January 2 – Daniel hands me a piece of paper he’s written on: “This says Mama is a funny guy.”

January 5 – Papa: “I love you, little man.” Daniel: “Awww. Isn’t that nice?”

January 6 – Daniel was curious about breaker boxes when I told him we had to turn off the oven at the breaker box. Looking at a picture of one he was guessing what each switch was for. He pointed to one and said, “and this one turns off the Sun.”

January 6 – On Special Agent Oso there is a character named Dottie with a pretty extreme Southern accent. Daniel said something then said, “I sounded kind of funny when I said that. I sounded like Dottie.”

January 8 – Daniel: “Knock, knock.” Papa: “Who’s there?” Daniel: “Boo.” Papa: “Boo who?” Daniel: “Banana.”

January 8 – Daniel: “I’m going to sing you a lullaby.” Me: “That would be wonderful. Please do.” Daniel: “I’m just going to sing it in my brain.”

January 9 – In the spirit of full disclosure, Daniel walks up to the appliance repairman and says, “I have a virus. It’s making me sick.”

January 9 – Daniel called his great grandmother and said “I have a virus. I just can’t figure out what’s going on with me.”

January 10 – Me: “How are you this morning?” Daniel: “Well enough.”

January 11 – Daniel put various items in Glad storage containers and put them under the tree playing Christmas presents. Then he said, “Where is my camera? I need to take a picture of you before you open the presents because that’s how we usually do it.”

January 13 – Daniel woke and needed a little reassurance at 1 a.m. As I left his room he said, “I love Mickey and Friends and Ma and Pa.”

January 14 – Reading words off a plastic cup from Swanky’s – Me: “Do you know what ‘chill’ means?” Daniel: “It means relax.” Me: “How did you know that?” Daniel: “Sometimes I hear my voice. I hear my voice in my brain and it tells me stuff.”

January 19 – Daniel: “You let my pea juice cool off and let it get all funky.”

January 20 – Daniel looking at a cross section of a slice of celery: “God made this heart for me because He loves me.”

January 25 – Daniel: “I don’t like to grow.” Me: “Why?” Daniel: “I don’t want to be any bigger than I am right now.”

January 27 – Daniel, after saying a bunch of gibberish: “Listen. I’m speaking in a different language.”

January 27 – Coming home from a nice trip to Kroger, I hear from the back seat: “Welcome valued customer. Beep beep beep. Do you have any coupons?”

January 29 – At a self checkout at a grocery: “I’m the checker and you’re the bagger.”

January 31 – Daniel got in a laundry basket and set another laundry basket inverted over him. He said he was an egg. I asked if he was a chicken or a lizard. He said he was a dinosaur.

January 31 – Me: “I love going places with you and being with you every day. You’ll grow up and meet a pretty girl and get married and I won’t see you every day.” Daniel: “And when I’m done being married I’ll come back and you will see me again.”

December 1 – Looking at a picture of himself as a baby being held by Poppy: “He looks kind of different. Is that the same Poppy as when I am big?”

December 2 – Loading the crock pot for Papa’s supper: “He better like this.”

December 9 – Playing hide and seek: “I’m not going to count. I’m just going to count in my brain.”

December 12 – Opening my box from Kohls: “There’s not any good stuff I like in here.”

December 18 – Examining the presents from Uncle Gene. One is a wrapped 9-volt battery and he said “I think this is floss.” Another one is five AA batteries and he said “And this is medicine or something like that.”

December 19 – Papa: “What did you put in my soup?” Daniel: “Oh just whatever.””

December 21 – Daniel does not realize that some of his Windows terminology is unique to him, such as, he calls the Start menu The Flag. He’s turned on voice recognition and is really working hard to give clearly enunciated commands such as “Open the flag” and poor guy doesn’t know why it’s not working. And mean old Mama is just trying not to laugh.

December 27 – Daniel to his Papa: “You say ‘No’ but my mind says ‘Yes’.”

December 28 – Right after I had asked Papa a question, Daniel: “Did Pa say the right thing?” Me: “Yes.” Daniel: “Sometimes he forgets.”

December 29 – Daniel keeps offering me lotion and saying “Here is some potion for you, Mama.”

December 31 – Daniel draws a horizontal line on a piece of paper. He then draws a line under it. He told me to write my name on the first one and my password on the second one.

November 7 – I ask Daniel if he would be alright with going with me to the dentist office and watching me get my teeth cleaned. Speaking of the polish flavors he says, “and I will tell you your options and you will tell me what you want.”

November 10 – Daniel: “Where is Mickey’s world?” Me: “Disney” Daniel: “What I mean is where is his Earth?”

November 13 – Daniel: “Papa petted me.” Me: “Why do you think Papa likes to pet you?” Daniel: “Cause I’m so cute.”

November 14 – Daniel typed a “$” on my phone and said, “I’m making money. I love to make money.”

November 14 – Daniel just expressed disappointment by saying “oh rats”.

November 14 – Daniel’s Mickey and Minnie figures were having a conversation and both “exclaimed” phrases several times.

November 17 – Papa was showing Daniel how to use Cntl shortcuts. He showed him how to use Cntl-B for bold and Daniel said, “You can also do that this way” and clicked the Bold button on the tool bar.

November 17 – Daniel just made the observation that when you go over a steep hill in the car, it tickles.

November 18 – I can tell Daniel grew up with a knitting mama. He’s insisting that a yard stick is a “yarn stick”.

November 23 – Daniel smelling of coffee. Me: “How does it smell?” Daniel: “Like really stinky good.”

November 23 – “It’s just complicated.”

November 26 – Early this morning there was a JC Penney ad on TV. Daniel: “I want to go to JC Penney.” Me: “They aren’t open yet.” Daniel: “But they said to go.”

November 28 – Daniel was watching the opening scene of Special Agent Oso that shows a satellite orbiting the Earth and said, “That’s what our Earth looks like.”