March 3 – “I want Ma to give my bath, not Pa. He doesn’t do very well. Pa uses too much soap.”

March 8 – I was talking to Daniel about the days before electricity and modern conveniences. Daniel: “Did they have computers?” Me: “No” Daniel: “How did they look things up?”

March 11 – Daniel asked why the time changed. I told him I honestly didn’t know because I’ve never heard an explanation that I thought made sense. He said, “Maybe they don’t know what time it is.” That’s as good an explanation as I’ve ever heard.

March 12 – “They are called chick peas because they come in an egg. You crack the egg and the peas come out.”

March 15 – “I have an idea. After my nap, let’s go to Pets’R’Us.”

March 19 – I pointed out Mill Creek as we were driving beside it. Daniel says, “My great great grandfather used to swim in there.” I’m not aware of this myself, but for all I know it could be.

March 20 – Daniel is singing his own made up song very loudly at Harris Teeter: Jesus is coming right now.

March 22 – Daniel talking to a bug: “You are so cute. You are just fabulous!”

March 28 – Daniel misplaced my favorite camera. In his words: “I put mama’s camera in a lost place.” In the little over three years of his mobility, a lot of things have been put in that “lost place”.

March 29 – Every morning Daniel asks me how many days until his birthday. He has mastered anticipation.

March 30 – “I’m hungry as a button.”

February 3 – Daniel runs in the bathroom and weighs himself and runs back and announces his weight. A minute later he runs back in the bathroom saying “I’ve got to go see if I’m growing fast.”

February 6 – On finding the calculator he’s been missing for a few days: “I’ve needed this for years.”

February 8 – “That’ll cost ya three hundred sixty dollars.”

February 10 – Daniel hands me a length of paper from his calculator: “Here’s your receipt. I made math.”

February 10 – Daniel pretending to be hatching from an egg (two laundry baskets): “I’m a little chicken that goes quack.” The next time he hatched he said he was a wolf.

February 10 – Coming back from Costco he asks, “Did we go on a date?”

February 14 – Daniel was disappointed that we aren’t having a turkey for Valentines Day.

February 15 – Someone being impatient honked at me which lead to lots of questions from Daniel. Then he came up with his own hilarious explanation: “Sometimes when people get older they kind of get angry.”

February 18 – Daniel: “Tickle both of my necks.” Me: “How many necks do you have?” Daniel: “Two.”

February 22 – “I need my special agent pen.” He reaches down and pulls a pen out of his sock.

February 23 – Handing me a wildflower: “These grow all over the place.”

February 27 – I asked Daniel if he could spell jeep. “J E E P”. I had to refrain from fainting because I was driving.

February 29 – Daniel was admiring his curly locks in the bathroom mirror. Then he laughed and said “I need a hair cut.”

February 29 – Daniel, jumping on the bed: “I’m getting my exercise.”