Me: “2001? You weren’t even alive in 2001.”
Evie: “Was Jesus still alive in 2001?”
Sara: “Who said you had to eat your lunch before you could eat your cake?”
Evie, scandalized: “Mama, it’s the law.”
::On Halloween::
Evie: “Mama, I can’t eat the rest of this candy bar. I need something healthy to eat.”
::Evie goes and gets some grape Nerds::
Me: “Whoa, this is a scary picture.”
Evie: “Why?”
Me: “She has a knife in her hand!”
Evie: “Oh, I thought it was a carrot.”
Me: “You know there are no such things as monster, right? They are just for pretend.”
Evie: “What about the Loch Ness monster?”
I was trying to figure out which one of you wise guys put her up to that one, but then she told me it was from a book.
Evie: “Why is it Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Me: “Well, when you get married, sometimes your name changes. Mommy’s name used to be the same as Grandma and Grandpa’s, until she married me. And then what did her name become?”
Evie: “Mommy?”
Evie: “My favorite colors are blue and purple, until Aunt Anna gets her cast off.”
We were at a birthday party for a friend of Evie’s who was turning 3. I didn’t see what happened to prompt this, but I saw Evie pat her on the head and say, “You have to share, honey.”
Shane Halbach 