2 more weeks of cute and funny stories - also known as "post or else" ultimatum

I've been keeping track of funny and cute stories that happen with Natalie and me. After not posting for a while, I got an ultimatum tonight. I figured it was about time.

Opinions
One night a couple of weeks ago, Lynn and I were deciding what we were going to do for dinner, when Natalie chimed in with "my preference would be McDonalds". Lynn and I looked at each other and laughed at the ever expanding vocabulary of our little girl.

Four pennies
We were all riding in the car together, Natalie piped up from the back, "Daddy, when I turn 4 will I be 4 pennies?" Neither Lynn nor I could figure out what she was talking about. She kept saying things about 4 pennies. Finally I asked her to expand on it and she said something about a conversation we had earlier in the week.
At that point it hit me. I had talked to her about her age. She would tell people she was 3 and a half. I tried explaining that she was actually 3 and 3/4 (three quarters). Quarters - pennies...close enough to a three year old. I laughed so hard I almost cried. Lynn got a good chuckle out of it as well.

My little girl
I took Natalie with me on a trip to Home Depot for a battery for our backup sump pump. It was raining quite hard. I carried her into the store from the truck. She tried pulling her hood up as I took her in, complaining about her hair getting wet. I told her it wasn't a big deal if her hair got wet to which she replied "but I care about MY hair Daddy, your hair is short so you don't care about yours". 3 going on 13 :)

Singing in Sunday School
Last weekend Natalie sang in Sunday School. She did a great job and was one of the most animated children doing her actions. We told her to sing nice and loud, which she did. :) She loves singing and was extremely excited to sing in front of church.

Emotions
Last Sunday we sat down as a family to watch Disney's Tarzan movie. Natalie is getting to the age where she is starting to enjoy these movies while hiding her face at the scary parts. We were watching the beginning where Tarzan is adopted by the gorillas. He fights with the gorilla pack leader and runs away. At that point the phone rings so we paused the movie. Lynn notices Natalie dabbing her eyes with her blanket and asked if she was crying. At that point Natalie starts sobbing. We asked her what was wrong to which she wailed "he's not going to see his family again". It brought tears to my eyes. My little sensitive daughter. Yet one more area where she's just like me....wearing her emotions on her sleeve. We snuggled with her and told her everything was going to turn out okay, which of course with all Disney movies, it did. :)