Symphony (holding a penny near the Amazon Echo Dot): Alexa, what kind of coin is this?
Amazon Echo Dot: Here's something I found on the web...

Symphony (holding the penny closer to the machine, shouting): No! Alexa, WHAT KIND OF COIN IS THIS?!
    ~October 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Dad: Symphony, you need to stop interrupting mommy.

Symphony: I just want to talk with you!

Dad: I've spent lots of time with you today. Now it's mommy's turn. You can sit here quietly and listen, but mommy will do the talking.

Symphony: Yeah. And I'll do the other talking.
    ~October 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony: In my dream, there were THREE AMINALS! A bear, a lion and a tiger!

Dad: Wow, that sounds like a cool dream!

Symphony: No, that was a MEAN dream!

Dad: Oh a mean dream.

Symphony: Yeah, and they were in a cave. And i was sleeping in their cave, and they will thought that I was for breakfast! Heeheehee!
    ~October 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony: When i was at Kaori's house, a chicken bit my finger!

Dad: Oh dear!

Symphony: And mommy said my finger was a SNACK!

Dad: She did?!

Symphony: Yeah! But it's not a snack! That's gross!
    ~October 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony: Dad! The campfire will start soon!

Dad: Wow, really?!

Symphony: Yep! And we're also having chocolate and marshmallow sandwiches.

Dad: Oh chocolate and marshmallow sandwiches? That sounds good.

Symphony: Yeah, there's two graham crackers at the bottom, and you can also eat 'em!
    ~October 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Chase: Dad, all of our game controllers are lost.

Dad: Did you check the left drawer of the entertainment system? Because that's where I put the controllers last night.

Chase: No, I was only checking the middle drawer.
    ~September 2021 [Chase: 9 years old]

Symphony: Daddy! Last night, I had a DREAM!

Daddy: Wow!

Symphony: Yeah, it was just a little bit of a dream, and then i woke up.

Daddy: What was your dream about?

Symphony: Oh... it was just about me.
    ~September 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony (at 8am): I got LOTS of school stuff to do today!

Dad: Oh you do?

Symphony: Yeah! I need to take a nap...
and... it'll be gametime soon...
and I do my chores...
and I'll draw.

Dad: Wow, that's a lot of work!

Symphony. Yeah, Charity needs me to take a nap and play with me and still be Spider-man.
    ~August 2021 [Charity: 11 years old, Symphony: 3 years old]

Chase: It feels like pigs and chickens are the main animals we hunt down.
    ~August 2021 [Chase: 9 years old]

Chase: I haven’t had lunch yet, but I think I want to skip lunch so that for dinner I will be hungry enough to eat a whole package of Ramen noodles.
    ~July 2021 [Chase: 8 years old]

Symphony: I can walk with bare-walking feet! Daddy, did you know that bears walk with bare-walking feet?
    ~July 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony (looking at the box art for DC Superhero Girls video game): Wow! This game gots LOTS of trick-or-treaters!
    ~June 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Angel: Tony, Lainey, and I are about to watch a movie called “Catch the Light”.
Me: Cool, I haven’t heard of that one.

Angel: Yeah, well it starts with a Bible verse…so I’m pretty hyped. ??
    ~June 2021 [Angel: 16 years old, Tony: 15 years old]

Angel: Dad, Chase is most definitely your son. I asked him this morning if he needed help with his sandals, and he said “Yeah, I might, but I should definitely do the parts I can do myself first.”
    ~June 2021 [Angel: 16 years old, Chase: 8 years old]

Daddy: Mommy and Daddy love each other.

Symphony: Yeah… I love each other too.
    ~June 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Dad: How was Worlds of Fun?

Charity: Worlds of Fun? I only know “Lines and Nauseousness.”
    ~May 2021 [Charity: 10 years old]

Angel: It’s Star Wars Day! “May the 4th be with you!”

Dad: I don’t think Chase understands that reference.

Chase: Yeah, I only know “JULY the 4th be with you.”
    ~May 2021 [Angel: 16 years old, Chase: 8 years old]

Harmony: This morning, Symphony pulled all of my blankets and sheets off my bed while I was sleeping!

