Smartypants

There are all kinds of studies and research into siblings and how the oldest is usually legit the smartest, but I'm here to call shenanigans. I mean, I have no idea which of my kids is smarter than the other if we're talking about basic IQ. They're both smartypants? I think? It's probably not too early to call that Alexis will end up with the better grades. She can't stand to get an A- and works her butt off to make sure she gets 100% as much as possible. (We're working on taming that ... we're not succeeding, but we're working on it.) Mila, on the other hand, is going to know exactly how much she needs to do to pass. She's going to do the minimum because that's how Mila thinks. That's to say, I know for absolute certain that exactly one of my children uses their smarts for good/evil.

Hi, Mila.

On the way home from daycare today, we drove past an ice cream/pizza place. Mila, of course, asked if we could stop and get ice cream. The short answer was NOPE-ARONI because the ice cream/pizza place turns into just a pizza place in the winter. I don't know why that's a thing, but it is. No ice cream for you in February, Mila!

Mila thought that was dumb. She expressed her opinion as we continued to drive by. And then, she came up with a plan.

"Mom, I really like ice cream. Do you like ice cream?"

She knew the answer to that question. It's at the top of my food pyramid, right next to pizza. I responded as such.

"I wish we had ice cream at home," she continued. We don't have ice cream at home because my children are monsters who consume it all before I can consume it all, so now nobody gets it. That seems fair in my head.

"Wait! I know! We should stop and buy some ice cream! We can have it for dinner!" Mila had a really good plan going there, but she topped it with a cherry when she added, "That way you won't have to cook! We can just eat ice cream for dinner and you won't have to do any work. I'll clean up the dishes."

Younger siblings aren't as smart as their oldest sibling, eh? We'll see about that ...