The Moritz Family

Angel (referring to a boy named Payton): I'm glad his parents decided to call him Payton instead of Satan. Cause all the kids would be scared of him.
    ~February 2011 [Angel: 6 years 4 months]

Angel: Harmony's laughing is one of my favorite sounds! Another one of my favorite sounds is when mommy scolds me for doing something wrong because that's how I learn!
    ~January 2011 [Angel: 6 years 4 months, Harmony: 1 year 11 months]

Angel (to Daddy): Maybe today, you can cook and clean, and mommy can do whatever she wants like you do.
    ~January 2011 [Angel: 6 years 4 months]

Angel: Something really strange happened this morning. When Tony woke up, I woke up, but then I went right back to sleep! I'd seen that in movies, but never knew it could really happen.
    ~January 2011 [Angel: 6 years 4 months, Tony: 5 years]

Angel (while eating egg rolls and sweet 'n sour chicken): This is my 2nd favorite Mexican food! Ya wanna know what my 1st favorite Mexican food is? Salmon Sashimi!
    ~January 2011 [Angel: 6 years 4 months]

Tony: Dad! You're never gonna believe this! I went to the bathroom and was peeing and it was WATER!
Dad: oh really?
Tony: Yeah! I drinked it, and it really was water!
    ~January 2011 [Tony: 5 years]

Tony: Hard bread crumbs with snow is really yummy! It's cold and yummy!
    ~January 2011 [Tony: 5 years]

Jeremy: Oh it's you, Tony! I thought you were a secret spy!
Tony: Spies are not real.
Jeremy: Spies are real.
Tony: But God didn't made them.
    ~December 2010 [Tony: 4 years 11 months]

Jeremy: Look at this baby! She can fly! She can fly in circles!
Angel: Everyone who can fly can fly in circles!
    ~December 2010 [Angel: 6 years 2 months]

Angel: Is the karate kid better at karate than Andrew?
Jeremy: Yes, but Andrew is a lot better at video games.
Angel: That's because they don't have video games in Japan.
    ~November 2010 [Angel: 6 years 2 months]

Angel: Everybody's afraid of something.
Jeremy: what are you afraid of?
Angel: Dinosaurs, dragons, lions, cheetahs, and tigers. I mean everybody's afraid of dinosaurs.
    ~November 2010 [Angel: 6 years 2 months]

Jeremy: What do you want to be when you grow up, Angel?
Angel: A Princess, Queen, Fashion Designer, Rockstar, & a Model
    ~November 2010 [Angel: 6 years 2 months]

Tony: When I grow up, I'll be a good teacher... And I'll be a good fighter too.
    ~November 2010 [Tony: 4 years 10 months]

Angel: Hey, Dad, remember that time when I was 4 and Tony was 3 and we got in trouble for doing something we weren't supposed to do? Remember that time? What were we doing anyway?
    ~October 2010 [Angel: 6 years 1 month, Tony: 4 years 9 months]

Angel: When Davey & Mindy get married, I bet I'll be older than their children.
    ~October 2010 [Angel: 6 years]

Angel: Fruit snacks really fill me up cause they're flavored like fruit.
    ~September 2010 [Angel: 6 years]

Angel: The Chick-fil-A lemonade is sour-and-a-half to me!
    ~August 2010 [Angel: 5 years 10 months]

Tony: You were gone for 100 hours!
Jeremy: Well not that long.
Angel: Yeah, that would be a whole day.
Jeremy: Actually, that's even longer than a day.
Angel: Yeah, that would be 70 days.
    ~July 2010 [Angel: 5 years 10 months, Tony: 4 years 7 months]

Angel: Mommy, your hair smells good! Mommy: Thanks!
Angel: It smells like deer!
Mommy: deer...?
Angel: you know the stuff you put on your hair.
Mommy: ...you mean mousse?
Angel: yeah! Moose!
    ~June 2010 [Angel: 5 years 9 months]

Jeremy: Angel doesn't know how to drive yet.
Angel: well, I know how to drive, but I just don't have my driver's license.
    ~June 2010 [Angel: 5 years 9 months]

Christine (explaining to Tony): We get eggs from chickens.
Angel: But we don't get eggs from married chickens.
Christine: Why's that?
Angel: Because those eggs have babies in them.

