Take One On the Chin
Elie and I were just watching "The Little Mermaid" and she kept crawling on me... Suddenly, she grabbed my cheeks and said, "Daddy. I'm in love." Um...you're three... (actually, my mind flashed foward about 13 years to when she says that to me and means some boy who will be totally inappropriate for my little princess...visions of trying to scare him off with a variety of faked insanities...) So, I say, "With who?" "With you. And with Rachie. And with Mommy." Then she hugged me and gave me a kiss on the cheek - for which I was rewarded with..."Ow!" She twisted my chin. "Why do you have pepper here?" "No, that's my beard. I need to shave it off." "Why did you shave off your beard? I like your beard." "I shave every day." "It's salt...um...it's pepper." Then she settled back into my lap as King Triton threw a fit that Sebastian had allowed Ariel near humans... ...