Word Choice is Important

Tonight Paige swallowed a mouthful of soapy bath water.  Her mouth was burning and felt soapy and she was miserable.  We were getting her water to rinse her mouth out, water to drink and some saltine crackers to help get the soapy taste out.  After a while, I told her that she needed to be careful with soap because if you drink it "it can make you sick as a dog."  She stopped in her tracks, looked totally horrified and said, "You mean I'm going to turn into a dog?!"  We assured her she would NOT be turning into a dog, just as soon as we stopped giggling.

Elise thinks this saying is so funny:  "Some people need a high five.  In the face.  With a chair.  Made of steel."  She was telling this to Paige a while back and when she got to the part about the chair made of steel, Paige said, "Somebody's going to steal a chair?"  No amount of explaining could convince her no one was going to steal Elise's chair. :)