Inside the Mind of a Six-Year-Old

During lunch last week, my six-year-old (oops, six-and-three-quarters-year-old) asked me an out-of-the-blue question:

"Mom, if you lose your voice, can you still talk in your mind?"

"Yes," said I.

"Good," said Little Miss Deep Thinker.

The next day -- more than 24-hours later -- she stops on the couch mid-jump and asks me, "When you were little, did you talk to yourself?"

"Sure."

"Aaaargh! I'm becoming Mommy already!!!"