The magazine

Gillian got her National Geographic Little Kids magazine in the mail today. When John and I got home, she ran across the living room, grabbed the magazine, and said "No! It's mine!" She made sure no one would take her magazine. 

Before bedtime, John reads to us. While John was reading tonight, Gillian was looking at her magazine. She flipped through the pages and Daddy stopped her on a page with a bunch of pictures  of animals. 

Daddy asked "Can you name these animals?" Gillian pointed at each picture starting at the top left and said "Llama, llama, llama, lama, llama, llama, llama, llama and llama!" We giggled and Daddy said "You know the animals!" Gillian then named all the animals correctly. She continued looking through the magazine and was excited to find a llama! She said "Look a llama! It's a white one!"

Llama

Tonight at dinner, we were talking about John's favorite animal.  He said "I bet you don't even know what my favorite animal is!"  Gilly didn't hesitate and said "A llama!"  He said "No!  It's not a llama."  Daddy and I joked with him and said "We know.  You don't have any secrets.  We know everything."  He said "You don't know!"  Gillian again said "It's a llama." He said "It's not a llama.  My first favorite animal is a lion!"  Daddy said "Yup.  I knew it!"  John said "You didn't.  And I bet you don't know what my second favorite animal is!"  Gilly said "A llama."  John said "No.  I'll give you a hint.  It is a dark animal."  Daddy said "What?"  John said "It's a dark animal that flies."  Gillian said "A llama."  John said "No.  It's a dark animal that flies."  Daddy said "I know.  There's a superhero that uses it too."  John didn't understand and said "It's not a superhero.  It's an animal."  Gillian said "A llama."  I whispered to Gillian "Say nah nah nah."  She did.  But John didn't understand our little hint.  So I said "It's a bat!"  He said "I bet you don't know my third favorite animal!"  Gillian said "A llama!" By this point, any time Gillian said llama, I would just start laughing.  Her timing was perfect and hilarious.  John didn't find it funny at all.  All he wanted to do was talk about his favorite animals.  He said "No.  It starts with an O."  Gillian again said "Llama?"  John said "Gill, that doesn't start with O.  It's an orca!"  Gillian said "A llama?"