Brian asked Dorothy our address, and she knew it right away. He asked if she knows our phone number; I interjected that she does not. Dorothy countered that she did know the phone number, and then spouted out the 10 numbers of my cell phone correctly. I asked, "Are they teaching you your phone number at school?" Dorothy said no. I asked where she learned it. "I hear you tell it to people when you are talking on your phone," she said.
Dorothy was sitting on my lap and I was reading her a book.
"Do you want to go get a Kleenex?" I asked.
"No."
"Do you want to ask your dad to bring you a Kleenex?"
"No."
"Well what do you plan to do with that booger?" I inquired.
"Play with it until it's all gone," Dorothy confessed.
"Tickle me," Dorothy said, "but don't tickle my belly or the palms of my feet."
I pointed out to Dorothy that the Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie in Honey I Shrunk the Kids and the Cheerios in Matilda are advertisements. "When you see them in the movie, you might think, 'Yum, I would like to buy some of those.'" A few days later we were watching a restaurant scene in a movie. Dorothy pointed out, "This movie has an advertisement for pie."
We have little handles on our phones called "Pop Sockets". It took me a while to understand what Dorothy was talking about when she referenced the "Sock Puppets" on our phones.