Tonight, after already coming out several times with various questions, she came out on what felt like the 1,276th time with what she insisted was a "really important question."
"Mom, how old do you think I'll need to be before I can ride a horse?"
Brian and I were reminiscing about our engagement over dinner tonight when Livi asked what an engagement was. After explaining that it was a promise to get married, Ellie chimed in, saying, "I know who I'm going to marry."
Surprised by this declaration, I asked who the lucky young man was.
"Arnav," she replied, "He always says 'yes' to my suggestions and he agreed to my cat Thanksgiving float idea in school today. He's just so agreeable!"
I have to hand it to her -- for an (almost) 9-year-old, the girl knows what she wants in a man!