'There is no such thing as 'fun for the whole family.''

'A duck!... A baby duck.' (Squealing about a birthday card on her third birthday on Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.

'Divorce is when mommy and daddy yell at each other then they spread apart. Then they put up a 'for sale' sign in front of the house and they spread farther and farther apart until they can't come back ever again and it's very sad.' (teaching her 4-year old brother)

'Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.'

“If we call these foothills, can we call the little trees 'foot trees?''' (While driving in the foothills.)