Uno: Criminal mastermind!

On Friday evening Uno brought me a paper upon which she had drawn dollar signs and a 1 with lots of 0s.

"Mom," she said. "Do you want a million dollars?"

I said sure.

"Okay, then write the word 'one million dollars' and then put your name very fancy like you write on the checkbook for the Schwan's man sometimes. Not M-O-M, but your whole fancy name."

I wrote one million dollars and signed my name in cursive.

"Great!" she said. "Now if you will give me some of your dollars, I will give you this one million dollars!"

I mimed taking money out of my pocket and handing it to her.

"No, I mean real dollars. And then you can have this one million. You just have to give me some of your real dollars first."

Can somebody please explain to me how my 5yo -- who cannot read, has never left the country, and doesn't even have a passport -- discovered the Nigerian Scam? Maybe she's been brainstorming with her cousin....


~RCH~