even though

"I like Megan, even though she's mean."

flips

Daddy: Tessa why do you do flips on the couch all of the time?

Tessa: Because it's the only thing I can do flips on.

in the future

sometime last year

"When I grown up and get married, where will you and daddy live?"

because this is, after all, her house...

backyard

April, 2009

Tess: Mom, remember when I used to go potty in the backyard because I didn't want to come inside?

Me: No, I don’t. When was that?

Tess: Yesterday.

office supplies

from October, 2008

"Mommy, where is that stamp thing that you put papers together and then (claps her hands) puts a bullet in it?"