    ~June 2010 [Angel: 5 years 9 months, Tony: 4 years 5 months]

Christine (referring to 2-week old Charity): Can you believe this little baby used to be in mommy's tummy?
Angel: YES! She could fit in there right now!
    ~June 2010 [Angel: 5 years 9 months, Charity: ]

Angel: Mommy, will you play this guitar for us?
Christine: Sorry guys, I don't know how to play the guitar.
Tony: That's ok mommy, I'll show you.

    ~May 2010 [Angel: 5 years 8 months, Tony: 4 years 4 months]

Tony: I'm so sad that one of my grandpas died.
Jeremy: Tony, your grandpa didn't die.
Tony: Yeah, Grandpa Mitchell... He died.
Jeremy: Oh, he was your GREAT grandpa.
Tony: Yeah... He was so great, but he died.
    ~May 2010 [Tony: 4 years 4 months]

Tony (finding a large book with the same front cover as Angel's diary): Look, Dad! A BIG diarrhea book!
    ~May 2010 [Angel: 5 years 7 months, Tony: 4 years 4 months]

Angel: What's 30 days plus 30 days plus 30 days?
Jeremy: 90 days.
Angel: 90?? You gotta be kiddin' me!
    ~March 2010 [Angel: 5 years 5 months]

Tony: I can count backwards. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1!
Angel: Zero!
Tony: Nope. Not zero. After “1”, it’s “blast off.”

    ~March 2010 [Angel: 5 years 5 months, Tony: 4 years 2 months]

Tony: my best friends are the boys that have Star Wars Legos. I don't know their names.
    ~March 2010 [Tony: 4 years 2 months]

Tony: Daddy, when Angel is 100, she will be a teenager
Angel: No I won’t.
Tony: She will be a grandma.
Angel: A really super-old grandma.

    ~March 2010 [Angel: 5 years 5 months, Tony: 4 years 2 months]

Angel: It's called Chuck E Cheese because there's someone dressed up as Chucky and on your birthday you take a picture with him and say cheese.
    ~February 2010 [Angel: 5 years 4 months]

Angel: Tony, you're fired!
Tony: I'm not on fire.
Angel: No, I mean you're fired from the company. You have to work outdoors.
Tony: I don't want to work on doors! I'm just a kid!
    ~January 2010 [Angel: 5 years 4 months, Tony: 4 years]

Tony: I want to get a shot at the doctor. Cause I want candy.
    ~January 2010 [Tony: 4 years]

Jeremy (to Christine): They really broke the bank with that purchase!
Angel: Did they punch the bank to break it?
Jeremy: No, they didn't punch it.
Angel: So, did they just boom it to break it?
    ~January 2010 [Angel: 5 years 4 months]

Angel: Daddy, are Andrew's cousins my cousins.
Jeremy: No, they're your first cousins "once removed".
Angel: Oh... When "we moved," that was a super-long time ago!
    ~January 2010 [Angel: 5 years 4 months]

Angel (writing my name on my party cup): How do you spell "Daddy"? Jeremy (slowly, as Angel writes each letter): D...A...D... Angel (interrupting): If it was D-V-D, that would spell DVD!!
    ~December 2009 [Angel: 5 years 3 months]

Angel (in reference to the movie "The Prince and the Pauper"): Why would he be called the pauper if he doesn't pop popcorn?
    ~December 2009 [Angel: 5 years 3 months]

Angel: I don't think I learn as much from hand slaps. Can we just do spankings with me?
    ~December 2009 [Angel: 5 years 3 months]

Tony: Let's play boxing. This quarter can be our timer. If the time runs out and I win,... you lose.
    ~December 2009 [Tony: 3 years 11 months]

Jeremy: Did you kids take a nap in the car?
Angel: I did!
Tony: I tried to, but Angel kept waking me up wanting me to play with her.
    ~December 2009 [Angel: 5 years 3 months, Tony: 3 years 11 months]

Tony: No humans can come through here. Only girls.

    ~December 2009 [Tony: 3 years 11 months]

(Sitting in a bed, ready to fall asleep)
Angel: I'm really tired...my doll is in timeout.
Mindy: Why?
Angel: She disobeyed.
Mindy: Really? What did she do?
Angel: She tried to beat me up a lot. I prayed for her sins, and God forgave her, but she still has sins in her heart.
    ~December 2009 [Angel: 5 years 3 months]

Angel: I have two pennies to give to the offering at church. I also have a quarter in my pocket, but I'm saving that. I don't want to give too much.

