Vegetables & Possesion

Today at the grocery store, Stuart & Sabrina were riding in the car cart (they have these great new ones at Dierberg's) and simply enjoying spotting all their favorite fruits and vegetables. One of the produce managers smiles as he walks by us and Stuart immediately says, "Hi!" And Sabrina mimics him. Stuart begins to tell the employee all about the kind of vegetables we have in our cart, what they are for, and which ones he doesn't like. The poor man is listening to Stuart's rambling story—punctuated with a lot of 'ums'—when Sabrina interrupts, "That's MY mommy. My mommy. Dis mmmyyy mommy," with her first finger pointing at me and looking at the grocer with her chin down and through the tops of her eyes with her brows furrowed. Stuart is still talking, now about the veggies he does like. The stunned man doesn't know what to do. You can see all over his face, he feels like he's walked into hidden quicksand while simply trying to stock the zucchini. Mercifully, I tell the kids to say, "Good-bye, sir" and away we go in our little car.

I think, "Well, at least they're friendly." And then I remember Sabrina's finger-wagging, property-claiming interruption and that self-talk went out the window! Well, at least they're funny!