Run away! Run away!

This past week Kaylee decided that she has had enough of her brothers and so she was going to run away. She informed me of this very matter of fact like, and then proceeded to write up a "packing list". She even titled it, "List of things I need to run away". To give you an idea, the very first item listed was "2670 packages of Ramen noodles". The rest of the list wasn't much better. "27 apples, 160 bottles of water, all her stuff grandma oatmeal gave her, 6 chapter books, 2 math books, 2 blankets, 1 huge box for my stuffed animals, 1 pair of scissors, 2 pillows, 2 jackets, 21 boxes of matches, all my clothes, a hat, shoes-a girl cant have too many, my gold and my money, list of my friends, my pink bat, calendar, towel, place mat, trick-or-treating costume and bag." She showed me the list and I said "wow, that's a lot of stuff! How are you going to carry it all?" She said she didn't know and went off to think about it for a while. Then she came back and said that she was going to have grandpa build her a wagon to carry stuff in. She decided that he would need to have one night to build the wagon, so she was postponing running away until tomorrow. Then she found out that we were going to the library the next day, so the departure date was pushed back another day. Then she found out we were going to the museum, so that pushed it back even another day. So Friday was it, r-day so to speak. Wednesday night while grandma was tucking her into bed, Kaylee told her about her plans to run away on Friday. Grandma said "oh, but Kaylee, if you run away I will miss you so much I'll cry!!" Kaylee was quiet for a minute, then she sighed really big and said, "OK, I'll stay till Saturday" It was all mom and I could do to get them settled and out of the room before bursting with laughter. She is such a drama queen!!! Needless to say, by Saturday she had forgotten all about running away.