    ~December 2009 [Angel: 5 years 2 months]

Tony: Look, Daddy! It's Dorothy, Tans-man, Scarecrow, and a Tiger!
    ~November 2009 [Tony: 3 years 10 months]

Angel: No, Tony, it's Chiropractor. Not pirate-cracker!
    ~October 2009 [Angel: 5 years 1 month, Tony: 3 years 10 months]

Angel: I wish we had six kids. Then I would have to handle some of them.
    ~October 2009 [Angel: 5 years 1 month]

Angel: I'm going to wear these sunglasses to dance class so they won't know it's me. They'll think I'm a new girl.
Jeremy: Maybe I should wear my sunglasses too, so they'll think I'm a new dad.
Angel: No, they'll just think you're blind.

    ~October 2009 [Angel: 5 years 1 month]

(Jeremy holds out different numbers of fingers on one hand as Tony calls them all correctly)
Tony: 5 fingers! ... 2 fingers! ... 3! ... 1! ... 2! ... 4! ... 5! ... 0!
Jeremy: Great counting, Tony!
Tony: I counted to zero!

    ~October 2009 [Tony: 3 years 9 months]

Tony: mommy i burped! Mom: you did? Tony: yeah, i burped out my bottom!
    ~October 2009 [Tony: 3 years 9 months]

Angel: I’m a spider!
Jeremy: But spiders can’t talk.
Angel: I’m the only talking spider in the universe.
Jeremy: Well, spiders have 8 legs. How many legs do you have?
Angel: Let’s see. (counting her fingers) 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (ignoring her ring finger and pinky finger on one hand).
Jeremy: What about those two?
Angel: Um… those are just extra legs in case these two fall off.

    ~October 2009 [Angel: 5 years]

Angel: I’m quitting video games for a week.
Jeremy: Why’s that?
Angel: Because I really like my new Barbie movie, and I want to watch it every day when I wake up.

    ~October 2009 [Angel: 5 years]

Daddy: (smelling dinner) Mmmmm! I smell yumminess!
Angel: Oh, daddy, you won’t smell yumminess when come upstairs. You’ll smell POOP!
    ~September 2009 [Angel: 5 years]

Jeremy (looking at a spider we caught on the end of a stick): Do you think we should kill him or let him live?
Tony: Umm... Let's let him live and then kill him.
    ~September 2009 [Tony: 3 years 8 months]

Tony: Angel had a bad dream.
Christine: Oh dear. What was the dream?
Tony: She dreamed she couldn't stay with you.
Christine: Oh how sad.
Tony: And you all turned into Chickens.
    ~September 2009 [Angel: 5 years, Tony: 3 years 8 months]

Andrew: have you ever ridden a horse?
Angel: I've never ridden a horse, but I do want to be a cowgirl when I grow up.
    ~September 2009 [Angel: 5 years]

Jeremy: Tony, we're almost to the surprise party!
Tony: Daddy, don't tell me that! It's supposed to be a surprise!
    ~September 2009 [Tony: 3 years 8 months]

Mom: it's not okay for you to go poopy in your diaper, Angel. The car smells bad now.
Tony: oh no. Now we have to throw angel in the dishwasher!
    ~September 2009 [Angel: 4 years 12 months, Tony: 3 years 8 months]

Christine: You should be thankful I'm making you a nice breakfast. I
could just make you gruel every morning.
Angel: No! You don't know how to make gruel!
    ~September 2009 [Angel: 4 years 12 months]

Angel: Mommy, we like Daddy's spankings better.
Christine: Really? Why is that?
Tony: Daddy's spankings are harder than yours.
Angel: Yeah, we learn more that way.
    ~September 2009 [Angel: 4 years 11 months, Tony: 3 years 8 months]

Tony: I don't wove badguys.
Angel: You're supposed to love everybody--even badguys.
Tony: Yeah! 'Cuz If you don't wove badguys, they will capture you!
Angel: No, they will capture you, even though you love them.
    ~August 2009 [Angel: 4 years 11 months, Tony: 3 years 7 months]

Tony: When I grow up, I need to buy taxes.
Jeremy: Oh, you do?
Tony: Yeah, I need to buy some taxes when I get bigger.
    ~August 2009 [Tony: 3 years 7 months]

Christine: Sometimes when people grow older, they get cataracts.
Angel: What are cataracts?
Tony: Like "Cataract Meshack and Abednego."
    ~August 2009 [Angel: 4 years 10 months, Tony: 3 years 7 months]

