I say something humorous. Top Management and the 4-year-old laugh appropriately. The 7-year-old grins, showing off the gap where one of her incisors had resided until just earlier today, then scrunches up her nose and sticks out her tongue.
"There's something on the tip of your tongue," I say. "Is...is that a fingernail?"
Her face changes, as she tries but fails to imitate the emotionless lack of expression expression her older sister has perfected for just such busted occasions. The corners of her mouth twitch with a smile she cannot entirely hide. "A toenail," she grudingly admits.
Fantastic--hard to top that!
Posted by: sarah | Monday, November 04, 2013 at 03:47 AM