My youngest is approaching her fourth birthday, and we are all heaving hopeful sighs. Perhaps the wee screamer will learn some new tricks, and stop assulting our eardrums at the first glimpse of our lips forming the word "No."

She's certainly my most confident child. Girlfriend knows what she wants.

A couple of weeks ago, her preschool met at a pumpkin patch. The kids were offered samples of cheese (the pumpkin patch was at a family dairy) and the chance to milk a cow. The cow took one look at the kids lining up and lay down, averting her eyes. Haaaaa!

My daughter was at the head of the line (of course, because she's pushy like her mama) and marched up to the laying down cow. She petted the cow and mugged for the camera. The farmer asked if she'd ever touched a cow before, and she sort of waved him off, saying "oh, yes. So many times. I'm ALL ABOUT cows."

Oookay then. The farmer and I had a good chuckle, and then they asked her to move so the next kid could come pet the cow. My daughter turned on her heel, and returned to her former spot at the front of the line.

I grabbed her and we sat on a few hay bales while we waited for the rest of the kids to finish. Then it was hay ride time.

We had to walk up the hill to the tractor. My daughter stalked after the farmer, squealing "I love hayrides!" The farmer turned around and asked her if she had ever been on a hay ride before.

"Oh, yes. I'm ALL ABOUT hay rides."

Holy moly. This child has seen it all, done it all, knows all about it, and thinks you should do it too. Just so you know. She ALL ABOUT it.

We jostled our way down to pick pumpkins, and dig up a few potatoes. We posed the kids by the corn maze, and then rode the next tractor-pulled hay trailer back up to the main part of the farm. After a few more photos, and some homemade pumpkin ice cream, we headed back to the van for the trip home.

She was snoring before we hit the main roads back to town. And I am ALL ABOUT naps.