Brownie is DYING!!!!

Judge me if you will, but I enjoy the moments when the girls are upstairs playing in one of their rooms, especially together, because for the most part they get along and leave me alone! Ten minutes to chillax?! Yeah!!!!! A noise, you say? A crash? No, you're imagining things. Unless Morgan comes out of the room to tell me that something terrible has happened (because she's the best "rat" EVER!), I'm not moving! In fact, as I crashed on the couch, I covered myself with a blanket on the slim chance that they'd glance downstairs looking for me, and maybe be deterred by my absence.

And then?

MOMMY!!!! SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Me:

Morgan: FOR REAL, MOMMY! THIS IS HORRIBLE!

Me: (to self) Ignore it and it will go away...Ignore it and it will go away....

(In the meantime, Avery came down the stairs and asked to cuddle with me)

Me: How did you know I was here?!

Avery:

So we cuddled. And Morgan continued her tirade.

Morgan: MOMMY! Avery took the purple bracelet from Brownie (ah, yes, this explains why Avery is hiding out with me), and if Brownie doesn't have it she's gonna get SO SICK! (coughing like a horse that was coughing would probably sound). MOMMY! Are you listening to me?! Brownie IS GONNA DIE!!!!!

Me: (What? Die? How does she know that word? We never talked about it. She shouldn't know what this shit is?! Why is she telling me this?! How am I supposed to react? Are we going to have the death talk now? PANIC!!!!!!!)

Me: Avery....PLEASE give Morgan back the bracelet. We don't want Brownie to get sick.

Avery: No. (Clutching it closely to herself)

Me: PLEASE, Avery! She's freaking out! Let's just give it back to her so Brownie feels better!

Morgan: (in a scratchy horse whinny), Ahhhhhhhhh! Neigh! Snort! Owie.

Me: Avery, really, just give it back to Brownie so the horse doesn't get sick and die.

After some cajoling, Avery finally stood up to go bring this stupid bracelet back, and even as she did, Morgan was throwing a holy FIT! I had to calm her down enough to notice that Avery was standing there holding out the purple bracelet. Morgan's reaction? "Oh."

Morgan has been very dramatic lately. Here's some ensuing video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J83pYwWjP8I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpvXatE9O68

Like I said. 5 going on 13.