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Clara (pointing up at her house): “That’s the chimney.”
Emma: “Like Bert!”
(In other words: like Bert — aka Dick Van Dyke — as a chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.)
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As we are driving around town, Jose points out a car next to us with a fluffy white poodle in the front seat.
Emma: “There’s a lamb in that car!”
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Jose: “Did you have any dreams last night?”
Emma: “Yes I did.”
Jose: “What did you dream about?”
Emma: “A pig.”
Jose: “What was it doing?”
Emma: “It splashed me in the face!”
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Emma looks quizzically at my shirt. The fabric is black with a pattern of small white squares all over it.
Emma: “You have marshmallows on your shirt?”
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We are driving back from a kid birthday party, and Emma is doing something in the backseat.
Emma: “Look at me Daddy! Look at me Sarah!”
Me: “Sarah?! My name is Mommy.”
Emma: “No, your name is Sarah. Daddy and Sarah.”
Me: “Well what’s Daddy’s other name?”
Emma: “Whoooooo-zay.”
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