Literally...she takes it

My mom warned me about this. She told me that kids take things literally, so we need to be careful what we say to them. I assumed that this meant no sarcasm, which I wouldn't do anyway. Well, we had three instances lately that led me to understand more fully what she meant:

• Jia and I were planning on heading upstairs, so I asked her, "Would you like to crawl up the stairs or do you want Mama to carry you?" She said, "crawl" and then dropped to the floor right there in the kitchen and crawled all the way over to the stairs (believing that her options at that point were crawl or be carried, not walk).
  
• Jia was drawing and a crayon broke in half. She seemed upset so I said, "It's okay, you can still draw with both pieces." She then took both pieces in one hand and drew with them at the same time (believing that her only option was to draw with both pieces in one hand at the same time).
• I was trying to get Jia to drink apple prune juice and I said, "This is good for your tummy!" She then took her sippy cup, lifted up her shirt and tried to get her belly button to drink (apparently believing that it was the fastest way to make her tummy feel better)!

I'm sure I've missed many more instances like these, and many more will come. But hey, at least she listens to her Mama!