The other day Payton and I were picking out a card for her two year old cousin's birthday. I was looking at the cards and Payton said to me:

"Mommy, he is just little so I think he needs a little card."

Payton found a pair of binoculars last night and she walked up to me and said:

"Mommy look at my woggle goggles."

Which is now what I will call binoculars.

I told Payton to pick up her mess, she replied to me:

"I think daddy can."

Payton busted out a little free-style rap today and it went like this:

"Do I look like a cow? I don't even know your name!"

Yet again I was telling Payton that it was too cold to go outside. She simplified things this time and said:

"Umm, jackets."

Payton wanted Matt to get her something to drink. So she walked up to him face to face and says:

"Daddy. Look at me. Sunny D."

Direct, straight to the point and a lot like her mommy.

Payton was riding on her bike and ran into a pile of wood, which prompted this reply:

"Oh sorry wood, blah, blah, blah."

We had a surprise for Payton this weekend and all week long she was trying to figure out what it was. The other day she said:

"Mommy what is the name of my surprise?"

Like that wasn't the same as me telling her what it is.

Payton just sitting here after waking up says:

"Mommy feel my muscles."

I felt them and said "Wow you are strong."

Nonchalantly Payton replies "Yep."

Payton wanted to go outside but I said "It's too cold to go outside."

"We can put on coats!"

Well duh to me, I guess I never thought of that.

Payton and I were talking about a cartoon that she wanted to watch and I told her it wasn't on. To which she replied:

"You need to Netflix it then."

I asked Payton to get out of the kitchen. She looked up at me with her cute puppy dog eyes and said:

"But Mommy, I thought I was your favorite."

Payton saw a VHS tape and asked:

"What is that??"

Matt- "It's a movie."

Payton- "Well how does it play in a DVD player?"

Just a sign of the times, this is the generation where VHS tapes become a foreign object that they know NOTHING about.

I told Payton I was going to kick her butt, she said to me:

"Yeah, Call your mom!"

Sitting in a room looking cute as ever Payton says:

"I have a great family."

Any time we get into the car to go somewhere we hear one of two things:

"What miles is it to ____?"

        or

"How do we get there? Do we go down, over that way, over that way and then we are there?"

Matt was talking about needing to find someone to shave his head to which Payton says:

"I can!"

Now that would be an awesome hair cut.

Payton likes to tell stories, mainly about things that happened in the past. These days the majority of her stories start with:

"Back when I was 3"

Keep in mind, she is 4.

I was trying to do Payton's hair and she looked at me so sure of herself and said:

"Seriously mommy, it's not going to happen."

Today we were talking about personal space and tonight Payton was sitting on my lap and hopped off and said:

"Mommy I need a lot of time alone."

Then she trotted off downstairs.

Payton- "I know what it is, you are jealous."

Me- "What am I jealous of?"

Payton- "Me. That's why you want me to pick up my toys."

Today I was telling Payton to quit wrestling with a baby to which she replied-

"Geeze, how many times are you going to talk."

Watching Vampire Diaries Payton says to me-

“Mommy is this the Vampire Diarrhea's?”

Payton looking at my bottle of pink lemonade

“Mommy I know you have pink and I know you have lemon, but what is nade?”

“You’re a mean mean mommy and that’s why I don’t like you!!”

She doesn’t throw fits too often but this fit made me both really sad and also laugh hysterically all at the same time.

Payton after playing with her new toys on Christmas

“Mommy is Santa going to come in the morning again?”

Mommy- “No Santa only comes on Christmas.”

Payton- “Well I want it to be Christmas in the morning.”

If only I had that power.

Payton- "Mommy I'm going potty. Number 1 and number 3."

Me- "What is number 3?"

Payton- "Washing my hands."

By the sounds of her answer I was OBVIOUSLY supposed to know this.

"Mommy you're so lovable."

This absolutely melts my heart.

Payton- "Mommy I want something to eat."

Me- "Well are you hungry?"

Payton- "No I'm just treaty."