A Arch

Mama:  Miss A, where did we go yesterday?
Miss A:  Ummm.  Hmmm.
Mama:  Where did we go?  Remember first thing in the morning?  We went to the... (whispered) zoo!
What did we see at the zoo?
Miss A:  Ummm.  Hmmm.
Mama:  What did we see?  Do you remember?  They were swimming fast fast.
Miss A:  Penguins!
Mama:  Yeah!  Then what did we do?  You got to ride...
Miss A:  Uhhh.  Horse! 
Mama:  Yeah!  On the carousel!
Miss A:  And a BUNNY!!!
Mama:  And a bunny?  You got to ride it twice, round and round.  Who was on it with you?
Miss A:  That (pointing to Uncle Ron).
Mama:  Yep, that, Uncle Ron, you silly goose!  And then what did we see?  Let's see, we went to see the big cats.  Remember all those leopards?
Miss A:  Yeah!
Mama:  And then who did we see get their fish?
Miss A:  They catch them!
Mama:  Yeah, they caught them.  What were those?
Miss A:  That one throw it in the water!
Mama:  Yeah, the guy threw them in the water, and  the sea lions caught them, huh!
Miss A:  That one's on a BIG rock!
Mama:  He was on a big rock.  That was really cool, huh.  And then where did we go, after the zoo?
Miss A:  Uhhh.  A Arch!  We go inside!
Mama:  What did you see inside the Arch? 
Miss A:  Am-mals!  (Animals)  And a HORSE!!!!!
Mama:  And a horse?  How fun.  And then where did we go?  What did you eat at the restaraunt?  Do you remember?
Miss A:  Amember?
Mama:  Yeah, what did you get to eat at the restaurant?
Miss A:  Some food!
Mama:  Yeah, what kind of food?  What's your favorite food?
Miss A:  Cookies!!!
Mama:  Cookies... (laughing), yeah, and what else did you eat?  Macaronis?
Miss A:  Macaronis.
Mama:  Are they your favorite?
Miss A:  Yeah.

Quotes

"Please, Mama!  Please can I have a horse body?"  (While watching the centaurs on Fantasia..)

"Please, I need a big turtle.  It make me so very happy!"  (After seeing a picture of a big quilt shaped like a turtle...)

"Look!  I'm biting my uvula!"  (There is no explanation...)

I Can Touch the Water?

 Miss A investigating the lily ponds at the botanical garden.

We're Floating!

Miss A:  It's dark Mama!
Mama:  Yeah!
Miss A:  Where'd the sun go?
Mama:  It went away over to the west.  It had to go make light for the other side of the earth.
Miss A:  Yeah.  We're on the earf.
Mama:  Yeah.
Miss A:  We're floating! 
Mama:  We're floating?  Yeah, the earth floats through space.  Heavenly Father makes us float and spin on the earth.
Miss A:  Now we can go.  (Stop light turned green.)
Mama:  Yep.

Paterkillers!

Mama:  Kay.  Lay down.  Do you want covers?
Miss A:  Covers.
Mama:  Miss A, what did we do today at the park?
Miss A:  Ummm.  Play swings!  And... paterkillers!!!  (Caterpillers.)
Mama:  Paterkillers?
Miss A:  And a big paterkiller, at Mary's house.
Mama:  A big paterkiller at Mary's house?  Wow, two paterkillers?  And then we saw another one on the tree, huh?  What else happened today?
Miss A:  A big horse.  (Holding a stuffed horse...)
Mama:  Yeah, the horse.
Miss A:  Nee-hee-hee!
Mama:  Okay.  Night night.

A Airplane

Mama:  Are you ready to go home Miss A?
Miss A:  Yeah.
Mama:  What are we going to do tomorrow?
Miss A:  Ummm.  Hmmmm.
Mama:  What are we going to go on?
Miss A:  A airplane.
Mama:  A airplane!
Miss A:  See a lamp?  (Looking at the lamp in the bedroom.)
Mama:  Yeah, I see the lamp.  And where are we going on the airplane?
Miss A:  Ummm.  Hmmmm.
Mama:  Where are we going on that airplane?  To.... our house?
Miss A:  Yeah.
Mama:  And what will we do there?
Miss A:  Toys...
Mama:  Toys...  And who will we see?
Miss A:  Mary!  (Mama's friend.)
Mama:  Mary, and who else?
Miss A:  Mr. S!  (Mary's son.)
Mama:  Mr. S, yeah.  And who else?
Miss A:  Miss I.  (Mary's daughter.)
Mama:  That will be fun, huh?
Miss A:  I so miss them so much!
Mama:  You so miss them so much?  Yeah.
Miss A:  What's on my thumb?
Mama:  I don't know what's on your thumb.  It's too bad Daddy won't be there, huh?  Where's Daddy?
Miss A:  He's in Ginia...  (Virginia.)
Mama:  Yeah.  He'll be back soon though, huh?
Miss A:  Look!  What's on my thumb?
Mama:  I don't know what that is.  Where did we go eat lunch?
Miss A:  At the westaurant.
Mama:  What was at that restaurant?
Miss A:  Were squitoes in it.  (There were a lot of flies, not mosquitoes, in the open air restaurant.)
Mama:  Yeah, there were squitoes in it.  What was inside?  We ate right next to something, what was it?  And you got to climb up inside?  What was that?
Miss A:  (Whispered)  A truck.
Mama:  A truck?  That was cool, huh?
Miss A:  Yeah, with lights!
Mama:  Yeah, with lights!  And there were flamingoes...  (Donnie Mac's Trailer Park Cuisine in Boise.  Great place.)
Miss A:  Fla-min-goes!
Mama:  That was fun, huh?  Who ate lunch with us?
Miss A:  Marcene.
Mama:  Uh huh.  And who else?
Miss A:  Ummm.  Hmmmm.
Mama:  Aunt....
Miss A:  Aunt Lori!
Mama:  And who else?
Miss A:  Hmmm.  Mama!
Mama:  Yeah, Mama.  I was there, and Miss M (little sister).  Who else?
Miss A:  And Miss A!
Mama:  And Miss A..  And Cousin Brit...
Miss A:  Yeah, Cousin Brit.
Mama:  That was really fun, huh.
Miss A:  And Marcene.

Silly

Miss A:  You're silly Mama!
Mama:  Did you just call me silly?
Miss A:  (Giggle)  Yeah...
Mama:  You're a silly galoot!
Miss A:  I not a silly galoot!
Mama:  Are you a silly Miss A?
Miss A:  (Giggle)  Yeah...