Quick funnies from each kid

Edith:

This morning she came in and announced that instead of the clothes Daddy picked out, she was going to choose her own outfit. We agreed that that was fine--great. The result: A long white skirt with tiers of ruffles trimmed in magenta, purple and blue; green-and-blue flowered legwarmers; and a black T-shirt with a sequin-studded skull and crossbones and a bow on the skull's head. With snakers (as she calls them). I didn't dare take a picture lest I make her self-conscious. But it was fabulous.

Alice:

We were up in the mountains this weekend, and on the way home we started seeing flurries. "That's snow! It's snowing!" Tom said excitedly.

"Snow! White! Fall from da sky!" yelled Alice.

Yes, we agreed. She kept announcing it; we kept agreeing.

Then, "I scehhed snow, white, fall from da sky."

Why are you scared, we asked. It's okay; snow can't hurt you.

Then, "I scehhed Snow White fall from da sky. Sleeping Booty fall from da sky?"

We found it surprisingly hard to explain to Alice what snow is, when it isn't a princess.