Geez, Lady!
By Diane Ako
Four year olds are so sassy. I know this because I've observed Olivia with her preschool friends for half a day on field trips, so I have a little perspective.
One Sunday, it was very hot at home, so she took off her shirt and shorts while playing. Eventually, I told her I would take her for a walk. It's cooler outside.
"I have to put on my clothes first," she said.
I wanted to joke with her. "What for?"
"Everyone wears clothes when they go outside," she said to me.
"Who is everyone?" I asked.
"Everyone. You, Daddy, Jul, Popo, Kaili, Kira," she detailed.
"Well, sometimes babies don't have to wear clothes," I said.
She started to look exasperated. "Um, Gabe-ster wears clothes and he's just a baby," she pointed out. Gabe is her friend's little brother.
"Maybe some African people don't wear clothes," I suggested, thinking of something I've seen in National Geographic.
Now she looked at me like I was nuts. "Um, I'm not African. Geez, Lady!"
She got off the couch to put her clothes on. We had our fully clothed walk.



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July 6th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Sounds like my niece was except it was day-time vs night-time clothes. When she started school I was told to change my clothes from my night-time to day-time clothes so I could drop her off at pre-school. HA!
July 8th, 2012 at 10:54 pm
That girl sure is sharp. I'm not sure who's joking with who. LOL!