Pepperoni Venn Diagram

First it was the semicircle.  And now this:

I think she's trying to tell us something, but what?!?

Half Birthday

Penelope had her "half birthday" today, and man was she well aware of it! I am not sure who pointed it out to her (Ben), but it's all she could talk about since this weekend. And not just here at home - to anyone who would listen. At school today, they did a routine speech therapy screening thing with all the kids, and we got a little report from the speech therapist who evaluated her. In the report was an area for comments, where she wrote a short note. Among the rest of it:

"Penelope is very delightful! ...and happy 1/2 birthday to her!"

Something tells me that her speech was evaluated quite thoroughly today.

Quote Time

Its time for a few random kid quotes... mainly because I have been collecting them for a couple months now, and simply not doing anything about it. Without further ado, here's some of the more memorable ones:

Context: Riding in the car, listening to the radio.
Radio: "... I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you for a thousand more..."
Ben: "This song makes no sense. Nobody lives that long."

Context: Still in the car, still with the radio, different day, different kid.
Radio: "...are you gonna be my girl?..."
Penelope: "No, I'm not going to be your girl. I'll be Mommy and Daddy's girl, but I'm not going to be the singer's girl."

Context: Penelope swinging on the swing the day after she got her "big girl bed".
Penelope: "Daddy, I'm a big girl now. That makes my heart happy. Does it make your heart happy too?"
Daddy: "Yes. Anything that makes your heart happy makes my heart happy, Sweetie."

Context: Ben talking about things he learned recently.
Ben: "Did you know that turtles can live for over 100 years?"
Light Bulb: "Bing!"
Ben: "Hey! So that's why those turtles we saw at the zoo were so wrinkly!"

Context: Ben at the dinner table, looking extremely thoughtful and staring off into space.
Ben: "Mommy?"
Mommy: "Yes Ben?"
Ben: "Do we have any film?"
Mommy: "Film?"
Ben: "Yeah. That you put in a camera."
Mommy: "No.. why?"
Ben: "Oh no! Then pretty soon I won't be able to take any pictures!"
- Side note - The only reason he knows about camera film is because most of the books he reads were published before he was.

Context: Penelope at the breakfast table, holding up a piece of toast she's been nibbling on.
Penelope: "Look! My toast is a semicircle!"
Daddy: "Uhh.. yeah! It is! How do you know what a semicircle is? Did you learn that at school?"
Penelope: "No."
Daddy: "From Ben?"
Penelope: "No."
Daddy: "From Mommy?"
Penelope: "No."
Daddy: "Then where did you learn that?"
Penelope: "I just know it."
- Side note - It really was a very fine semicircle. But I still have no idea how she knows what a semicircle is.