Many mornings, the girls start their day by reading the newspaper.   They might glance at the headlines to see if the Brewers (or Packers) won, look at the comics,  or see how far Chris got with the crossword/sudoku.  But what they love to linger over is the weather page. You know the weather page, right?



They look to see what it will be like locally, they see which planets are visible, what time the sun rises/sets, and what the weather is in other areas.  They always look to see how hot it is in Phoenix.
This morning, Katherine and I had the following conversation.
K--"Wow, it's going to be 110 in Phoenix today!"
"I'm glad it's not that hot here today!"
(talking to herself) "I wonder if that's the hottest in the world....."
"Hey Mom! It's also going to be 110 in Baf-dad!"
"Where?"
"Baf-dad. It's usually hot there too, so I looked and it's going to be 110 just like in Arizona!They are the same today"
"What city are you talking about Katherine? Do you mean BAGHDAD?"

(confused/embarrassed look on her face)

"Yeah....but I thought it was BAF-DAD. It has a 'gh' and 'gh' says 'FFFF' like, rough and tough. I didn't think the H was a silent H!"

I just love the way her mind works.