s#it prudence says.

Barista, at the Starbucks drive-thru: I think you were my advisor! LL: Oh, really?!C, from the backseat: AAAAAAAHHHHHHLL: Callie, please stop.Barista: Yeah, like… two years ago?C: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHLL: CALLIE PLEASE SHUT UPP: Mama, do you know her?C: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHBarista: I remember you were working from your house and apologized about your kids making so much noise.C:…

he (still) speaks for the trees

Mama: “hey, remember? This road was where we used to see the Lorax?”Prue: “what do you mean “used to?” He’s over there in that tree.”

While We're Watching Wolfwalkers

Emory: This girl is not good at listening to her father. Prue: I like her.

Prue: Can you just hand me a couple more stuffies?

Liz: Sure; which ones?

Prue: The moose brothers, Bun Bun, Athena, Stuart, Snicky, and Hawkeye Bear. And the hedgehog. And the rat dude.

Liz: This bear is not a Hawkeye, by the way. He went to NYU.

Prue: Sorry; I don’t know my countries that well.

While Editing her Mii

“If I change gender it changes what I wear. If I pick female it puts me in a dress. But I can wear leggings and pants like I do.”

Prue

This is yet another thing I’m mad at Nintendo about. I’ll complain all about it elsewhere — //e

Prue: “Calvin, how do you know you don’t like it if you never even tried it? It didn’t come to you in a dream!”

Calvin: “It did! I had a bad dream about that chicken!”

Bear and the Bear

“I know that bears hibernate for the winter, but these bears on _Masha and the Bear_ celebrate Christmas, *every year*.”

— Prudence

After the Intro Bed to Kids Korner Starts (“Alexa play XPN”)

“This is eighty-eight-five W-X-P-N.”

— Prue at 6:00p except on Friday nights when it’s the 90s show Emory likes

Wrist Bands Were Involved

“But I don’t know who can be the night-time villain — gasp my stuffed animal Sally! She loves to make believe!”

— Prue, while preparing me to play PJ Masks

Prue: “Remember when I made your dream come true?”

Emory: “I sure do.”

Prue: “It was when I was born.”

“Mama taught me how to hold my toots in until I get to the bathroom, so I can do that now; I can hold my toots. But I’ll still toot at school because the children laugh and I like that!” — Prudence

Prue: I’m imagining I’m in a candy place. Liz: A candy place! Yum! Prue: I already ate all the candy. —— (originally occurred 2016-10-01 while emory was in Virginia for a colleague’s memorial #derrickjamison)

Emory: have you thought about swimming lessons this winter? Prue: no; have you thought about getting a puppy?

Modest Amounts of Courage

“If you hold onto the stone it will give you: courage. But not too much courage. Not enough courage to get a shot.” — Prudence

Yes, but, oh, alright

Emory: Sometimes you will see something or hear something that is so beautiful you’ll cry. Prue: Hearts and flowers are beautiful.

Prue: Calvin, a lion! Calvin: ROOOAAARR Prue: But the lion is eating right now and you’re distracting her.

Prue: Calvin, look at my new backpack! Calvin: WOW!