Maegan Says (Full)
Six Years Old
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Maegan heard a kid on television talking about algebra. She turned to me and asked “What is allergy breath?”
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Maegan asked her grandmother “What does the Tooth Fairy do with all of the teeth she gets?” Her grandmother replied, “I think she takes all the teeth she gets from children all around the world, and she places them in the sky to make the stars we see at night.” Maegan said, “Silly, stars are giant balls of gas that are burning millions of miles away.”
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Maegan was at a sleep over party. We asked her how many girls were there. She said, “All of them.”
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
I told Maegan that the next time we travel to New York, we could visit Long Island and I can show her the house that I grew up in. Maegan asked surprised, “You mean the house is still there?”
Monday, March 28, 2005
We went to a Mets spring training game today. A runner got caught in a rundown between first and second base. Maegan told me ,“It’s funny when they get stuck in a hot dog.”. (After I figured out what she meant I told her that it’s called “a pickle.”)
Below the R, H, and E on the scoreboard was an 8, 10 , and 0. Maegan explained to me, “The Mets have 8 runs, 10 hits, and no accidents.”
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Maegan was asked what her teacher’s name is. She stated her teacher’s name followed by the revelation that, “All of the teachers at my school are called either ‘Miss’ or ‘Mister’.”
Monday, December 20, 2004
Maegan and I were playing a game of Ten Animal Questions. I guessed antelope and maegan said, “Silly, that’s a food.”
Friday, December 17, 2004
I was reading Maegan the story of Chanukah, about the Maccabees and King Anticious and told her that this happened a long long time ago. Maegan replied, “So it happened when Poppy was a kid?”
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
I asked Maegan to clean her area after dinner. She took a paper towel and brushed the mess onto the floor. I said, “Did you just push all of that food onto the floor?” Maegan replied “Not all of it.”
Thursday, September 23, 2004
I told Patty that Maegan was being a darling, good little girl. Maegan immediately asked “Why are you telling Mommy a lie?”
Five Years Old
Friday, July 16, 2004
I was laying on the ground and Maegan needed to get past me. I told her that she could step on my back to get to where she was going, after which I commented on how I thought she was heavier than that. Maegan replied, “Okay, I’ll try again.”
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Maegan asked Patty and I a riddle: “Guess what word rhymes with ‘Inosaur.”
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
I asked Maegan what she learned in school today. Maegan replied “If you’re bad you won’t get a treat.”
Sunday, February 15, 2004
Maegan and I were playing a board game. As soon as she won she turned to me and said “I love you, Daddy.” I asked her if she loved me because I played the game with her or because I lost. Maegan replied “Because you lost”.
“This is my two-th time.”
Monday, November 10, 2003
A black and white show was on television and Maegan remembered what I told her about there not being color TV a long time ago. I said, “Yup, television used to be black and white only.” Maegan disagreed and replied, “No, they had gray too.”
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
I was telling Maegan that one day she’ll be able to drive a car. Maegan said, “But I don’t know how to drive a car.” I told her that she’ll learn how when she’s older and that they have driving schools. She thought for a moment and concluded, “But how will I get to driving school if I can’t drive?
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Maegan told me that she was playing “Tiger War” with our new dog. (“tug-of-war”).
Monday, August 25, 2003
We were in a restaurant and Maegan tried a piece of kale. She didn’t seem too happy with it so Patty asked if she wanted to spit it out. Maegan nodded her head and proceeded to spit the kale out into a napkin. She then looks up and immediately says, “Can I have another?”
Thursday, July 31, 2003
I was playing Charades for Kids with Maegan and I was trying to act out “bowling.” She didn’t know what I was doing so I did it again, this time adding the pins falling at the end. I then asked her again if she knew what it was and Maegan says, “Oh… you’re a crazy man.”
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Within a minute of waking up on her birthday, Maegan exclaimed, “I don’t feel five.”
Four Years Old
Monday, July 21, 2003
The day before her fifth birthday Maegan said, “Tomorrow I’m going to be all grown up.”
Monday, July 14, 2003
I told Maegan that we were going to spend a lot of time cleaning the house today. Maegan asked, “Why? Who’s coming over?”
Monday, June 16, 2003
Maegan was talking to her aunt about how she’ll soon have a second cousin. She said, “I’m going to be the boss.”