Mommy: (reading a book) “Feel the soft curtain…”
(angel feels the curtain)
Angel: Mommy it feels just like your curtains! Except, it’s not dusty.
    ~August 2009 [Angel: 4 years 10 months]

Angel: I think canadian geese are boy geese and regular geese are girl geese.
    ~August 2009 [Angel: 4 years 10 months]

Jeremy: Look at how big that tree is, Tony.
Tony: Wow!! It's ONE FEET TALL!!
Jeremy: It's... one feet tall?
Tony: Yeah... but it's not bigger than God.
    ~July 2009 [Tony: 3 years 6 months]

Angel: Hey Daddy! Do you know what has a lot of caffeine?
Jeremy: What?
Angel: Chicken pop!!
Christine: ...she means Rooster Booster.
    ~July 2009 [Angel: 4 years 10 months]

Angel (viewing a multi-part investment illustration on a legal pad): Who drew this?
Jeremy: Levi. (financial planner)
Angel: It looks like Whoville.
    ~July 2009 [Angel: 4 years 9 months]

Tony: Daddy’s the biggest.
Angel: And I’m the mediumest.
    ~July 2009 [Angel: 4 years 9 months, Tony: 3 years 6 months]

(After Tony dropped his corndog on the floor)
Jeremy: Tony, you dropped your corndog. Please pick it up.
Tony: I didn't dropped it.
Jeremy: Then how did it end up on the floor?
Tony: It just... dropped it by itself.
    ~July 2009 [Tony: 3 years 6 months]

Tony: sorry angel.
Angel: say i'm sorry like you mean it.
Tony: (grinning) i'm sorry like you mean it.
    ~June 2009 [Angel: 4 years 9 months, Tony: 3 years 5 months]

Angel: Since it's Father's day, maybe daddy, Tony, and I could go do something together.
Tony: Yeah, and mommy can go do something by herself.
    ~June 2009 [Angel: 4 years 9 months, Tony: 3 years 5 months]

Jeremy: I could make sausage and eggs for breakfast.
Angel: I don't like sausage, dad. I tried it when I was two, and I said "Bleh!"
    ~June 2009 [Angel: 4 years 9 months]

Angel: Your gum is sour.
Tony: My gum’s not sour. It’s really really really REALLY sour!
    ~May 2009 [Angel: 4 years 8 months, Tony: 3 years 4 months]

Angel: Want me to make up a story?
Tony: Nope.
Angel: Okay. Then I'll just make up a story all by myself and tell it to myself, and you won't get to hear the exciting part of my story.
    ~May 2009 [Angel: 4 years 8 months, Tony: 3 years 4 months]

Angel: (as Harmony clasps her hands together) Look! Harmony's praying!
Daddy: She's praying "Thank you, God, for my loving family."
Angel: (as Harmony stuffs her hands into her mouth) And now she's praying "Thank you, God, for my fingers that I can eat them!"
    ~May 2009 [Angel: 4 years 8 months, Harmony: 3 months]

Angel: I have to go potty really bad!
Tony: do you want to potty on a tree like I pottied on a tree?
    ~May 2009 [Angel: 4 years 8 months, Tony: 3 years 4 months]

Angel: Daddy, Daddy, flies bite you!
Tony: Yeah! And ladybugs tickle you!
    ~May 2009 [Angel: 4 years 8 months, Tony: 3 years 4 months]

Daddy: What does Daddy do at work now?
Angel: Sell Insurance!
Daddy: That’s right! Do you want to buy some Insurance?
Angel: No! I want to sell insurance with you!
    ~May 2009 [Angel: 4 years 8 months]

Angel: "Alley cats are cats without a home… kinda like alley cows and alley zebras."
    ~May 2009 [Angel: 4 years 7 months]

Tony: I won't play with you ever again.
Angel: Every time we say that to each other, in the morning we play together. So it never comes true.
    ~April 2009 [Angel: 4 years 6 months, Tony: 3 years 3 months]

Tony: "I can drive! I'm three-and-a-half!"
Angel: "Three-and-a-half-year-olds can’t drive…But if you’re a grown-up and you’re three-and-a-half, then you can drive."
    ~March 2009 [Angel: 4 years 6 months, Tony: 3 years 2 months]

Tony: "Stand up and fight!"
Mommy (assuming battle-ready position with foam sword): "En garde!"
Tony: "No you’re not a guard; I'm a guard!"
    ~March 2009 [Tony: 3 years 2 months]

(While we were in the process of admonishing Angel not to be a picky eater, Tony chimed in with this bit of wisdom:)
Tony: "When you pick your nose, it means you’re a picky eater."
    ~March 2009 [Angel: 4 years 6 months, Tony: 3 years 2 months]

Angel: why are you here, Robbie?
Robbie: I came for a haircut.
Angel: Oh yeah, 'cuz your hair looks like girl hair.
    ~February 2009 [Angel: 4 years 5 months]

(Angel, dressed like a princess with her tiara and formal gown, approaches Jeremy and gives a grand curtsey.)

