"Momma do you think we could cut this fish in half and then put it's tails on mine after cutting me in half too?" four-year-old Ella asks as she observe how the fish in her small aquarium move it's tail, poking the glass asking the fish to move.
Chuckle in her daughter's question Lisa choked on her mouthwash "And why would I do that little mermaid?"
"So I will be officially a Little Mermaid!" she giggled showing her gummy smile, convincing her mother that cutting her in half would be a great idea.
"But you are officially a Little Mermaid to me, Princess" squatting on her daughter's height, pinching her cheeks, bumped their nose together, giving her a peck "Time for bed, Little Mermaid! Say goodnight to Miss Bubbles". then picked her up in her arms
"Good Night, Miss Bubbles!" marching up to the stairs with Ella in her arms.
"You should probably think about my offer, Momma. I heard that there's a lot of treasure under the sea and maybe if you turned me into a REAL mermaid, I could pick them up for you and then we could use them here, in the real world!" emphasizing the word as if shes proposing some serious matter to her mother, well everything matters when it comes to her baby. Lisa decided to play with her.
"Well, As much as I want those treasures under the sea, baby, we don't want Momma ending up in prison don't we?" showing her famous pout, carefully placing her in her... of course Little Mermaid themed bed.
"Oh don't worry, Momma. I'm not going to steal them, the story that I watched on my iPad shows that there's actually guards on the treasures but if you ask them nicely, they will give everything you want! So, No, Momma, you will not going to jail" reassuring her Mother and carefully taking her mom's hand and placing it on her own.
"So did I convinced you, Momma?" she looked up, looking at her mom's eye hoping for nothing but a sign of agreement.
"I'll still think about it, baby." she doesn't really want to disappoint her. "And do you really want to cut Miss Bubbles in half? isn't she your pet?" Lisa asks, convincing her daughter to change her mind.
"then let's buy another fish to cut, I just really want to be a mermaid" yawns as her mother starts to comb her hair with her hands.
"Let's continue this chit chat tomorrow, Mermaid. Close your eyes and sleep, Momma will be here" softly kissing her daughter's temple.
"hmmkay night night, wavyu momma" Ella mumbles as her eyes starts to drip off.
"Goodnight, baby. I love you" Lisa whisper and placing another kiss on her temple and cheek.
She stayed for thirty more minutes just combing her hair and giving her small kisses all over her face and whispering how she loves her before carefully removing her daughter's hand on her waist, standing up and putting the comforter up to her daughter's chest before giving her last kiss and glance for the night she left and went to her own room.
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