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kids are awesome in one respect. they pick up stuff real fast.

they also love to annoy adults.

combine the 2 ideas and voila! we now have my 6 year old cousin...

- walking around and shouting random questions at odd times.
"who are you?"
"why are you here?", "what is the purpose/meaning of it all??"
you shud see their faces. nothing like existential 6 yr olds to get your goat. also guarentees that they get distracted from all that yelling about cleaning ur room.

- lamenting "oh the tragedy of seperation, how do i bear it" < palm on her forehead > when asked to stop watching TV and go to her room. this, done in the highly dramatized fashion of shakespear and voila! they'll be laughing so hard u get 15 minutes of extra TV till they catch their breath.

- singing the '99 bottles of beer on a wall' song all the way through on a road trip. heyy its a gud way to pass the hours and also, you DID tell her not to keep asking "are we there yet".

- walking around saying "elementary my dear Watson" when her mom asks her something.
"did you take a bath yet"
"elementary my dear Watson"
"drink your milk and get ready for school"
"elementary my dear Watson"
:D

- speaking in a heavy fake french accent and substitute madam instead of mom.
"finish your food"
"yez maadaaam"
"no playing till you write homework"
"yezz maadaam"

- learning the importance of bagaining instead of crying for what she wants.
"i will tell you where i hid your work phone, if you allow me to watch TV for another half hour."

i hafta say. kids are plain awesome. or mebe its just my cousins :P
he he he