E: Give me my coat! I'm shaking like a squirrel.

K: *Climbs onto bed and lands knee on hard object* Ow, what is under the covers?!
E: *Pulls out bicycle pump* It's a pea under the mattress!

E: Where is Theo's mama?
L: You mean where is mama? You and Theo have the same mama. You have the same papa too.
E: And the same Marshmallow [our cat].

(At school, as told by her teacher)
E: *mutters to herself in French (which no one at her school speaks)*
HAHAHA, that's what my Papa says

K: I love you to the moon and back, little one
E: I love you to the moon and back, BIG ONE

*Flight attendant explains that she has fruit puree that will be thrown away and we say E would love to take it*
*Hand puree to her, she carefully inspects it*
E: AHH! It's haves babies on it!

Puppy probs

E: *Bursts into tears*
K: Why are you crying, honey?
E: Because I like *sobs* puuuuppies
K: You're sad because you like puppies?
E: Yes. *Sobbing* I don't like kitties

A well-trained mother

K: If I let you bring your [mp3-playing] bunny will you sleep in tata [auntie] Helene's bed?
E: Yeah!
K: Will you go to sleep all by yourself?
E: No, I will cry, and then you will come.

K: Can I hold your hand?
E: My hands are busy.

On bread

E: I want some of that bread.
K: Ugh, I don't think this bread is good anymore, bug.
E: It's good enough.

On asking for forgiveness

*Chases after screaming friend with a cup of water while playing at water table*
K: Don't put water on him; he isn't having fun when you do that.
E: No, I will put water on him, but then I will say sorry.

L: What the &*@#?
E: What the FOX?! *holds up toy fox*

K: What was your favorite thing you did at school today?
E: My favorite fings are kitties and puppies.
K: You are precious. Do you know what precious means?
E: It's means I like kitties.

E: Can you draw me a picture?
K: Sure bug. A picture of what?
E: Tara wearing a tutu having a happy birfday party with Holden crying and me wearing a blue shirt and papa wearing a pink shirt and my teachers miss Mimi and miss Bharathi.

E: Hold the handrail mama.
K: You are right. I should have held the handrail. Do you know why we hold the handrail?
E: So peoples doesn't say "ooooh mama and Theodore they didn't hold that handrail"