Caecilia: “Da bugs eatin me. I shoo dem away.” …shoos bugs away for a while… Caecilia: “Papa, I’m not food.”
Karol: (with his finger in the air) “…speaking of toothaches-” Papa: “We weren’t speaking of toothaches.” Karol: “?” Papa: “You can’t say ‘Speaking of something’ without first having been speaking...
Caecilia: “Der are flowers on my dress. I pick dem and put dem dere.” (later) Mama: “Caecilia, what’s on your dress?” Caecilia: “Flowers. Dey have to hold on tightly.”
Margaret: “I just saw a beach tree with lights around it.” Note that she did not say “beechtree”, she actually saw a palm tree.
Karol: “Stop talking about Curious George. That will make us not think about Jesus.”