Creative Contraction

Grant, 6, Palm Coast, Florida

Grant finished cleaning his room and then walked up to his dad and said, "D-I-D-suppostrophe-T. Did it."

Team Darth

Grant, 6, Palm Coast, Florida

After being told the bad guys in Star Wars are part of the Empire, Grant said, "Oh, so that's their team name?"

It was a dark and stormy night ... But not quite enough

Grant, 6, Palm Coast, Florida

When asked why he slept on the floor of his parents' bedroom instead of on his own bed, Grant said: "There's not enough dark in my room. This room holds a bunch."

Face it, big mouth

Elizabeth, 2, Palm Coast, Florida

Watching her father get a stick of gum out of its package, Ellie said something that sounded like, "Are you going to put the gum in your face?"

Giving thanks for the summer

Grant, 5, Palm Coast, Florida

Some wild turkeys were walking on the grass by the side of the road. Grant observed: "Why are they here when it's not November yet?"

Make it last

Jackson, 8, Palm Coast, Florida

When asked why he used so much toothpaste to brush his teeth at night, Jackson replied through the foam: "That way I don't have to worry about it in the morning."

Breaking news from the Ellie Zoo

Elizabeth, 2, Palm Coast, Florida

It might be a metaphor of some kind, or a message from a pachyderm gastroenterologist in an imaginary zoo, but whatever it was, Ellie said it clearly and in all seriousness: "The elephant pooped."

Emergency hole punch

Grant, 5, Palm Coast, Florida

When asked why he needed a hole puncher in his emergency kit, Grant said: "In case a bad guy comes, you can hole-punch him."

Where the sun don't shine

Grant, 5, Palm Coast, Florida

Grant didn't get very far trying to bury himself at the beach. He pushed sand around his waist and said, "Look, it's a sand diaper."

You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy

Elizabeth, 2, Palm Coast, Florida

After being spun around by her father, Elizabeth laughed and said, "I get busy!"