On style

Cael (listening to Muppets Christmas): "Is that a girl?"

Mom: "Well, yes. It's a girl pig. It's Miss Piggy."

Cael: "Ohhhh. I know her! She wears beautiful clothes."

The simple joys of a cardboard box

"I'm making a car. It's called a Zamboni."

The wrong question

Dad: "How old are you?"

Cael: "I'm four!"

Dad: "How old are your feet?"

Cael: "Dad, they don't have a number."

Feels like the hundred-acre wood

On her Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animal:

"I have a picture of this guy. I have a toy of this guy. I like having this guy and everybody else."

Bedtime stall tactics

Mom: "Goodnight, Cael. No more talking."

Cael: "Okay, I have three more things to tell you."

Mom: "<sigh> Okay."

Cael: "Plus seven."

Culinary preferences

"I like the middle of an apple.

Wait. No, I don't."

Walk it off

Reporting on a minor injury:

"It's still scraped, but it's okay. It doesn't hurt anymore. My skin's still together. I just get the scrapes, the bruises, and the birthmarks all the time.

Did you know that you can get the birthmarks even when you're bigger?"

Newton and Darwin all in one little package

When offered an explanation of the numbers on a digital watch:

"Numbers!?! I know all about numbers. And cats. And lions, tigers, mosquitoes, and dragons. I know a lot about a lot of stuff."

Composing lyrics on the fly

When I was born in the river,
I couldn't believe it now.

Only one, I think

"Dad, how many symnables do I have in my name?"

Milk does a body good

"Did you know that eating food with lots of calcium makes you move around a lot?"

On waiting

"When I'm done getting patience, can I have some milk?"

Variations on a Halloween joke

Original joke: Why do giraffes have long necks? Because their feet stink.

Cael's rendition: "Why do giraffes have long legs? Because they have bad breath."

Favorite things

"My piglet blanket. The most thing I love the best."

Royalty and crayons

"Princesses sometimes need to always color."

Get well soon

"I know something that might help my cough. We should get some Ricola. It's for grown-ups, but I'm bigger now so we could share it and make us both feel better."

Career choices

Cael (cheering): "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go, let's go, let's go!"
Mom: "Are you going to be a cheerleader when you grow up?"
Cael: "No."
Mom: "Oh. What *are* you going to be when you grow up?"
Cael: "A singer-slash-dancer."

Movie critic

‎"Sometimes I don't like watching grown-up movies. It's *so* irritating."

Feelings

"I'm pretty sure I'm really hungry."

Lord of the Rings

After overhearing a conversation about "The Two Towers," she sketches a smiley guy with crayon and paper towel and proclaims, "I drew Gondor!"

Contrariwise

Aidan: "You're so contrary."
Cael: "No I'm not."

On time

Cael: "Is it going to be night soon?"
Mom: "Yes."
Cael: "Ugh! I thought it was morning for a few weeks."