May the force be with you...

Sometimes I am a really cool mom (but my kids are always cooler) - like today...

I took the girls grocery shopping before we went to get Nathan from school today.  At Publix children are often given balloons.  Audrey always makes sure to get one for Nathan even when he isn't there.  While in the car one of the balloons detached from the string.  I promised to fix it once we arrived home.  Audrey ran in and immediately let them float to the ceiling.  I was able to easily get the balloons that still had strings attached.  The lone floating balloon proved to be a challenge.  I asked Audrey to bring me a bat to see if I could hit it down from the ceiling.  It wasn't working so I asked for another bat so I could pinch it and bring it down from the ceiling.  While she was off getting the second bat, I managed to get it down.  When she came back she wanted to know how I was able to get it down.  "I used the force," I said with a straight face.  She nodded her head, smiled and let it go.

While we were in the car today Audrey stated, "My tattoos come in handy" (Due to radiation she has three small blue dots in various places on her body, including one on her wrist).  I responded, "oh, how do they come in handy?"  Then Audrey began her explanation  "You see, when I am playing Star Wars I use this one (the one on her wrist) as a telecom and I can talk to anyone in the galaxy."