Symphony: I wish I had a twin...and I wish my twin was Charity.
    ~July 2023 [Charity: 13 years old, Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: Mom, can you make crab rangoon sometime?

Christine: I've actually never made crab rangoon.

Symphony: What?! All you gotta do is make WHITE SAUCE... and put it in the chippy!!
    ~June 2023 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: I like growing up. But sometimes I miss being a kid because usually I like being able to say cute things.
    ~May 2023 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: I want to buy Charity a pet goose when I grow up.

Dad: Oh, have you told Charity?

Symphony (whispering): No, it’s a secret! Don’t tell her! When she’s 20 and I’m 20, I want to get her a pet goose for her birthday!
    ~May 2023 [Charity: 12 years old, Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: Now I know how TV is made! They told us on Peppa Pig. It's not magic. It's science! But they didn't say how science makes the TVs so I'll have to look that up. But I don't know how to spell "science."
    ~May 2023 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: if I could get a dress, that is really pretty, it would make me look so pretty; then everyone will want to try marrying me!
    ~April 2023 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: Charity, I rate your food a 10 out of 10. And I rate MY food an 11 out of 11!
    ~April 2023 [Charity: 12 years old, Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: Alexa, are you excited about the Mario movie?
Amazon Echo Dot: Sorry. I don't know that.

Symphony (incredulous): She... she DOESN'T KNOW about the Mario Movie??!!
    ~March 2023 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Chase: Childhood ends when you know where babies come from. So i’m still in my childhood.
    ~February 2023 [Chase: 10 years old]

Symphony: I wish we worked at McDonald's!

Dad: well, maybe you can work at McDonald's when you get bigger!

Symphony: I want to be a doctor when I grow up. I wish YOU worked at McDonald's.
    ~February 2023 [Symphony: 5 years old]

(After Angel sent Symphony upstairs to change her clothes, she almost went into Chase's room instead of her own room by accident...)

Symphony (laughing): I almost went into Chase's room and changed my clothes! I decided not to because Chase has really big clothes!
    ~January 2023 [Angel: 18 years old, Chase: 10 years old, Symphony: 5 years old]

Charity: When do you think you'll get rid of Symphony's car seat?

Symphony: Probly when I'm like 16 or something?
    ~December 2022 [Charity: 12 years old, Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: You still don't have your job back right?

Dad: Well, I'm not trying to get the SAME job. I'm going to get a NEW job.

Symphony: You'll probably work at Chili's.
    ~December 2022 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony (proudly showing a picture she drew during church of a stick man lying on his side with the number 3 next to him): Jesus died in three days!

Daddy: Oh! Good job, sweetie.

Symphony: I worked really hard to make him died.
    ~December 2022 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Symphony: I lost my slinky. It's playing hide and seek and it is making it too hard to find it.
    ~December 2022 [Symphony: 5 years old]

Charity: I wouldn't wanna learn karate cause I'd probably just start hurting everyone around me.
    ~December 2022 [Charity: 12 years old]

Symphony: I wish I could go into space, but I can't find any astronaut clothes.
    ~November 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: When you said you were going to Subsplash, I thought you were going to a WATERSLIDE! ...But it was actually just a computer.
    ~November 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: Daddy, grab my finger!

Dad: (Grabs Symphony's finger)

Symphony: ...How do I fart, Dad?
    ~October 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: I’m not gonna change my favorite color anymore. Now my favorite color is… GREEN AND RED FOREVER!!
    ~September 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: When Grampa and i were playing our [VR Golf] game, we saw a DEAD BODY!

Daddy: Oh no! You did?!

Symphony: Yep! (somberly) And in the game...there's no Heaven.
    ~September 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: I'm not the only one who is smart. God and Jesus are smart!
    ~September 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Chase: Negative zero is just zero except you say it in a longer way.
    ~August 2022 [Chase: 10 years old]

Symphony: Sometimes there are dreams that are very vivid!

Charity: Yes, do you know what "vivid" means?

Symphony: It means there's ants on your arm. But it's just a dream though.
    ~July 2022 [Charity: 12 years old, Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: Hi Dad! I'm sorry i forgot to get you a birthday present yesterday.

Dad: Oh it's fine.

Symphony: So I'll get you a Captain America backpack!

Dad: Wow! Thanks!

Symphony: It will be for your NEXT birthday.
    ~July 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: I was the first baby to come out of mommy's tummy.

Dad: What about Angel?

Symphony: Angel wasn't born yet. She was still in mommy's tummy.
    ~June 2022 [Angel: 17 years old, Symphony: 4 years old]

Dad: When you get married, you could choose to keep your father's last name if you want, but you will probably be excited to take your husband's last name.

Charity: Unless his last name is "Failure".
    ~June 2022 [Charity: 12 years old]

Symphony: When I go for a checkup, the doctor wants to see how big I am, how strong I am, how...cool I am... and how good I'm doing in school.
    ~June 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Mimi: we gave grandpa a cake for his birthday today! The candles at the top said "21". We did not have candles for "70". We only had candles in the shapes of a one, a two, and a three.

Jeremy: well I suppose you could have gotten a little closer with "32".

Tony: or "123".
    ~May 2022 [Tony: 16 years old]

Symphony: I'm trying to crack my knuckles.

Christine: I can't crack my knuckles so much anymore.

Charity: I feel like you should be able to do it more since you're old.
    ~May 2022 [Charity: 11 years old, Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony (at Grandparents' house in Wichita): I'm sleeping here for two nights! But not thirty-six-seven-hundred nights because that would be too much! I might miss our home!
    ~May 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

TV commercial: Book your next birthday party at Incredible Pizza!

Symphony: There's a BIRTHDAY PARTY at incredible Pizza?!!!
    ~May 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: I wish we could live in a NEW house!

Dad: A new house? But I like our house!

Symphony: Yeah, but this one is our old house.
    ~May 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: Do you know my favorite fruit? My favorite fruit is cherry on blueberries!

Dad: Oh that's your favorite fruit?

Symphony: Yeah, cherry on blueberries! But...I didn't usually try it yet.
    ~May 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Charity: (after reaching the top of a tall hill) Phew! That hill was really steep! Now I know what it's like to climb a mountain!
    ~May 2022 [Charity: 11 years old]

Symphony (playing with an app on her tablet): It's X-rated! It's X-rated!

Dad: What is that you're saying, Symphony?

Symphony: It's X-rated!

Dad: What does that mean?

Symphony: Oh, it's just something doctors do on my game. I X-rated his bones to make him feel better.
    ~April 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: Mom, you’re allergic to cats, right?
Me: Yes I am.

Symphony : Are you allergic to unicorns?
    ~April 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: I don't cost money. I'm just a kid.
    ~March 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

Symphony: Sometimes lice is helpful. They keep the snow out of my hair!
    ~March 2022 [Symphony: 4 years old]

(After an hour of the kids all playing Minecraft together...)

Chase: I’m bored.

Symphony: (thinking it’s something in the game) Wait, you’re bored?! How do you do that? … I don’t know how to be bored.

Charity: You must live a really good life.
    ~March 2022 [Charity: 11 years old, Chase: 9 years old, Symphony: 4 years old]