Umm . . . this is weird.

Today Ryan, the girls, and I joined Pat, Kirsten, and Huy for a Chinese take out meal with Mom. She fed herself well and told us that was a good idea.

She joked with the girls, telling them she would open their belly buttons with a key.
She told the girls she would take out their tonsils for them, then when Ryan asked her if she had her tonsils out, she said, "Yeah."
Ryan: "They don't really take tonsils out much anymore."
Mom: "They must have decided the benefits didn't outweigh the difficulties."

Uh . . . reasoned inferences. Large vocabulary. Awareness of audience.

Huh? Ryan and I were both shocked.

I've also noticed her taking on some of dad's mannerisms. When she's mad at me (perfectly pleasant today, though) she'll say, "Now listen. . ." just like Dad would have. And today she was teasing the girls and paying them extra attention like Dad would have. Very cute.