Words - Are We Playing Games?

We were on our way home from town on Sunday to do barn duty at the fair. Little Miss in the backseat was beyond excited.... and she was asking questions as a way of getting people to talk...

Missy: "Where ('s) the barn?"

I think you know where the barn is. Where is the barn?

I was truly expecting her to say, "at the fair", but no...

Missy: "On Western (street)"

Christina was sitting in the passenger seat next to me and she looked at me with the most incredulous look on her face, "I didn't even know what the name of that street is!!!!"

So Monday Christina found a water cooler on the deck that had old lemonade in it. It was almost beyond recognition and rank. She was joking around and hollered : "Alcohol, we're serving alcohol!" Then she proceeded to dump it and clean the cooler.

Just so you know, we are teetotalers of the extreme so alcohol is not a usual household word.

Missy never missed a beat, "What ('s) in there? Alcohol?"

Is that a word from her memory bank of long ago? Or did I just hear her repeat a new word with NO trouble at all?

On the flip side... Missy said some things at the table yesterday that NO ONE, not even her brother could interpret. We didn't pursue it too hard, because she was clearly embarrassed. The shame is not a good thing, but perhaps the realization that she is not clear will be impetus to move forward and try harder?

We're off to speech X's 2, piano lessons X's 3, Writing classes X's 2 and harp and I am meeting with someone from the Apollo club, a men's chorus, regarding Journey to Bethlehem. It's a full day.

Brianna's lab work mostly came back normal. One test came back low in two areas suggesting something isn't right. We are probably not dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis though, and that's a relief. The pool is officially closed but the management is letting her swim for one more week... all by herself. She couldn't even do laps yesterday, she hurt so bad, but getting in the water helps. She was too sick to go the meeting at the church last night as well with nausea and stomach pain.What to do. It's worrisome.  She said, if the doctor says there is nothing wrong I'm just going to die.Well, of course she won't but she's suffering. Poor kid.