June 1 – Me: “What’s on your shirt?” Daniel: “May be cicada or maybe it’s just dirt.”

June 4 – Daniel has limited experience with sweat. He said, “My face is crying.”

June 4 – Tonight Daniel thanked God for grass, trees, clouds, sky, sun and toys.

June 6 – Daniel looking at a letter that was hand written on ruled paper, points to a couple of boxes on the corner: “This is the send button and this is the print button.”

June 7 – I told Daniel that my car engine choked. “What’d it eat?”

June 7 – Three-year-old scientific logic while examining a beech nut at the park: “This is all pruney. It must have gotten wet. It must have rained at the park.” Later he put a nut in a hole in the tree and handed me a leaf. “This is your receipt.”

June 8 – What!?! Daniel just selected print from the drop down menus.

June 10 – It is so hot outside. At 9:15 a.m. with sweat rolling down his face Daniel says, “Let’s go to Lowe’s now. We’ve been at the park all day.”

June 10 – Daniel was so good about pretending to wash his hands in the sink after pretending to use the toilet at Lowe’s. But the first time he did it, he almost didn’t just pretend to pull his pants down!

June 14 – Daniel: “What’s that boo boo? It’s a crack. Maybe you’re old.”

June 16 – There aren’t many sounds as joyous as your child singing “Jesus is Coming Soon” very loudly in the back seat of the car.

June 23 – Daniel was turning the gas cap on his toy lawn mower and making a humming noise. Me: “That’s where you put the gas.” Daniel: “No, that’s the volume.”

June 24 – I explained to Daniel that he will get old. “I’ll have lots of cracks.”

June 25 – Daniel is an expert at self checkouts and thinks all stores should have them. Recently we were at a store that didn’t and Daniel says “Where’s the self checkout?” I told him they didn’t have one. He pointed to the cashier and said “Just let him go away.”

June 26 – It’s so funny having Daniel correct me about how I play. It’s even funnier when he just takes over because I’m doing it wrong. He’s learned one of my greatest governing principals: if you want something done right, you best do it yourself.