December
1986: Daniel told Jan about his thoughts on the gender of the new baby ”it’ll
either be a girl or a kid.”
June 1986:
Amy was crying, so Daniel runs and Jan asks him what he did. Daniel
explained that “I was just brushing Amy’s teeth.” She three months old and had
none.
June 1987:
Daniel was helping Terri (at Frank’s office) dust and said ”I don’t mind hard
work.”
December
1987: Everyone had been outside playing in the snow and then the coats
were placed by the wood stove to dry. The front of Daniel’s jacket was soaked
because he had 10 icicles in his pocket.
May 1988:
Daniel told Micki to feel his strong muscles, since he moved a log that was
used to hold the gate to the duck pond shut. Micki said “you must work
out daily” and Daniel replied “my name’s not daily.”
December
1988: On way to Georgia, Jan told Daniel to remember to ask Grandpa how far the
Jews walked in the 8 days the oil lasted. Daniel said “Ok. He’ll probably know.
He’s so old he probably walked with those men.”
1989:
Amy to Jan:
“Mom, you be princess of Merica and Daniel is king of the Merica.”Jan: “Daniel, while you were gone, Amy wanted to go to Merica. I told her we were here and there’s only one.”
Daniel: “Yeah....except for China.”
March 1990:
After a bath, Jan asked Amy “what happened to your finger nail polish?”
Amy replied that “it got screamed off in the bath.”
August
1991: David Mitchell helped Julie off a big curb in Cherokee. She proceeded to
pitch a fit, cried, crawled back up the curb and said “me do it.”
July 24,
1992: On Julie’s 3rd birthday, in response to opening goody bag from Daniel
that had a Roger Rabbit party hat in it: “It’s a boy hat. Shoot.”
June 1993:
Julie told Jan that “Margrit (Margaret) and yogrit (yogurt) sound alike. Don’t
they?”
June
1993: Julie asked grandma on the way to Disneyworld “are we 1/2 way there
yet?” Grandma responded “almost,” and then Julie proceeded to ask from
some clarification “what does 1/2 way there mean?”
March 1994:
Julie: “How
old are you?”Jan: “38. how old are you?”
Julie: “4 and a half”
Jan: “more than that”
Julie: “4 and 3 nickels”
February
1998:
Julie:
“Mom, I know who killed JFK”Jan: “Who?”
Julie: “Olson Lee Helson”
Date
Unknown (on multiple occasions): On the way to Atlanta, Julie asks “Are we
going to Atlanta or Georgia?”