Friday, May 23, 2003
Maegan just graduated pre-school and I was telling her how she’ll go to elementary school, then junior high, then high school, then college. She didn’t seem bothered by the first three but she got really upset about college, crying “But I don’t want to go to college!” I asked her why and she sobbed, “I don’t know where it is… or what time it starts. (I reassured her than I’ll help her when it’s time.)
Monday, May 19, 2003
Last week Maegan was playing with the neighbors when their swingset collapsed (she’s okay). A few days later Maegan was talking with Patty about something completely unrelated. As part of the conversation, Patty told Maegan that God can do anything. Out of nowhere Maegan replied, “Yeah, but God didn’t keep that swingset up.”
Friday, May 16, 2003
“Amy is my favorite person in Washington, D.C.” (Amy is the only person Maegan knows in Washington, D.C.)
Thursday, May 08, 2003
I told Maegan that it was time to brush her teeth. She said, “I don’t want to. I want to be lazy.”
Maegan asked me if I’ve ever gone rollerskating. I told her that I had and that rollerskating is a lot of fun. Maegan replied, “But you can still fall off that thing.” I didn’t know what she meant so I asked her, “Fall off what thing?”. Then Maegan just shook her head, shrugged her shoulders, and said, “I don’t know what I’m talking about.”
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
Patty gave Maegan a small present. Maegan looked up at Patty and asked, “Mommy, am I supposed to like this?”
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Part 1:
Maegan said something to me and afterwards asked me, “Why did I say that?” I replied “I don’t know why you said that.” Maegan then said, “Well if you were me you’d know.”
Maegan said something to me and afterwards asked me, “Why did I say that?” I replied “I don’t know why you said that.” Maegan then said, “Well if you were me you’d know.”
Part 2:
I laughed at what she said. Maegan realized that what she said was funny and so she told me, “Write that one down.” (referring to this collection of her quotes)
Friday, January 24, 2003
After singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer to Maegan, I explained to her what is meant by the last line “you’ll go down in history.” A few days later Maegan told me, “Well I already slept, so that goes down in history, right?”
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
We all went out to a seafood restaurant that had a large lobster tank in the waiting area. Maegan commented on how the lobsters looked bored. I told her that they don’t have room to swim around. She deduced that the lobsters weren’t happy because of this. I told her that they’re probably not happy because they don’t want people to eat them. Maegan turned back to the lobsters in the tank and told them “I’m sorry that you don’t want people to eat you.”
Last week was our anniversary. A few days earlier Maegan came with me to buy a gift for Patty. I told her over and over again not to tell mommy about us going to buy her a gift and checked whether she understood. When we got home and opened the door, Maegan ran immediately over to Patty and blurted out, “Mommy, we just went to the store and picked out a beautiful present for you but it’s a secret so I can’t tell you about it.”
Monday, December 30, 2002
While driving in the car I see Maegan clearly starting to doze off. I asked her if she was getting tired. Maegan answered, No, I’m not getting tired. My eyes are just made that way.
Tuesday, December 24, 2002
Patty told Maegan that when she gets mad she can just say “Oh, sugar beans!” (don’t ask me why?). The next day I told Maegan that Mommy wouldn’t be home until after she went to sleep. Maegan was disappointed and said, “Oh, donut sprinkles!”
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
I was telling Maegan about a new waterpark in Charlotte. I told her that it was indoors so that we could go there one day, even if it’s cold outside. Hearing me say that the waterpark was indoors, Maegan says, “Yeah, there are doors all around it.”
Monday, December 02, 2002
We were playing a simple board game with Maegan and at the beginning of another game, Maegan asks us “Who wants to go first?” After nobody jumped forward, Grandma says, “I’ll go first.” Maegan then replies, “Okay, you can go after me.”
We went to pick up Grandma at the airport. A man in uniform walks by and Maegan says, “Look Daddy, a Pirate.”
Tuesday, November 26, 2002
This is from last March: I kept telling Maegan that for an upcoming trip to Florida, that we would visit the Seaquarium in Miami. After weeks and weeks of anticipation Maegan was really excited for the big trip to “Daddy’s Yammy”!
Monday, November 18, 2002
I showed Maegan how to do a simple magic trick using the magic words alakazam. I told Maegan to give it a try and she did the trick pretty well, including the magic words, “Alex the Bam.”
