Canadas at Home: And Now a Word from Essie . . .

"Don't gotta say grace for noodles."

Esprit Canada on prayer etiquette

More Notable Quotables

Age 2

On messes: "It's OK. Daddy can clean it up."
On Mommy's departure from the car: "Daddy, drive!"
On taking medicine: "Don't fight me on this."
Also on taking medicine: "Sorry, can't help you."
On having to leave family in Indiana: "You go. I stay here with this."
On automobile safety: "Daddy, be careful. Don't crash into anything."
On returning home after a long trip: "This house is beautiful."
On Mommy: "Mommy, you're my best friend."

Favorite Expressions

"Look at dis!"
"It's not your fault. It's my fault."
"It's OK." (used when getting into mischief)
"Not too bad."
"Yeah, sure!"
"It's gonna be fun!"
"I have a idea!"

Age 3

On Laurinburg's National Guard Armory: "This is a cool place."
On Mommy's hair: "Your hair is beautiful. You look just like a cow."
On ironing: "I'll spray it. Now you cook it."
On Daddy's stubble: "It's crunchy."
On Mommy's attempts at discipline: "But you're my best friend."
On the culinary arts: "Noodles not for eating. They're for spilling."
On bumping into something: "Oh, I gotta watch where I'm going."
On the radio: "Daddy, you turn this off? I no can hear my puzzle."
On getting around: "Daddy, you teach me how to drive?"
On her favorite pastime: "I was just clowning around."
On the dancing in Singin' in the Rain: "Look, that's like me."
On her dog: "He likes to climb on me and pet me."
On fitting two puzzle pieces together: "It goes! It goes! Wahoo!"
On Baltimore's skyline: "I want to climb up those buildings!"
On riding in a New York taxi: "Mommy, we're going fast."
On herself: "Yes, I'm a great kid."
On prayer etiquette: "Don't gotta say grace for noodles."
On family time: "We can swim together, like a family date!"
On her current residence (with a hammer in her hand): “I don’t like this house. I like another kind of pretty house.”
On her grandparents' one-liners: "Papa and Granny are cracking me up."
On her mom's attempts to keep her out of mischief: "You go get some work done."
On a secret she was hiding in the playroom: "You stay here and do something with you. . . . Don't go in there."
On television: "Let's turn the TV on so I can hear some noise."
On behaving: "I was being a little having."

Favorite Expressions

"I gotta show you."
"Escoo me."
"Pleeeeeeease."
"Whattaya fink o'dat?"
"Tell me all about it."