Not exactly the response he was going for...

F., in response to Dad's joke about leaving the house with no clothes on:

You can't go out like that. Everyone would see your old, ugly penis.

Incomplete picture

After two years of living in the summer fog, my girls describe Mexico as "that place we didn't have to wear jackets." I try to remind them of the many other aspects of our trip to Mexico, but the not-wearing-jackets thing is all that really sticks...

Quite a dilemma for a 4 year old

B: I was planning to marry C., but then Mommy said I couldn't marry my brother. Now I don't know who I'll marry.

C's Pronunciation

Raisin bran: bi bam

Office: Off-ish

Fish: kissing noise with lips

Grapes: Bapes

I love you: Uh-voo

Another one: Ah-nun

Memory loss at age 4

D: How was your first day at school?

B: Go-od.

D: What did you do?

B: I don't know.

D: Who did you play with?

B: I don't remember.

D: Did you learn anything?

B: I don't know.

First Conversation

6:30 am; June 2008

M: Good morning C!

C: Daddy, honk-shoo?

M: No, Daddy isn't sleeping.

C: Daddy, off-ish?

M: No, Daddy's not in the office. Daddy went on a plane.

C: Daddy, plane?

M: Yes, that's right. He'll be back soon.