Sunday, November 10, 2002
Maegan has been asking for a baby sister. Patty and I explained to her that we don’t know if we’re ever going to have another baby. After losing her original train of thought, Maegan replied, “But I want a pet.”
Patty, Maegan and I were driving down the highway while Maegan sang a song. Suddenly she stops and screams, Look, a baby monkey!” Patty asks where, to which Maegan replied, “Ha. You looked!”
Thursday, November 07, 2002
Maegan asked if it was Saturday. I said yes and she practiced saying Saturday a few times. Then she stopped and said “I don’t want to say Saturday. I just want to call it Satur.”
Thursday, October 03, 2002
Patty was having a problem with a computer program. Maegan didn’t understand what happened so Patty explained that she was disappointed at the computer. Maegan replied, “You’re disappointed at the computer? But the computer is not your kid.”
Thursday, September 12, 2002
Patty brought Maegan to work and she was jumping around. Patty told her that she couldn’t act like a monkey, Maegan replied, “Okay Mommy. But I really think that you should buy a monkey and bring it in to work.”
Maegan saw a star in the sky. I told her that if it’s the first star she can make a wish on it. She then said (almost correctly) “Star light, star bright. First star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might. Have this wish I wish tongiht.” I then tell her that she can now make a wish. She then says with a grin, “I wish daddy would give me a big hug.” I did, of course, and she ran in to tell Mommy that her wish came true.
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Maegan looked at a candle on the table of a restaurant and proclaimed, “I’m very allergic to fire.”
I can’t remember the specific situation but I corrected Maegan last week regarding something she had said. Maegan’s response was to shrug her shoulders and tell me, “Well, I’m just a kid learning.”
Maegan was talking to Patty about how she used to be in her tummy. Maegan then adds, “and you had a crib in there too.”
Amy brought back a musical leprechaun toy from Ireland and gave it to Maegan. She likes it and was playing with it last week so I said to her, “did you know that you’re Irish, Maegan?” She said “No I’m not” and I replied, “No really. You’re Irish.” Maegan then drops the toy, starts to cry, and says “I don’t want to be Irish!” (Patty sometimes sings a folksong about a “dirty Irish trick.”)
Saturday, August 17, 2002
I told Maegan that her Aunt Amy is coming to visit. She got excited at the news and then said in a serious tone, “Amy says shut up all the time.” I told Maegan that Amy does not say shut up all the time so Maegan corrected her earlier statement by saying, “Yeah, Amy just says shut up a lot of the time.”
Sunday, August 11, 2002
Tonight just before Patty put Maegan to bed, Maegan said, “Mommy. Some words are holy cow and some words are holy crap.” (I don’t understand it either.)
Saturday, August 03, 2002
We were in the outdoor garden section of Lowe’s today. Maegan recalls past experience and yells out with excitement, “Can we go look at the flowers and not buy any.”
Maegan was trying on shoes in Target today and she wanted to put them on all by herself. She knows that it’s not nice to tell me to go away so she says to me, “Daddy, can you go look at shoes… in that aisle”, pointing elsewhere.
Thursday, August 01, 2002
Maegan told me that she was growing so tall and asked me if I wanted to know how tall she was. I said sure, and Maegan stretches her hands above her head and says “I’m twenty miles tall.”
Sunday, July 28, 2002
While driving in the car, Maegan says “Mommy, are you doing the speed lemon?”
Three Years Old
Sunday, July 21, 2002
Sharon took Maegan, Patty, and I to Outback Steakhouse as a pre-birthday dinner for Maegan. Maegan had a great time. As we left Sharon asked Maegan if she had a good time, to which she replied, “Sure, but I wish it was Chuck E. Cheese.”
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Patty forgot to put on her watch yesterday morning and mentioned it to Maegan on their way to childcare. Maegan got really worried and asked, “Will you remember to pick me up after school, Mommy?”
Saturday, July 13, 2002
We were walking in a parking lot and we saw an SUV carrying a Kayak on its roof. I explained to Maegan that it’s a boat for one person, and that they sit in the hole and use a paddle to move around. Maegan looks at the shape of the Kayak and the size of the hole and says, “Is that a boat for a fat person with long legs?
