“Grandma Kathy, you’re always making up silly words!” – I don’t even remember what this was in reference to, but certainly my mom wasn’t making up any words.

Anonymous 80-something, upon receiving the gift card we got her for Christmas: “Earlier, I got one for $100.”

My first clue I need to lose some weight: “And who’s in your belly, Daddy?”

Also, she has been going around claiming to everyone who will listen that she has a “baby dalmatian growing inside of me” that will be born “when it comes out”. This one is a “big girl” but the next one will be a “baby brother”.

I mentioned in the pronunciation guide that Evie says “w” for “l” sounds in words, which I think is a pretty normal thing for a kid. But Evie is not self-conscious about this at all, and thinks it is really funny that she can’t say it right. We tease her all the time, saying things like “No, not “wotion”, “Lotion”! This usually gets her laughing so hard she said, “My body is moving when I laugh!” We probably shouldn’t tease her about it, because I don’t want her to become self-conscious about something she can’t help, but I was just really surprised that she didn’t get upset or frustrated at all, she just thought it was funny.

“Walking in a winter wonderland…I want Alice in Wonderland!”

::Evie and daddy playing pretend::
Me: “Hello cat, what brings you to my house?”
Evie: “A car.”

Evie was quizzing Uncle Nathan with no pause for answers: “What is your favorite color? And your favorite animal? And your favorite stripe on your shirt? And how old are you?”

Several times over the holidays, while we were driving around doing some shopping, Evie would shout out, “That’s where mommy gets her email on!” Eventually we figured out that she was seeing an AT&T logo and mistaking it for the Internet Explorer icon on the computer. Sure, when you look at them, they’re not all that similar. But I still think it was pretty smart of her!