Things I have learned from having a little sister

• The only exception to pink is purple.
• A two-year-old is braver than a four-year-old.
• The eighth birthday marks the point when princesses finally go out of fashion.
• "Can I have ice cream/a cookie/some candy?" actually means "Can I turn into a rotten little monster in exactly fifteen minutes?"
• A kid makes up for her short attention span with undying commitments to particular media.
• Before a time out, the kid thinks you're a tyrant. After a time out, she knows it.
• The typical weekend activity for an 8-year-old is a teleconference with her peers about penguin-themed web services and the purchasing of virtual goods for said penguins.