little miss observant

I was getting dressed

so I could leave the house at 8am

(without any little girls)

when Lexi woke up.

Through slits in her eyelids, 

she noticed.

"Why are you putting on those pants?" she asked.

Pretending as if the emphasis had not been on 'those',

I answered, "Oh, I'm just getting dressed for the day."

"But those are jeans!" 

my ever observant-even-in-a-sleepy-state girl noted.

Crap!

"Oh. Yes, they sure are." I replied 

and repeated cheerfully, "I'm just getting dressed for the day."

"Where are you going?

Those are going pants!"