Yesterday morning, we stopped at Darren and Ali's to drop off a few items for the garage sale. We were just going to be there for a couple of minutes, so the girls stayed in the van. When Neil and I got back into the van, it was obvious that Sophia and Madeline had gotten into my purse and my lipstick. As we drove away, I scolded them for going into my purse and putting lipstick on without permission, and I asked a very silly question: "Why did you do that?!"
Sophia's reply: "We were playing hooker."
I wasn't sure I heard that right. "You were playing what?
"Hooker."
Huh? Did she just say hooker?! Neil and I looked at each other. We were both thinking, Does she know what a hooker is?! (Remember, they were also sporting some extra makeup.) For a second, I considered asking Sophia if she knew what a hooker was, but decided not to. I did NOT want to go there.
Neil and I were just so confused, we had no response. After a few seconds of our stunned silence, Sophia piped up, "Yeah, we were using the hook to hook your purse!" (The hook is a very long shoe horn that was in the van for some unknown reason.)
What a relief!
I immediately knew what she meant because when B was with us on Friday afternoon, they were playing with the long shoe horn and had snagged my purse several times. Each time it disappeared, I would think of something I needed from my purse and then act very surprised when my purse was missing. The girls roared with laughter every time I exclaimed, "Where's my purse?!"
