- Bella's wishes that she made on four pennies that she was tossing over the side of the ferry taking us to Disney World:

"He wanted to eat my head because he thought it had syrup in it."

- Describing a monster in her nightmares:

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~ Fall 2007 - Fall 2008 (Age 4) ~

"Dad, put some pants on!"

- Telling daddy, while shaking her head, that he needs more than boxers on to go outside.

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"He's making me not love Jesus any more!"

- Telling dad that she doesn't want to watch the Tom Petty Super Bowl halftime on TV anymore, despite the fact he's singing a song about a good girl who, like her, "loves Jesus, and America, too."

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"I feel like a little woman now."

- Bella, seconds after getting her ears pierced and her first pair of sapphire earrings.

"Goodnight, earrings!"

- Later that same night as she snuggled into bed.

"I can't because I don't like old people."

- After being told to say "Thank you" to an elderly lady in the grocery store who complemented her singing.  (Thank God the woman did not here her...)

"Look Dad, Mommy's got a heart burn!"

- After Mommy got out of the shower and pointed out that her chest got sunburned the day before during berry picking at the Strawberry Festival...

"I say 'waTERmelon.' A cowgirl says, 'waaa-der-mel-un.'"

- Explaining the difference in people's accents.

"There's Nay Nay meeting God!"

- Bella discovered a photo of her Aunt Terri getting her diploma from her African American principal back in 2001. Bella remembered God in "Evan Almighty" and thinks that the principal stronly resembles Morgan Freeman ... and thus, 'God.'

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"Why would Dad want to watch a show about Coke cans?"

- Bella pondering why her daddy would want to watch a documentary that Pop Pop taped for him. (The show was called "Cocaine Cowboys" and was about the drug wars in Mexico and the avenues through which the drug comes into the U.S. Bella misunderstood what Pop Pop called it ...

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"I said 'Hola' to her and spoke Spanish to her but she had no idea what I was saying!"

- Bella upset and complaining that the new kid at school wouldn't talk to her ... the new kid ... from GERMANY.

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"Dad, you're no fun without us."

- Bella, consoling Dad after he pretended to be upset that She and Mommy were going to do something fun while he was at work.