Ssslrp

Willa was playing in the sandbox, and had scooped some sand into a cup. She offered it to me, saying, "Here you go." So I accepted it, and made my standard pretend-eating noise (something like "mm-ymm-ymm"). She furrowed her brow at me, took the cup back, peered into it, and handed it back, and said, "It's actually a drink." I kid you not. So I made the pretend-drinking noise (sslrp,sllrp,sslrpp). She nodded approvingly. When she really wants something, she'll clasp her little hands under her chin and ask for it ever-so-reasonably. I had given Eve a popsicle. A few minutes later, Willa shows up in the kitchen, her little kitten eyes round and hopeful, and she said, "I'd like a popsicle, please!" Impossible to say no.