Jeremy: Hello, beautiful Angel.
Angel (with poise and elegance): Hello father.
Jeremy: May I have a hug?
Angel: Of course, father. (gives hug) The royal king always gets a hug from his daughter.
Jeremy: Why thank you, Princess Angel.
Angel (still elegantly): I’m killing buffaloes for food.
    ~February 2009 [Angel: 4 years 5 months]

Angel: Daddy, you have big muscles. If Satan came here, you would beat him up.
    ~February 2009 [Angel: 4 years 5 months]

Angel (praying): "Dear God, please help Daddy to do what's right. And I pray for my family that I won't do wrong like they do."
    ~January 2009 [Angel: 4 years 4 months]

Angel: (speaking to Tony) Do you want me to read you a Bible story? Ok! (opens Bible) "Chapter 2: If your parents tell you to do something, then fall asleep."
    ~January 2009 [Angel: 4 years 4 months, Tony: 3 years]

Angel answered my phone at work when I wasn’t paying attention and talked to the customer for 2 minutes. After hanging up, I talked to her [again] about not answering the work phone. After this, to reinforce it, I asked…
Jeremy: "So, Angel, the next time the work phone rings, are you going to answer it?"
Angel: "Um... Umm... umm... probably not the next time."
    ~January 2009 [Angel: 4 years 4 months]

(Tony accidentally bumps into Christine's stomach while she's 8-months pregnant with Harmony)
Jeremy: Tony, you weren't being careful. Rub mommy's tummy and tell Harmony you're sorry.
Tony (rubbing Christine's tummy): Sorry... Harmony didn't say "I forgive you"!
    ~January 2009 [Tony: 3 years, Harmony: ]

Angel: I think we should have 5 kids. But not 7. That's too much.
Jeremy: Why is that?
Angel: Because 7 kids is almost 100.
    ~January 2009 [Angel: 4 years 3 months]

Angel: My mommy's gonna have a baby.
Stranger: Oh, that's great.
Angel: We're gonna name her Harmony.
Stranger: That's a very pretty name. What's Harmony's middle name?
Angel: We're still working on the middle name.
    ~December 2008 [Angel: 4 years 3 months, Harmony: 1 month]

Angel (fervently trying to delay her spanking): Mommy! I have a question!
Christine: No more questions, Angel. You’re stalling. You may ask one more question, then you’re getting your spanking.
Angel: Okay… this is going to be a really long question.
    ~December 2008 [Angel: 4 years 3 months]

Angel's bad dream:
"I had a bad dream last night. Mimi was in the dream. She was really nice,
but she was... well... kinda mean because she didn't give me something, and
I really wanted it. I wanted something new, and I thought that Mimi's thing
was not new, so I didn't want it, but then I found out it was new, so I
wanted it, but Mimi didn't give it to me. I tried to talk to mommy, but she
was too busy playing cards, so i couldn't get her attention."
    ~December 2008 [Angel: 4 years 3 months]

Mindy: And guess how old I will be on my birthday!
Angel: Uhh, twelve?
Andrew: No. Older than that.
Angel: Thirteen?
Andrew: No.
Angel: Fourteen?
Andrew: no, she's way older than that.
Angel: Sixteen?
Andrew No.
Angel: Seventeen?
Andrew: No.
Angel: Fifteen?
Andrew: No. I'll give you a hint. It's 2 and 2. What age is that?
Angel: Oh!!! Four!
    ~December 2008 [Angel: 4 years 2 months]

(after Barack Obama won the national election for US President over John McCain):

Angel: I think I’m gonna cry.
Jeremy: Why is that, sweetheart?
Angel: I have a fever, and a headache, and it’s coming down into my eye and making me really sad for John McCain.
    ~November 2008 [Angel: 4 years 1 month]

