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uff!’ And you say ‘Come here, puppies!’… Ruffruff!”</p><h2 id="f80e">Saturday, Jan 20</h2><p id="63bd" type="7">Daddy: (after knees make noise when I bend down) Wow, all daddy’s bones are cracking. Daughter: We can take you to the doctor so he can fix your bones.</p><h2 id="034b">Sunday, Jan 21</h2><p id="1d6b" type="7">“I really have to go potty. It’s real.”</p><figure id="f15c"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*a3vcmO-uW3KNC-cVE_CWcQ.jpeg"><figcaption>morning yoga with the girls</figcaption></figure><h2 id="ce44">Monday, Jan 22</h2><p id="a954" type="7">Daughter: My heart belongs to you. Daddy: Aww. My heart belongs to you and mommy. Daughter: My heart belongs to mommy too!</p><h2 id="3774">Tuesday, Jan 23</h2><p id="06ec" type="7">“Daddy are you working from home today? Have a good day at your home work!”</p><h2 id="0b10">Wednesday, Jan 24</h2><p id="36a3" type="7">“They’re sop” (sharp)</p><h2 id="6c89">Thursday, Jan 25</h2><p id="94a0" type="7">“I think they got two pairs of energies.”</p><h2 id="2b97">Friday, Jan 26</h2><p id="c3c9" type="7">“My heart and my belly are still sleeping.”</p><h2 id="e0d8">Saturday, Jan 27</h2><p id="9c49" type="7">“When I was in the movie theatre, I didn’t know the sun was going bye bye and the moon was coming up.”</p><h2 id="fa96">Sunday, Jan 28</h2><p id="71eb" type="7">“I love you farther than the wind, farther than the leaves, farther than the morning, farther than you’re wearing pajamas.”</p><h1 id="5ebd">Closing thoughts on the last two weeks:</h1><p id="83f5">That last quote was delivered with such eloquent oratory, it was almost profound. And poetic. And nearly imploded this writer’s heart. But this is our daughter, so naturally she’d end the week with such dramatic grace. She almost makes my job here too easy. (Exhibit A: <a href="https://readmedium.com/interview-with-my-4-year-old-daughter-915e8b0e894d"><b>Interview with My 4 Year-Old Daughter</b></a>) I could not have come up with a better closer myself.</p><p id="4a77">Have another great week. See you in two!</p><h2 id="fb15">If you’re happy and you know it, and you really wanna show it… 👏🏽</h2><p id="1eae"><b><i>For bonus quotes and fun, <a href="https://readmedium.com/pull-quotes-of-a-4-year-old-dc48d041ce">Subscribe to the mobile series</a>:</i></b></p><div id="0fe0" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/pull-quotes-of-a-4-year-old-dc48d041ce"> <div> <div> <h2>“Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old — Medium</h2> <div><h3>View the series “Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old. Series are a new type of immersive, episodic story format.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <

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A Flair for the Dramatic

“Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old: Weeks 3-4

We made it! The star of this bi-weekly chronicle is officially 4 years old! Birthday: complete, Parties: successful, Checkup: healthy, Development: on track, Parents: willfully denying our little baby girl has grown up. I kid.

We are thankful, though, that we have not (seemingly) scarred her for life just yet. Actually, she may be the most well-adjusted person in this house. Just the other day, after I playfully pretended to walk off with a sad face, she followed me into the other room and said “Daddy, I’m sorry I hurt your feelings.” 😮😭 That just, as she likes to say, “made my heart warm.”

She has a way of doing that every day. (She always has, though. See: the first part of my “I got you” story.) Thankfully, I’ve come a long way since those early days. I still have my off days and I’m still learning/ growing myself, but I’m confident in saying I’m a much better father than I was then. She 💯 helps.

In case you missed the first two weeks of this year’s “darndest things” my daughter has said, take a read back at A Personality: “Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old: Weeks 1–2.

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“Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old: Weeks 1-2

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Here are the last two weeks of “Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old:

Monday, Jan 15

“Don’t forget to kiss daddy.”

Tuesday, Jan 16

“Ready or not, here I come…”

Wednesday, Jan 17

“I like you but stop.”

Thursday, Jan 18

Daddy: (hugging her after a late-night potty break) Daughter: Daddy, I want to go to bed.

Friday, Jan 19

“We will be the puppies. And we’re going to say ‘ruffruff!’ And you say ‘Come here, puppies!’… Ruffruff!”

Saturday, Jan 20

Daddy: (after knees make noise when I bend down) Wow, all daddy’s bones are cracking. Daughter: We can take you to the doctor so he can fix your bones.

Sunday, Jan 21

“I really have to go potty. It’s real.”

Monday, Jan 22

Daughter: My heart belongs to you. Daddy: Aww. My heart belongs to you and mommy. Daughter: My heart belongs to mommy too!

Tuesday, Jan 23

“Daddy are you working from home today? Have a good day at your home work!”

Wednesday, Jan 24

“They’re sop” (sharp)

Thursday, Jan 25

“I think they got two pairs of energies.”

Friday, Jan 26

“My heart and my belly are still sleeping.”

Saturday, Jan 27

“When I was in the movie theatre, I didn’t know the sun was going bye bye and the moon was coming up.”

Sunday, Jan 28

“I love you farther than the wind, farther than the leaves, farther than the morning, farther than you’re wearing pajamas.”

Closing thoughts on the last two weeks:

That last quote was delivered with such eloquent oratory, it was almost profound. And poetic. And nearly imploded this writer’s heart. But this is our daughter, so naturally she’d end the week with such dramatic grace. She almost makes my job here too easy. (Exhibit A: Interview with My 4 Year-Old Daughter) I could not have come up with a better closer myself.

Have another great week. See you in two!

If you’re happy and you know it, and you really wanna show it… 👏🏽

For bonus quotes and fun, Subscribe to the mobile series:

“Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old — Medium

View the series “Pull Quotes” of a 4 Year Old. Series are a new type of immersive, episodic story format.

medium.com

Editor’s post-script: Read the next in this series below:

An Active Imagination