Laugh Out Loud

As you may know I have two crumb snatchers... here lately I have noticed my daughter says things that just force me to laugh out loud. Which I try as hard as possible to never do because she doesn't quite get the difference between laughing at someone for being cute versus laughing at them because they did something embarrassing.

An example of a few of those LOL moments are what follows:
In late April of 08 my parents were visiting, my daughter calls my mom "Nama" and not "grandma," or any typical type name. So, my mom and I are on the couch in the living room looking at pictures of tire swings and trying to decide which animal we like better when we hear:

"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamaaaaaaa... will you come color with me?"

We both end up ignoring it because I here "Nama" and my mom hears "Mama" so of course we both thought the other was being addressed. After a few of those we hear:

"Nama, I am talking to you!" as my daughter just appears right behind us.

"Oh Sizzy I am sorry, "Nama" and "Mama" sound so close; they sound the same, so much so that I can't tell if you are calling me "Nama" or your mama. Why don't you call me Grandma?"

"Then let's try this again ok? NA MA! Will you come color with me?"

And yet another name related kidism...

"Maaaaaaaama.... mommy, mommy... MAAAAAAAMA.... mommy... mmmmmmmama!"

"Sizzy you only have to call me one time! That is all... just once... ok?"

After having taken care of that issue... not minutes later I hear...

"Mommy!!! MOOOOOOOOOOOM MEEEE! Mommy, MAMA.... "

"You are driving me crazy cuteness! I said one time, just call my name one time, all you need is to say "Mommy," that is all."

"Ok mommy."

As I wonder to myself if it is ever going to get through to her thick little head how absolutely annoying it is to hear "Mommy" 500 times in a row, I hear...

MOOOOOMMMMYYYYYY.... Mama! Can you come here... mommy.... mommy are you coming? (it must be noted that she is actually walking toward me at this time) Mommy I said I want you to come here... mamma! MAWmmmmmmmy!"

To which I mutter under my breath "I am going to change my name!!!"

My daughter quips back "Nicole, come here please!"

Our visit to my sister-in-laws in June of 08....

We are driving down the road headed to the Jelly Belly factory and my 8 year old niece innocently- I say innocently because little does she know the level of matter of factness she is about to get or she wouldn't have asked such a simple question- asks my sister-in-law,

"Mommy? Where are we?"

and my daughter pipes back "We are in the middle of the road Natalie!"

Now seriously, how do you not laugh out loud at those kind of smarts!?