Me: “And what would you say if she asked you for one that you wanted?”
Evie: “I would say no!”
Me: “Well, that’s not being a very good friend.”
Evie: “No thank you?”

Mom was playing cards and Evie was looking at her hand. Mom had 3 Jokers.
Evie: “How much money do we get?”

::Looking at a picture of Grandma Butterfly::
Evie: “She could not have all of those kids!”
Sara: “Well, she did.”
Evie: “She must be really old. Older than daddy.”

Oliver’s fortune cookie: “You are able to analyze objectively and express yourself clearly.” – You would be hard pressed to find a more ill-fitting fortune for a baby.

::Looking for Evie’s shoes in the car::
Me: “I can’t find them Evie.”
Evie: “Well, I can smell them!”

Evie: “Wait, is today yesterday? I can’t remember.”

::Evie comes running past us, crying::
Evie: “My body is about to go potty, but I’m not to a potty yet!”

::Evie, begging to play one of the video games in the game room::
Evie: “If I don’t play it, I’ll die from my heart!”

Evie, riding in the car: “Mama, I’m sweating. Can I go to the store and get some ice cream?”

Evie invented a new game: car hide and seek.
Evie: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Found you!”

When we got to the reunion, Evie grabbed Sara’s hand.
Evie: “There’s a STAGE!”
Never was a girl more destined to be on a stage.

::Watching the water ski show::
Evie: Someday I want to do that with my daddy!”

Evie, standing on Uncle Steve’s shoulders: “Attention [family members]! I am leaving!” – She knows how to make an exit, I’ll give her that.

Evie: “How come you’re not wearing a pretty outfit?”
Me, looking down at my clothes: “I thought this was a pretty outfit. This is what I picked out for the party.”
Evie, whispering: “He’s teasing, right?”
Sara: “No. He really does think that’s a pretty outfit.”

Evie: “We’re playing poker!” – You leave Evie and Grandpa alone for a few hours… (I’d put my money on Evie)

Me: “Okay, tiger, here’s some antelope to eat.”
Evie: “Antelope? Blech! Yuck! I only eat cantaloupe!”

Evie: “Also, my stomach hurts because I’m allergic to my foot hurting.”

Me: “This is a prison! The only thing you can have is a crust of bread and a glass of water!”
Evie: “Can I have ice in the water?”

Evie: “Do you ride your bike in the street?”
Anna: “I don’t know how to ride a bike.”
Evie: “Uhhh…you just turn the peddles.”

::sitting down to dinner::
Evie: “Shall we pray?”
::crickets::

Evie: “I can’t wait to see what it’s like to have a baby brother or baby sister!”
::again crickets::

I’m not sure where that one came from. She claims that mommy told her she was going to have one soon (maybe it was a dream?). So, of course, everybody looks at us like we have some big announcement to make. Well, we don’t. And not to point out the obvious here, but Evie already has a baby brother…