aged 3

1. Yesterday at the library my three-year-old cast a ballot for duck from the book Duck for President. A reporter from the local daily asked her who she voted for. She looked up and without a beat replied, "I voted for John McCain." My partner, terrified lest someone think she got the idea that McCain was the one to vote for from us, said "E who did Mommy and Daddy vote for?" "Barack Obama. He says 'Yes we can.'" "Who did you vote for, E?" "Duck for President!"
2. Later in the day E approached me. "Mom do you think we could go to abc.com today? It's up on Burlington Street and you have to go down low. I think it will take about 30 minutes to get there."
3. Last week we attended a local event, The Enchanted Forest. A city forest preserve is turned into a magical place complete with witches and elves and fairys and trolls. E found the whole thing a little scary but, later, in reviewing the evening, she said, "My favorite was the remote controls." "Huh?" "The remote controls were so funny. They were wrestling and dancing and one was up in a tree." "Ah" I replied "the remote con TROLLS."