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On PBJs at 1am

“Mom?

I want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

But not with closed bread.

Only 1 piece of bread. The homemade kind you made yesterday with the bananas.

And I want the smooth peanut butter, not the one with the bumps in it.

And the blueberry jam where I can see the blueberries. It’s the one that looks like someone wrote the label with a pen.

But put the peanut butter on first and then the jelly on top. And cut off the crusts.

(pause)

Please.

And bring me something to drink too.”

The 4 y.o. stream-of-consciousness dialogue at 1.30am

{PS. She is also a little bit picky about her food}

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