Yeah, that was the question that came out of my 5 year olds' mouth last night while sitting around with a bunch of Army men having their last steak dinners for a while. Men in the military have no brain mouth filter (at least in my experience) and I have very little problem with that. It ended with the gentleman (a major) telling her to "never be one, find a man who takes care of you" and a bunch of chuckles. A humbling evening with 7 men leaving for Iraq later that night, but another lasting memory from Dorothy, my sweet middle daughter.
You would have never known that Dorothy was destined to be the well-adjusted, sweet, caring, and laid-back middle child that she has become. She most often is the one to make me smile and laugh. She is light-hearted, confident, and carefree, but she wasn't always. Dorothy was the "monster". She had colic for 6 months straight, hated any change in her life or schedule, and would cry instantly if she was not held or fed constantly. She has definitely done a complete 180 in both attitude and appearance (going from brown hair and grey/blue eyes at birth to blond and most gorgeous green eyes I have ever seen).
As sweet and "innocent" as she is (most of the time) Dorothy definitely has a devilish side. She is a bit of a goofball and quirky. She comes up with jokes and comments from out of nowhere and has an insight that sometimes blows every ones minds. One example is we were packing up food after the "Blessing of the Bikes" we had been invited to by family. As a rule we needed to date the containers and write what was in them. I had found a sharpie and began searching for masking tape, but couldn't find any. Dorothy walks in and sees the containers filled up and sees me looking in drawers and such. "Mommy what are you doing?" "I'm looking for masking tape to label the containers sweetie." "Oh, well they are disposable containers, why not just right on them?" And she walks away. Four adults and about 6 teenagers had not thought of that in the 20 minutes we were looking for tape. Wow. Hehe, but my favorite story to tell is when she was 3. A big fan of Disney movies we watch all the classic and new animated movies. One of my favorites is "Aladdin" and it seemed to be the movie of the month with the girls watching it over and over again. We were out one day and needed to stop and get fuel in the van. I drive up to the pump and Dorothy gets all excited yelling "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" I ask "What is it Dor?" and as the gentleman walks over to pump our gas she yells "A GENIE is going to pump our gas!" I burst out laughing, it was hilarious. Yes the gentleman was Indian from India, a VERY common occurrence in New Jersey and I assume many other states as well and I am sure some people may consider the comment insensitive, but the funniest thing about it was the simple fact that she had NO idea of the implications of her statement, it was just innocent excitement.
Kids say what they think (obviously they have some things in common with Army guys hehe) and usually what they have to say is freakin hilarious. I love you Dorothy!
