I think it's partly genetic. DH has this weird skill where he can come up with movie quips for pretty much ANYTHING, and he also has phenomenal auditory recall. Definitely not a 'normal' part of what most little ones do, though! DD was always aware that she was doing it, though-- and often could identify where she had lifted the content from, if that makes sense.

So she'd say something... I'd nod and smile, then ask "Where did that come from?"

"Oh, Magenta said it." (Or something like that.) It was a little sly, like "oh, you noticed! Heehee-- Just checking!"



Oddly, I found it comforting. I always knew that anything she 'shouldn't' hear from other adults around her, I'd know about. She had a marvelous perverse streak that way.




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