her wish

me: jada, if you had one wish right now...what would it be?

jada: hold on mom, i will show you all of it.

me: how do you show a wish?

jada: just wait...

{she scampers off in the other room...rumbles are heard..paper is being crunched}

me: honey, what are you doing?

jada: i'm making you my wish.  you will have to wait.

{more crumples...then the refrig opens...the silverware drawer and the pantry open}

all i can think is...this is NOT going to be good.

i hear a toilet seat pop up in the bathroom...

me: sofia, is that you in the bathroom?

jada: nope, that's me.

me: aren't you working on your wish?

jada: yeah.

me: but in you are in the bathroom.

jada:  of course, mom!

she re-enters the room...proudly holds her hands out and says, 

"this is my wish".

it was this...tuna fish, in a can.

then she says, "oh, this is really fish, right mom?  because that is my one wish.  to eat fish.  can we eat fish?  i mean, the fish in the can.  what's it called again?"

wow...that's a kid who loves food.  one wish and she goes for the generic store brand tuna fish.

she's really embracing the new budget.  good kid.