Monkey see, Monkey do

All kids imitate their parents. It can be either charming or horribly embarrassing, and sometimes both.

Since she was teeny-weeny, she has always loved her "computer", a Speak'n'Spell we got for free at a yard sale. These days, she'll wander around the house making "business calls", stopping to type furiously on her computer, moving a gel wrist rest around like a mouse, and then picking up where she left off on the call.

With complete seriousness, she'll tell us "Can you try to be quiet, please? I'm on the telephone!" Since she generally does a pretty good job at being quiet when we're on the phone, it's hard not to comply .