Tag Archives: Vocabulary

On new games, involving jumping on blankets: “Let’s play Nüch Nüch.” On more advanced versions: “Do you want me to show you how to play Nüch Fairy?” On scientific discovery: “For some reason the cold air starts coming out when … Continue reading →

On what needs to put in her backpack: “A ball and a liquid and a solid and …” On the sanitariness of sandbox baking: “Don’t worry, dad. Snail poop will come out in the oven.” On favors: “Dad, can you … Continue reading →

On who is in the basket: “It was baby no name, now it’s baby yes name.” On semantics: “You don’t have to take a rest, Saffron, you just have to take a nap.” On whether she would like to read … Continue reading →

On why she has to watch her lunchbox: “So it doesn’t all come roaring out.” On what “roaring” means, in this context: “Roaring means zip, zip, zip.” On Daddy’s odor, her opinion of:  “Daddy, you smell like garbage.” On being … Continue reading →

On Daddy trying to get her to call the box her Madeline doll came in a stasis chamber: “But stasis changers have wings.” On being disappointed by your heroes: “Peter Cottontail went poop on the furniture.” On Picnics, Paddywacks: “This … Continue reading →

On appropriate headwear: “I don’t want a birthday hat. I want a birthday crown.” On holding down two jobs: “I’m an iguana fairy, but I’m the tooth fairy, too.” On why her towel is not a cape: “No, that is … Continue reading →

On what she needed to hurry back into the house to tell Mama: “You’re important.” On her observations of the bathroom at the park: “I smell something.” On that stretched Hummer: “That truck is huge like me.” On what she … Continue reading →

On big questions: “What’s the big idea?” On answers, given within inches of your face: “Are you the big idea?” On story confusion: “Daddy read me ’10 Little Fingers and 10 Little Toes’ and I was, like, ‘what?’” On facts … Continue reading →

On questions, intriguing: “Do you know what cupcakes look like when they’re all gone?” On answers, surprising: “Like chocolate graham crackers.” On reasoning, sound: “Because they’re really little.” On suprising news, either genetic or gastronomic: “I have a baby llama … Continue reading →

On the giant lumpy stuffed penguin in her classroom: “This is baby’s daddy.” On contrition: “I’m sorry or something.” On eyes: “We all have stars in our eyes.” On eyes, feline: “Henry and Limbo have diamonds in their eyes.” On … Continue reading →