Sweet Sixteen

Somewhere along the way the last few weeks, my daughter decided that being a toddler/preschooler just wasn't in the game plan anymore and decided to full on start talking like she's a teenager. I don't know where it's coming from and I've spent most of the last few weeks trying to decide if I should laugh or discipline. Joey says that she just says what she hears coming out of her momma's mouth, but it sounds so much different coming from a 3 year old than it does a 30 year old. Here are a few case in points that I don't want to ever forget.

• A couple of nights ago, she was standing in the playroom and said, "This place is nothing but a junk."
• Riding in the car with my mom over the weekend, she said, "GiGi, your car is nothing but a junk."
• Riding in the car to my parents house, she was being so sweet playing with her doll. All of the sudden, I saw her through the rear view mirror....she gripped her babies face and said with teeth clenched tight, "If you get out of this bed again, I'm going to spank you." Yes....go ahead...call DFACS....I'm guilty, but I had reached my breaking point.
• Last night, at 8:30 I said, "Makinley, I have an idea." She said, "What, mommy?" I said, "Go to sleep." She said, "Get a new idea, Mommy."
• Tonight in the restaurant, Makinley was being way too loud. I said, "Makinley, come here I need to tell you a secret." She came over and leaned forward and I said, "Use your quiet voice." She said, "Mommy, let me tell you a secret." I leaned forward and she said, "I don't want to."
• Riding home tonight from being out to eat, Joey told her that he wasn't going to take her DVD player down from the back of my seat. Under her breath, she said, "When I get home, I'm going to take that DVD player down if I want to." (this one definitely required discipline)

  People, I don't know if you noticed, but all of the above examples happened in the last week alone. It's a little ridiculous. Heaven help us when she is actually sixteen. It'll be by the grace of God if she and I both make it through those years alive.