Idiocy for Dummies

In which Claire illustrates the difficulty presented by having an extremely literal and logical child:

Claire:  "Stop being an idiot, Margot!"

Lindsay:  "Claire, I don't want to hear you talking to Margot like that.  You're not allowed to use that word."

Claire:  "Lindsay - she is being a complete fool. That's what idiot means.  She is putting her pencil in her ear and then rubbing it on me! That is idiotic, and if I used any other word, it wouldn't make sense."

On Having a Little Sister

Having thoroughly (but poetically) trashed her older sister, Margot turns her scathing commentary toward her younger sibling.

On the positive side, Claire appears to have moved up in the rankings, as you can tell by the description of her as "sort of nice."  Contrast that to Jane, who is (among other things) "visous like a bull dog."

I haven't yet figured out if that thing on Margot's head is a crown or some kind of sailor hat.