Alex wants to be a cover girl!

I picked up Alex from school today and her teacher (very conservative, VERY Christian, older woman---wonderful teacher--super awesome, but I'm always worried Alex is going to say something crazy, or I will, and she will think we are lax sinners or something...you know the type?) anyway, she looks at me and said, "So Alex told me what she wants to be when she gets older today..." She frequently has funny stories but I had the feeling this one was going to be uncomfortable for me by the way she started to tell me.

Me: "Oh, did she?"

Teacher: "yes, she said she wants to be a 'covergirl'"....

me: "a what?! Oh MY! I can't believe she said that! where did she get that I wonder?"

and then her teacher started to laugh and said, "yes, she wants to cover people up with blankets"

then Alex chimed in, "yeah, mom, I want my job to be covering people with blankets, and my friends, and you and daddy." A wave of relief must have been obvious because her teacher kept laughing and said, "I wanted to see what your reaction would be to that one!"

Nice.

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Al and I were playing 'I spy' out my bedroom window this eve and I said, "I spy something green and it's not the grass."

She puts her finger to her chin, "hmmmm....Coopy's toy!" [there was a stuffed green bone-shaped toy in our front yard]

"Yea! Great job! first try!" I say.

She shakes her head and giggles, "Mom, there are polka dots on that toy. It's not JUST green." She says this while patting my shoulder as though I have just learned a very important lesson from a very big mistake. Then she says (while nodding her head in a better-luck-next-time sort of fashion), "But that's ok, mom. At least you tried."

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On an unrelated note Alex and started watching the movie Enchanted on netflix (instant play) after I had gone to put it on our list and discovered it was avail on instant play. Anyway, we had been seeing previews of it on another movie we rented so we both wanted to see it. Probaby me more than her, I admit it. But we are about half way through it and I have to say it's super cute! I would prob watch it even if I DIDN'T have a three year old. I may not tell anyone, but I would. I found it interesting that Alex kept obsessing about the 'fashion' and the like in the movie. "Mommy, how is she going to fix her boodiful [beautiful] gown?" she would whisper in disbelief when it ripped....or, "Mommy, how will she get her crown back? It is so special?... or, "Mom, what will happen if she gets that dress all wet?" "Mom, where is her boodiful dress? Why isn't she wearing it now? Can she make herself a new one?" when the princess had on a different gown, she asked with a gasp, "MOM! how did she make that dress!?" and the questions went on and on ALL revolving around clothing and jewelry---a very very small part of the movie, not even really mentioned!!! And the ironic thing is I (the main womanly/girly influence in her life) has lately been seen in only sweats and sweatshirts or my work scrubs, rarely do I wear jewelry and even more rarely do I talk about precious amazingly boodiful gowns being so very important. Perhaps I should take a hint from my fashion savvy tot?