Overheard at the Zoo

Poodle: Mommy, I really need to put this tiara and veil on your hair.

Lok: Honey, I need to keep my hair looking half way decent until after my appointment this afternoon, but after that, you can do anything you want to it.

Poodle: But Mooommmmmmeeeeee, I REALLY need to!

Lok: Tell you what, go put it on Daddy. Tell Daddy that Mommy said he needs to wear it.

Poodle: Daddeeee - Mommy said you need to wear this.

Jmk (from other room): Oh, no no no. You tell Mommy that she's crazy as a loon.

Poodle: Mommy! You're a crazy balloon!

Conversation with Poodle

(as I'm putting peanut butter on some crackers for her snack)

P: "Look Mommy - is this too much?", as she holds up a finger with peanut butter on it.
M: Poodle, what did I tell you about putting your finger in the peanut butter jar?
P: "I don't know"
M: That is bad manners, and yucky, and you are not to do it.
P: "I know, Mommy".
M: If you do it again, you will get punished. Do you know what punished means?
P: "Tell me, Mommy".
M: It means to 'get in trouble'.
P: "Oh! I know 'get in trouble'!"

I realize that her last statement loses something in the typed version, so let me just translate for you. If she were able to elaborate her statement with adult fashion, she would have said "Oh! I know all about getting in trouble!"

Bless her heart. ::cough::

Is it animal, vegetable, or mineral?

me to Poodle:
Is a strawberry a fruit or a vegetable?

Poodle:
It's a fruit!

me:
Good. Hmmm.... are YOU a fruit or a vegetable?

Poodle:
::scrunched face:: I'm a princess!