Christine: Symphony, don't pull off Harmony's blankets while she's trying to sleep. That's mean!

Symphony: Well... it's a yittle bit funny...

Christine: Okay, yes it is a little bit funny.
    ~April 2021 [Harmony: 12 years old, Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony: Can i have a drink of your pop?

Harmony: Sure! (Symphony takes a big drink from the straw) ... Okay, Symphony, can I have another drink now?

Symphony: No... I'm sick.
    ~April 2021 [Harmony: 12 years old, Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony: Mom can I have some coffee?

Mom: No, coffee is for grown ups.

Symphony: Well then can I watch Veggie Tales? Veggie Tales is for kids!
    ~April 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Chase (as if telling a riddle): Hey Dad, what does a giraffe say?

Dad: I don’t know, Chase. What DOES a giraffe say?

Chase “Get shrecked!” because a giraffe can take out a lion with one back kick! But because they’re passive they don’t use it that much.
    ~March 2021 [Chase: 8 years old]

Symphony: Daddy, Tony’s playing the pinano! He’s so professional!
    ~March 2021 [Tony: 15 years old, Symphony: 3 years old]

Symphony: Daddy! My birthday is in ONE YEAR!
    ~January 2021 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Mom: I did my make up all fancy today because it’s New Year’s Eve.

Charity: oh I thought you were just tired.
    ~December 2020 [Charity: 10 years old]

Symphony: Jesus yoves me so much! But he can't come to my house... because he at church.
    ~December 2020 [Symphony: 3 years old]

(While Christine is sick in bed with COVID-19...)

Symphony: Mommy, I want you to get out of bed.

Christine: I’m feeling tired right now.

Symphony: I want you to come out to the kitchen.

Christine: What do you want me to do in the kitchen?

Symphony: Cook.
    ~December 2020 [Symphony: 3 years old]

Chase: I want to go to Silver Dollar City sometime. Because I really like the silver-dollar-sized pancakes here at Big Biscuit.

Charity: What if they don’t even have pancakes?

Chase: Well they’re called Silver Dollar City,... so they probably have pancakes.
    ~November 2020 [Charity: 10 years old, Chase: 8 years old]

Symphony (coming downstairs and seeing the first snow of the year in late October): It’s Christmas!! ... but I can’t find the presents!
    ~October 2020 [Symphony: 2 years 11 months old]

Charity: I feel like 20 minutes is so long, but when i think about it, it's only four 5-minutes.
    ~October 2020 [Charity: 10 years old]

Charity walks in wearing flowing robes for her Halloween costume.

Daddy: Wow! Cool costume!

Charity: I'm a goddess!

Daddy: Neat! Which goddess are you?

Charity: I'm...just a goddess.
    ~October 2020 [Charity: 10 years old]

Symphony: Yook, Daddy, it's Santa! He's got Christmas on himself!
    ~October 2020 [Symphony: 2 years 10 months old]

Charity: Harmony, change Symphony's diaper!

Harmony: No! I don't want to!

Charity: If you don't change the baby's diaper, you will not learn when you're older! So when you have kids, you'll be very confused!
    ~October 2020 [Harmony: 11 years old, Charity: 10 years old, Symphony: 2 years 10 months old]

(Symphony is wearing a necklace that says “God has a plan for me“)

Daddy: Wow! God has a plan for you?!

Symphony: Yeah! He keeps my teeth clean!
    ~September 2020 [Symphony: 2 years 9 months old]

Chase: I’m smarter than my dad... Well... we know different things. There are some things that I know that he doesn’t and there are things that he knows that I don’t.
    ~August 2020 [Chase: 8 years old]

Symphony: Big girls use binkies for nap time.
    ~June 2020 [Symphony: 2 years 6 months old]

Charity: If a twin insults their twin about how they look, they're just insulting themself.
    ~June 2020 [Charity: 10 years old]

Chase: Girls need more haircuts 'cuz they grow hair a lot faster.
    ~June 2020 [Chase: 7 years old]

Chase (attempting to open a stubborn salami container): Hard Salami? More like "Hard-to-Open Salami".
    ~June 2020 [Chase: 7 years old]