Donkey of the Sea

As parents, we have the job of teaching our kiddos the 'old school' games.

Uno, Old Maid....or Go Fish.

Last night, we indoctrinated our girl into the word of card games. Nora quickly became obsessed with Go Fish. If you haven't figured it out, she fixates on new games, cartoons, or activities. Again, Again, AGAIN is an often heard chant.

So, we were playing Go Fish last and it was the girls versus daddy. Daddy is crafty and super smart and we used our best moves to try to beat him every time. I think the final score might have been 2 for the girls, 2 wins for daddy.

In the middle of one heated game of Go Fish, there was this exchange...

''Nora, ask daddy for this one'' I point at a card in my hand that has a pink seahorse on it.

''Daddy you have a neigh.''

''A what?''

''Daddy you have a neigh horse?''

''A neigh horse?'' I'm pretty sure at this point Rich knew what she was talking about. He's a smart alek and gives no slack.

''Yes daddy. Like a donkey of the sea.'' Nora said this with a deadpan face. Then smiled.

Rich and I couldn't help it, we started rolling with laughter. ''Oh goodness, Donkey of the Sea, oh, oh tooooo funny.'' My sides hurt.

The great part is, we KNOW, that Nora KNOWS what a seahorse is. Now the question is, was she making a joke and pulling our legs.