Alexis comes in the back door.
She stands near me in the kitchen.
She says ...
"There's 10 parts of the body that have 3 letters in them," she smiles and waits for me to respond with excitement.
"Is that right?" I look in her direction.
"Yes," she is waiting for the game to begin.
"Okay," I stop what I am doing and walk over to where she is. I pull out a chair at the kitchen table. I sit down.
"There is ... Eye," I say, and she smiles.
"There is ... Ear," I say, and she smiles bigger.
"There is ... Leg," I say, and she begins to giggle like crazy.
I stop.
I think.
I repeat -
"There is ... Eye."
"There is ... Ear."
"There is ... Leg."
I look at her.
I say, "What else?"
The smile on Alexis' face fades quickly and she says, "I dunno," she has a blank look. "I just know there are 10 of them - I dunno what they are," she looks disappointed.
Me - I look at her ... disappointed.
She says, "You'll have to look that up. Like ... Google it," and she is smiling again.
Me - I am thinking - Surly I can do this without Googling it! Surly I can name 10 body parts that are 3 letters long. If they were each 10 letters long, then I'd definitely have to Google it, but ... 3? Surly ...
On the upside ... Okay! I didn't actually have to Google it, but I did ask for help from Little Billy. We came up with all 10 - after much thought and much smoke coming from the mom's ears.
Can you name all 10?