I’m getting Brin ready for bed, and at one point I say, “Come here, my pretty girl.” Curious, I then ask, “Brin, what does ‘pretty’ mean?”

Without skipping a beat, Brin replies, “It means good, and helpful.”

Brin has one bite of dinner tonight. After much encouragement to take some more bites, Brin lets me know, “My tummy says ‘Stop eating, Brinley! Your tummy is full.’”

Sarah and I are talking about how in our old cars without all-wheel-drive we used to slip and slide around a lot more while driving in the snow. Expressing disgust with that state of things, Brinley says, “Ugh!” as she lowers her head, rubs the bridge of her nose, and slowly shakes her head.