 276 days, Katelyn has stayed in bed 4 times. Typically we put her to bed, and she moves into a number of reasons of why she needs to stay up later, ranging everywhere from "I already took a nap" to "I have to poop". This involves either screaming at the top of her lungs until we come back in the room, or simply getting out of bed and opening her door and walking out of her room.

So, the only conclusion we can come to is that Katelyn in fact knows that she never goes right to sleep, and therefore is tormenting us with her sarcasm.

Three and half years old, and sarcastic. I think we are venturing into that realm of "wait until you have kids" that I used to hear from my folks.....

Even though I now wonder if the really mean it when they say I am their best friend.....I love my girls....