“I wish John-John was a girl” – good thing she’s getting a sister in a few months!
Either to Johnny or her toy (not sure which): “Do that one more time, and I’ll put you in time out.” Wonder where she got that one from…
After I asked her if she understood why I force her to have the straps tight enough to actually protect her in her car seat: “Mama, what ‘understand’ mean?”
Seeing the corn on the cob I bought for dinner: “Oh, wow, uppercase corn!” Apparently, baby corn (which Emma also loves) is “lowercase corn”.
Seeing my sister E. (Emma’s aunt) drive up to our house: “E really pretty. She one of my [pause] cousins? Or sisters?”
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.


So cute! I love the uppercase and lowercase corn :)
HA! What a cutie!
haha so cute!
Uppercase corn! I love it! I keep a notebook with all of Emily’s funny quotes too, mainly so I can remember to share them with Mark when he gets home from work. :-)
so cute! and I love the picture! Her quotes remind me of my little ones :)
Guffaws! Emma is so funny! Oh I love the things little kids say – it’s great that you’ve recorded them here – someday Emma will read your blog and will be glad you did!