(At a Halloween costume party)
Andrew (8 years old): Look! There's Hannah Montana!
Angel: Daddy, is that the REAL Hannah Montana?
Daddy: No, that's a girl in a costume.
Andrew: If she were the real Hannah Montana, she'd be in Montana.
    ~October 2008 [Angel: 4 years 1 month]

Angel (while crying in Jeremy's arms after being given a spanking): Daddy, I want you to be in charge of the spankings.
Jeremy: Why is that, sweetheart?
Angel: Because your spankings are better.
Jeremy: What makes them better?
Angel (still crying): You spank really hard; that's what makes them better.
    ~October 2008 [Angel: 4 years]

Tony "flies" into the room wearing his Superman pajamas
Jeremy: Hi, Tony!
Tony: I'm Superman!... Superman is wet!
    ~October 2008 [Tony: 2 years 9 months]

Tony (running down the hall): I got Daddy’s phone!
Angel: Tony’s got your phone, Daddy!
Jeremy: Will you go get it for me, Angel?
Angel: I don’t think I can. That little squirt is being so fast.
    ~October 2008 [Angel: 4 years, Tony: 2 years 9 months]

Angel: I had a bad dream last night.
Daddy: What was your dream, sweetheart?
Angel: I had a dream that a bug was trying to lead us to Canada.
Daddy: Oh, and you didn't want to go to Canada?
Angel: Well, we wanted to go to Canada, but we didn't want the bug to lead
us there.
    ~September 2008 [Angel: 4 years]

Angel (playing a chasing game with Daddy): Follow me, Dum!
Daddy: Angel, that’s not a nice word.
Angel: No, it’s just that your NAME is "Dum".
Daddy: That's not a nice name to call people. If you want, you can call me "Cool-Guy".
Angel: Okay… your name is Cool-Guy, but you’re just pretending to be cool.
    ~September 2008 [Angel: 4 years]

Angel says…
I had three bad dreams last night:
The first one was where you were making me go to bed,
and the second one was where Tony was waking me up,
and the third one was where you were giving us skabetti (spaghetti), and we were eating beans.
    ~September 2008 [Angel: 4 years, Tony: 2 years 8 months]

Angel (after praying over our breakfast): I don’t pray to Satan. That would be silly!
    ~September 2008 [Angel: 4 years]

Angel (While playing with Mommy): Now you're trapped forever and ever and ever... that's a long time.
    ~September 2008 [Angel: 4 years]

Angel: "Mommy, what's your favorite color?"
Christine: "Red."
Angel: "Aaah! Red makes me sneeze!"
Christine: "It does? Why does red make you sneeze?"
Angel: "Because… I'm allergic to red."
    ~August 2008 [Angel: 3 years 11 months]

Angel (after finishing a meal): I'm too full. I could eat a whole stomach.
    ~August 2008 [Angel: 3 years 11 months]

Angel: Hey, Andrew? Let's get married.
Andrew: Ok. "Here comes the bride. All dressed in white".
Angel: And now we kiss.
Andrew: Uh...
Mom: (Shouting from the kitchen) Angel! Andrew! Popsicle time!
Andrew: Angel, do you want a Popsicle?
Angel: No. I want to get married.
    ~August 2008 [Angel: 3 years 11 months]

Angel: How do you say "Get in the car in Spanish"
Jeremy: I think it's "Va en el coche."
Angel: Nope.
Jeremy: "Va en el carro"?
Angel: Nope.
Jeremy: "Vamanos!"
Angel: That means "Swing through the trees" in Spanish.
    ~July 2008 [Angel: 3 years 10 months]

Angel: I had an accident.
Jeremy: Oh you did?
Angel: Yeah... it looked like a smiley face.
Jeremy: ...It did? How did it look like a smiley face.
Angel: Well, it was a potty smiley face.
    ~July 2008 [Angel: 3 years 10 months]

Mindy: I'm going to drain the water, because it's getting high.
Angel: Yeah, it needs to be lower because we're little kids so we can't breathe under water. But when we're big kids, like Andrew's age, then we can breathe under water.
Mindy: I can't breathe under water?
Angel: You can't? Why?
Mindy: Because that's how God made us. Only fishies can breathe under water.
Angel: and Butterfly fairies!
Mindy: But butterfly fairies aren't real.
Angel: Butterflies are! It's just the fairies that aren't real.
    ~July 2008 [Angel: 3 years 10 months]

