Emmieism's

Mom:  I put your glasses case in your backpack in case you don't have one at school.

Emmie:  In case....good one!

Speaking to Jeanne and Claire over dinner...

Mom:  Emmie gave me $14.50 from her savings as a Christmas present.

Emmie:  Yeah, I was sad because Grandma and Grandpa gave Mommy a $100 bill for her birthday, and I couldn't give her that much, but Mom explained to me that $14.50 is of my savings is meaningful because it's all of my savings.  Grandma and Grandpa have a lot of money.  They're loaded.....like a potato!

Emmie was in the shower, and Mom popped into the bathroom to ask if she had washed her hair:

"Please leave me alone.  I'm 9.  I'm hitting double digits this year."

Emmie called me into her room late at night.  She couldn't sleep because she hadn't told me that she dropped the bag of apricots from her loft bed onto the floor, and the apricots spilled out and had dog hair on them (for the record, she had given me the bag of apricots to put back in the cabinet earlier in the evening):

Emmie:  I just can't lie anymore.

Mom:  Anymore?  What changed?

Emmie:  I think it's my conscience.  Is that what it's called?

(conversation about her conscience ensued)

Emmie:  Technically, I hadn't lied though.  You didn't ask me if I dropped the apricots on the floor when I gave the bag to you to put away.