AFTER eating her apple sauce (ugh!)

Why do we need spoons when we have fingers?

pluto

into a fake cell phone, "Where are you now, Pluto?!"

then looking at me to clarify, "My friend, not the planet."

crafting

"When you're older you can't think of that much stuff to make, huh? And when you're older you think it's just a waste of paper."

aging

"13 is a teenager. And 14, and 15. And 16. And 17 and 18 and 19. What's 20, Mom?"

"A grown-up" (well, sorta)

"So 20 all of the way up is a grown-up and when you get to 100, then you are old."

one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

mid-october, 2009

after thoughtful consideration, Mr. Gump and his seven hump wump was the final, deciding factor for Tessa to determine,

"This book is definitely fiction!"

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...

why she hit her sister...

october 17, 2009

"It's just that when I get mad I get really strong"