Angel: Daddy, do mermaids live in the sea or the ocean?
Jeremy: Well, sweetie, mermaids are really just pretend
Angel (emphatically): No they're not! Mermaids are real.
Jeremy: Um... I think they are just pretend.
Angel: Daddy, mermaids are real.
Jeremy: Well... have you ever seen a mermaid?
Angel: No... and that's why they're real. If you see one, then they're pretend.
    ~July 2008 [Angel: 3 years 10 months]

(At Deana Rose Farmstead, Angel caught a fish with grandpa.)
Angel (watching the fish flop around wildly on the deck gasping for air): It's a happy fish!
    ~July 2008 [Angel: 3 years 10 months]

Angel: Daddy, every time you take us home, you say it's naptime
    ~July 2008 [Angel: 3 years 10 months]

Jeremy: Cheeseburgers are made out of cows
Angel: No, they're not. Cows don't make cheeseburgers. Cows don't know HOW to make cheeseburgers!
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 9 months]

Angel (at a picnic): There’s a bug in my lemonade! I think he flew in there because he wanted a nice home in my lemonade.
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 9 months]

Grandpa: "I can take a picture of you and Cinderella with my phone, and then I can send the picture to mommy, and daddy, and mimi, and Uncle Robbie, and Aunt Mindy, and Uncle Davey…"
Angel: "Yeah, and you can also send it to lots of people I don’t know."
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 9 months]

Angel (singing "Billy Joe McGuffrey"):
Oh Billy Joe was really jumpy kid
On the first day of first grade, I'll tell you what he did
Slipped on a banana flew up in the sky
Found a banana and stuck it in his eye
It was the first grade in the second grade... first grade in the second grade...
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 9 months]

Angel (referring to Mr. Potato Head): Can I play with Mr. Potato Chips?
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 9 months]

Jeremy: Kids, it's bedtime. No talking and no getting out of bed.
Angel: I can only get out of bed to go potty and to tell you that Tony's talking.
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months, Tony: 2 years 5 months]

Angel singing "There's a hole in the bottom of the sea" while riding in the back of the car:
Angel: "There's a hole in a log in a frog ... in some grass in a house ... in a light ... in a sign in a restaurant ... in a building ... in a apple in the bottom of the sea.
There's a bunch ... there's a bunch ... there's a bunch of stuff in the bottom of the sea"
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months]

(Grandpa is sitting at a racing game at a restaurant arcade with Tony in his lap. Tony is furiously turning the steering wheel like he’s in the middle of an intense race)
Angel (approaching him with a soda in her hand): Here, Tony. Want a drink while you’re driving?
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months, Tony: 2 years 5 months]

Angel (after inspecting her panties): There’s a hole in my panties. I think a bee stung it and pulled a hole in it. I don’t know why they have a hole in it. Maybe a bug ate it because bugs eat panties and so they eat bugs and so panties have a hole in it.
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months]

Angel: Why do you have to go to work?
Dad: That's how we got money to buy things like waffles
Angel: Dad, we already have waffles
Dad: Well, we use money to buy other things too, like this house
Angel: Dad, how can you buy this house? it's too big to put on the
register! You can't hold it.
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months]

Levi (giving Angel a single animal cracker): Here’s a snack for you.
Angel: This is not a snack. A snack is a bowl full of them.
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months]

Angel (watching static on the screen after a VHS film): Um... I think it's a stupid movie 'cuz the bees keep coming up on the screen
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months]

Starting to eat a sandwich at lunchtime, Angel suddenly drops it on her plate and with a panicked look says "Oh Mommy!"
Christine: What? What's the matter?
Angel: I was just horrified that we forgot to pray.
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months]

Angel: (singing a nonsensical song with many unrelated lyrical lines…she sings:) "…and Tony doesn’t know what love means."
Jeremy (interrupting): He doesn’t?? Tony, do you know what love means?
Tony: (matter-of-fact-ly) Nope.
    ~June 2008 [Angel: 3 years 8 months, Tony: 2 years 5 months]

Robbie playfully did a punching-on-the-couch maneuver with Tony who gleefully shouted "Do it again!" To which Robbie replied "Do it again?! That was a punishment!". Then Tony said "I want a punchingment again!"
    ~March 2008 [Tony: 2 years 2 months]

Angel: Let’s play Toss on the Bed!
Daddy: But we’re driving in a car, Angel. How can I toss you on a bed?
Angel: Well, you can just toss me on the sidewalk.
    ~February 2008 [Angel: 3 years 5 months]