Deeper than the sea

Yesterday, while I was buckling Sophia in the car, I paused, put my hand on her face, and said, "Sophia, I love you more than anything else in whole wide world"

To which, she replied, "And, I love you ever a dolphin."

Tonight, as I was tucking her into bed, I said again, "Sophia, I love you so, so much."

To which, she replied, "And, I love you anything a shark."

I have no idea what she's talking about on both accords. She usually makes sense, but with her deep inflection in her voice, I know she is very serious in saying what she did. Apparently, there high stock in dolphin-love or shark-infatuation. There is high expressive love when you're three years old. Apparently the standard "I love you, too" just doesn't cut it. We've got to get nautical. Very cool.