I have some of the cutest nieces and nephews in the world--a whole passel of them. I have one, though, who ALWAYS makes me laugh. She will be 5 in May and has the prettiest long, curly red hair you've ever seen. She also has a mind that works like no one's I've ever known! The other day, during my regular Sunday phone visit with my sister, she shared Rachel's latest "funny"-- My sister had just come inside from taking a walk when she saw Rachel with a giant, capital "R" written on the top of one foot and a giant, capital "L" written on the other foot. Here's the conversation that followed:

• Sister: "Rachel, why did you write on your feet?--You know better."
• Rachel: " Well, Charity and I were playing Twister and I thought if I wrote it on my feet then I would only have to figure it out once."

Apparently, she was annoying Charity with taking forever to know which foot to move. I can just see her trying to figure out which foot was which! Another time Rachel started talking about- ahem... bodily functions.. while sitting at the dinner table. She and Caleb, her brother, were having fun saying things like "poot" and "poop". You know how kids are... Anyway, my sister said, "Kids we do NOT talk about these kinds of things anywhere except the bathroom--it is not appropriate." A minute later my sister heard Rachel say, "Hey Caleb, you wanna go in the bathroom and talk about it!" What a hoot! I love her!

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