At All Times

Mar. 22, 2018

"I really like the words ‘at all times’, because it reminds me of how they always say ‘please keep your bags, hats and devices in the car at all times’ before the ride starts.”

Mar. 22, 2014

"At school we played 'Superheroes'. When Aidan isn't Superman, he's Rockwell Kent."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mezert

April 6, 2011 (age 2):

Hattie: "A horse!"
Me: "Close! That's a camel."
"Campbell's!"
"Camels live in the desert."
"Mezert!"
"What's a mezert?"
"Hedgehog is a mezert!"
"What?"
"Desert mezert desert mezert, city hall, city hall!"

No Bone, Radio

February 8, 2012 Hattie made a painting today. When asked what it depicted, she replied "It's a skeleton with no bones."

Wizard of Oz: New Credits

From December 29, 2012:

It's been all Wizard of Oz all the time here, and Hattie has her own version of the credits:

Dorothy was played by Hurley
Scarecrow was played by Beduhead
Cowardly Lion was played by Curly Curly Go-go-glug
Auntie Em was played by Cotton Shirley
Glinda the Good Witch was played by Emily the Bad Fairy
Wicked Witch of the West was played by Jolly Harberg
Wicked Witch of the East was played by Patton Andry ("some people call her Blockhead")
She also proposed that the Wicked Witch of the West could have her own song,
"If I only had a cat", and that she should "follow the wicked cat road".

Scott Walker Doesn't Listen to the Grass

October 25, 2018: “Scott Walker lives in a hole. His pet is a raven. He doesn’t listen to the grass that sings all around the hole because he likes his raven better, and that’s why he sings like uwurrrrrwurrrrrrrwurwur”

Opian of the Masses

October 21, 2010, age 1:

"Ethiopian... Hattie-opian."

Doctor Doggy

Hattie: "I saw a doctor doggy taking care of a sick doggy."
Me: "what was the doctor doggy's name?
Hattie: "doctor lovely."

Oct. 17, 2012