Wit & Wisdom, week of Halloween

Here is this week's wit and wisdom. New words are in italics.

• We were on our way to Boo in the Zoo, and we passed a gas station. Maggie asked what C-I-T-G-O spelled, and I told her Citgo, which is the name of that gas station. She thought for a minute and said, "Is it called that because you sit while you're getting gas, and then you go when you're done?" I thought that was a pretty good theory!


• "I can't do it now. I have to work until 10 o'clock."


• She was reading her new American Girl catalog on the way to preschool this week and said, "You know, Mommy, I wouldn't mind having another Bitty Baby." Oh really, I asked. "Yeah," she answered. "Two babies ... that would be awesome." (By the way, I did not plan to encourage the American Girl phenomenon this early. Bobby's dad got her Bitty Baby for Christmas last year, and now she's on their mailing list.)


• "Daddy, Daddy, can I be the leader since I'm so special and since I just had a birthday and I just played Cariboo?"


• "I'm going to eat with my fork and spoon because I want to eat politely."


• We were in the dentist's waiting room, and the TV was showing MSNBC's live coverage of a McCain speech. Maggie asked, "Is that Palin?" Perhaps we're exposing her to a little too much political talk ...