Last in the Rat Race

Kate has a fantastically annoying habit of pulling her dress up around her waist – and even higher – when preparing to sit down. My dad even said “You need to fix that before she goes to school.” We have yet to break the habit.

So sitting down to dinner tonight, Kate hikes up her dress so far that her belly is completely exposed.

“Belly! Belly button! Belly bump!” she shouts and comes over to bump her belly on mine.

I’m amused, so I oblige.

“Did you learn that at school?” I ask, as it’s clearly the work of someone else’s crazed child.

“Uh hm, but no one wanted to belly bump me.”

Great… I can just picture her running around the playground, dress around her midriff, chasing her well-mannered classmates, yelling “Belly bump! Belly bump!”

Can’t wait for this month’s Parent Teacher Conference.