More in Charge

This morning, Zach overhead this conversation between the girls.  I was downstairs doing laundry and Zach was upstairs in our room.  The girls were upstairs playing together and decided they wanted to take a fun play bath.

Staley:  "Let's go downstairs and ask Mommy if it's okay."
Adelie:  "We could just ask Daddy.  He's a grown-up too, and he's already up here."
Staley:  "Yeah, but Mommy's more in charge."
Adelie:  "Yeah, but Daddy's taller."

Both true, but apparently "more in charge" trumps "taller" because they did come downstairs to ask me.