It's All About the Context

Big Sissy, who is 3, sometimes says things that I could swear were sarcastic except I think she's just being very literal. Tonight she and I went to church alone because the 2 little ones have colds and Daddy offered to stay home with them this time. It was some good mommy/daughter bonding time on the way there and home. When we got home I accidentally pushed a button on my new phone, which I can't yet figure out. I didn't know where the noise was coming from but when I turned around, Big Sissy had a big smile on her face. I asked her, "Did you do something to make a beeping noise?" She looked in her bag of peanut butter crackers and said seriously, "Well, my peanut butter crackers don't beep, so I guess not." Now if I had said that I would have been called Sassy Frass (my husband's pet name for me), but I think she was totally serious. It makes me laugh every time.