"Lorelai, can you please go clean the family room?" asked Mom.
"Can't you see I'm doing something lady?" replied Lorelai.
"Lorelai, you shouldn't call your mother 'lady'" scolded Mom.
"But lady is a proper word," said Lorelai in a sweet {but sassy} way.
Then we both burst out laughing.
{and then she cleaned the family room}