Make 'em laugh

Today, as I was coming home from giving yet another blood sample, the "check oil" light came on on my dashboard. Well, it was time to get the oil changed anyway, and I had a few minutes before Amelia's nap time, so I turned around and headed back to Jiffy Lube (where I'm affectionately known as "Michael").

Apparently everyone else in Bloomington had the same idea at the same time because their cars were all lined up waiting for oil changes when I arrived. I brought Amelia into the waiting room and she wandered back and forth in the small room while I drank my Starbuck's cappuccino.

After a bit Amelia decided she wanted to sit on mommy's lap. She leaned forward and opened her mouth as if to say, "May I have some cappuccino?" I told her what it was and that she probably wouldn't like it, but she insisted and since it was decaf. I figured it wouldn't hurt to let her have a taste.

Well everyone in the room got a good laugh after Amelia took a sip of my cappuccino and clearly stated, "Mmm, it's good." She had another three or four sips before I finished it off and declared that it was, "All gone."

You never know with this girl. She won't drink chocolate milk but enjoys cappuccino and mocha. In the morning, when I have a cup of decaf. tea to settle my stomach Amelia's right there to dip the tea spoon in the tea, put it in her mouth and proclaim, "It's good."

I guess this is funny to everyone except Michael, who I'm sure is imagining a household with two expensive coffee drinkers in it. While other preschoolers will be begging for McDonald's, Amelia will be bouncing and saying, "Starbuck's, Starbuck's...okay!"

Lisa