In 2008, shortly after she began talking, Steve and I started capturing Ruby’s funny quotes in a Twitter account (@areyoubewhy if you’d like to follow it). Here are the tweets from 2011 – all are her exact words.
| When I grow up I’m going to make a restaurant and it’s going to be free there to get stuff. You should name it Rainbow Point Restaurant. | 1/2/2011 |
| You’re not crazy. How many times do I have to tell you you’re not crazy? | 1/12/2011 |
| Roller derby’s better than soccer! The best thing that I like about roller derby is that they skate. | 1/16/2011 |
| I’m an alien who can turn into a vampire. I have alientalk powers and haunted powers. | 1/26/2011 |
| I wish my stuffed animals would come alive. I’m going to watch and see if it comes alive. Why isn’t it alive? | 2/1/2011 |
| I’m pretending to be God. | 2/6/2011 |
| Hoist! Hoist the contraption! | 2/14/2011 |
| You don’t want love up your nose. It’s just like water. | 2/15/2011 |
| I’m the Aerialista Princess of Lions. I’m the special-est. | 3/6/2011 |
| Soon, you should take away all my games on the iPad and replace them with MATH GAMES. I’m going to be Math Girl. | 3/7/2011 |
| Pancake fluff is such a fun material. | 3/8/2011 |
| I’m a very focused child. I focus on what I’m watching. I only like Cecelia’s silly words. I never talk out of turn. | 3/14/2011 |
| It’s a dew drop fairy day! And you’re my dew drop daddy. | 3/23/2011 |
| When I grow up I’m going to be a math teacher during the day and a rock star on the weekend. | 3/26/2011 |
| Do you think robots could be teachers? Like, they could say somebody’s name and beep if they’re right. That would be cool. | 3/28/2011 |
| They must think we’re idiots. | 4/8/2011 |
| Some of these people are too pretty to be smoking. They’re going to start as Princesses, then be jokers, then garbage men, then trash. | 4/8/2011 |
| I love you as much as garbage stinks. | 4/10/2011 |
| Out of all the rainbow colors, my most favorite of my favorite colors is blue. And red. And yellow. | 4/12/2011 |
| I counted to a thousand today. At naptime. In my head. And it was longer than that, naptime was. | 4/13/2011 |
| I-6 is just a little harder to drive on [than I-5]. It’s a setting. | 4/15/2011 |
| I’m going to rename my fort to Butterfly Bakery Attack Watchout. It watches for spies. | 4/18/2011 |
| West Seattle is really a country, a lot. Because it’s west of Seattle. | 4/25/2011 |
| Papa, are we upside down right now? | 5/1/2011 |
| These shoes feel great. They make me look six. And this feels like a six-year-old dress. | 5/5/2011 |
| I think when Evan grows up, he’s gonna steal things. | 5/14/2011 |
| NO! It’s NOT a race! And I’m going to win. | 5/28/2011 |
| I’m actually the princess robot. | 6/8/2011 |
| Aaaah it’s a slug! AND IT’S LOOKING AT ME! | 6/19/2011 |
| [Completely out of the blue, without context:] Vacuum or motorcycle: which one wins? | 6/19/2011 |
| I was being sarcastic. | 7/7/2011 |
| Papa, what if someone doesn’t know what sarcastic means? | 7/7/2011 |
| Four to two!? I can’t believe it! #seattlestorm #doesntgetbasketballyet | 7/10/2011 |
| Cotton candy turns into air so I don’t often eat it. [picture] | 7/10/2011 |
| I am greatly disguised! [picture] | 7/16/2011 |
| Oh! Mama, Oong Goonggoong texted me. She says, “Where are you?” | 7/29/2011 |
| They put a straw in my drink to make it look grand. | 7/31/2011 |
| I’m gonna be five things: an artist, a builder, a sailor, a dancer, and a person that works at a hospital. | 8/3/2011 |
| Whenever I burp, the sparkles go up my nose and it really hurts. | 8/6/2011 |
| I’m Lava Sister. I live in a volcano! Want me to shoot a volcano in your face? | 8/8/2011 |
| (Singing) Time heals aaaaanything … except if your leg’s chopped off. | 8/12/2011 |
| A lotta knots go into contraptions. | 8/20/2011 |
| I’ve always longed to dress like a ninja. | 9/4/2011 |
| If you don’t believe me, I’m going to do some weird, annoying dancing. | 9/13/2011 |
| What can I lick other than everything else? | 9/16/2011 |
| (singing) … alcohoooollll … come to Paaaapaaaaaa…. | 9/17/2011 |
| I’m a bulldozer of Amazons. | 9/23/2011 |
| The blood is very poisonous in ninja pumpkins. So I have to clean it up right away. | 9/30/2011 |
| I’ve got a pattern I want to draw. I really need to get it out of my head. | 10/9/2011 |
| Guess who my favorite family member is (besides Mama and Papa)? Smoke Detector! Because Smoke Detector keeps me safe. | 10/25/2011 |
| I don’t usually say what I’m thinking. That’s how you win. | 11/8/2011 |
| Whenever I hear “contraption” I get really excited. ‘Cuz I MAKE contraptions! | 11/15/2011 |
| I’m going to keep my mouth open *all* night. | 11/20/2011 |
| Gentle whimpers come from sad animals. | 11/22/2011 |
| Mama, what’s the best part about the world? Math. Math is the best part of what you have to learn. It’s the most important part. | 11/22/2011 |
| Something I know about skydiving is: always clean up after your skydiving. | 11/22/2011 |
| All the little kitty will do is spelunk in your heart. It’s looking for love. | 11/24/2011 |