Temporary penguin

Some recent Malachi cuteness:

(As I was putting ponytails in Daisy's hair): "It's good to do that, Mommy, because if you didn't, someone might see Daisy and say to themselves, 'Huh, that girl doesn't look very pretty; she doesn't have any ponytails!'"

(On a day he was wearing red shorts and a red shirt): "Do you think someone might think I'm just a red person with no clothes on?"

(Talking about the dangers of open-toed sandals, and why they might be prohibited at school): "And also, when you wear open-face shoes . . . well, I know there aren't usually porcupines around, but what if there was one and it poked your toes?"

An emperor penguin= "a temporary penguin"

"I'm going to write this down in minerals" (when he was writing something out with numerals)