Violet Magic

Violet was in the bath tub, splashing around, enjoying herself.  I was getting ready to wash her.  I grabbed her soap and conditioner from the closet.  The soap is a big bottle so it's by itself, but the conditioner bottle is small and it hides in the big orange cup that we use to help rinse Violet off.

I said to Violet, "Do you want to see a good trick?"

She's two and a half so naturally, she said, "Yeah!"

I said, "OK, watch this."  I took our big orange cup with the conditioner bottle hiding in it, and I shook it up into the air, so the conditioner bottle went flying a couple feet into the air.  I grabbed it with my other hand.

I've done this trick a few times but today for some reason, I said, "Ta-da!" afterward.

Violet clapped her hands.  She asked, "Can I do it?"

I told her, "Sure," and we did it together.  She held the cup and "helped" me toss the cup and I grabbed the conditioner bottle before it dropped into the tub.  When I caught it, we both yelled, "Ta-da!"

We did it a couple times and she loved it each time.  But then I started to wash her.

But Violet wasn't done with magic.  She said, "Do you want to see a trick?"

"Sure," I said.

She took her little toy boat from the water and held it in front of her face.  "I'm gonna do magic," she said and counted "One, two, three" and then threw the boat away.  She yelled, "Ta-da!" extremely pleased with herself.  I didn't point out that I could see the boat bobbing on the water.

Violet "vanished" the boat a few more times, getting more and more excited and giving louder and louder "Ta-da"s.

She doesn't get how magic tricks work, but I can't beat her enthusiastic showmanship.