From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Poor Kitty Cat

Yuan: The kitty cat is so hungry.
Me: Did he say "I'm hungy"?
Yuan: No. He said "meowww..." He wants chickenjoy.
Daddylo: The cat doesn't like chicken. He likes fish.
Yuan: Let's feed him fish.
Me: We don't have fish.
Yuan: There! (Pointing to Erick's mini tilapia pond)

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Santa

Me: Are you going to Ayala?
Fin: Yes.
Me: Why?
Fin: I'm going to see Santa.
Me: What are you going to tell Santa?
Fin: Nothing.
Me: Nothing?
Fin: He's a fake Santa.
Me: Where's the real Santa?
Fin: North Pole. He's busy preparing the toys.

From the Mouth of a Five–Year–Old: Plant an Apple Seed

On a cold stormy day...
Fin: Mommy, let's plant apple seeds.
Mommy Kitchie: But they only grow in cold weather.
Fin: But, mommy, it's cold now.

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Robot

Yuan: I'm a robot. (Stands on the wobbly dining room chair and moves around like a robot.)
Me: Matagak gani ka...
Yuan: Then patay ang robot.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Break-Up

Paupau: Where's your boyfriend?
Fin: I don't have a boyfriend anymore.
Paupau: Where's Iggy?
Fin: Iggy doesn't like girls.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Travel

Fin: Mommy, can I go to the US?
Mommy Kitchie: Whaaaaatt?!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Jellybeans

Fin has a bag of assorted jellybeans. Fin takes a pink one and tries it. "Interesting...," she says.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Compliment

While Daddylo is repairing something...
Fin to Daddylo: Daddylo, you are a good fixer.

From the Mouth of a Five-Year-Old: Care

While Daddylo is working with a drill...
Yuan to Daddylo: Careful! Careful!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Reading

Fin: What's this (inside the plastic bag)?
Me: Books.
Fin: For kids?
Me: No, for big people.
Fin: You buy me books for kids.
Me: Yes, when you learn how to read.
Fin: I know how to read. (Proceeds to recite...) Once upon a time there was a girl named Rapunzel. She lived in a tall tall tower... (continues with so many details in between that I could not memorize). The end.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Zombies

Fin: Sophia ba...
Me: Who's Sophia?
Fin: Sophia from Walking Dead. She turned into a zombie because she did not listen to the police.
Me: So you have to listen to the police so you won't turn into a zombie?
Fin: No. There's no such thing as zombies.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Carebears

There was a double rainbow this afternoon.
Mommyla: Fin, did you see the Carebears slide down the rainbow?
Fin: No. That's only in the TV.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Old Age

Me: Mommyla is so old na.
Fin: Mommyla is 7 (yrs old) na?

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Letter P

Phoenix aka Fin: Mommy we have a new letter today, P.
Mommy Kitchie: Ok, what words start with P?
Fin: Peenex

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Books

Fin: Khonie, you have many books. When you're old, mine na?
Me: You can borrow it.
Fin: No, when you're old ba. When you're patay.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Math

Math time with Yuan.
Ma Cy: If I have one apple then Mimi gives me one more apple, how many apples do I have?
Yuan: Haaaa? How about me? Where's my apple?

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Anger Management

Fin talking to Mommy Kitchie on the telephone: I want to watch (the movie) today. Mommy please. Mommy please. Today. Please.
 
Wala ni sugot si mommy.
 
Fin hands the telephone to yaya and while yaya talks to mommy, Fin says: I want to cut that (telephone) wire!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: New Clothes

Mommyla bought new clothes for Fin.
Yaya: Fin, you're so sexy.
Fin: My mommy will shock.

Fin: I will wear this to church tomorrow.
Yaya: Why?
Fin: Maybe Jesus will love it.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Age

Fin: I will buy many books like you...when I'm eleventeen.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Cute

Yuan: The girl in my school bus said I'm cute!
Ma Cy: Ohh that's good.
Yuan: No, Ma Cy, not good. Because I'm not a dog!
Ma Cy: Ha? The girl did not say you're a dog man gud.
Yuan: Because only dogs are cute, Ma Cyyyy. And I'm not a dog.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Future

Fin: Iggy's my boyfriend. When I'm big, he's my husband.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Mumu

Kana ganing magdrive ka ug gabie kuyog imong 4 y.o. na anak nya mukalit siya ug ingon "Ma Cy, I hear the mumu boy. He's laughing then he's crying." Nya mangutana pa gyud ka ug "Where's the boy diay?" Ug tubagon ka ug "At the back, but no more na. He's gone na."

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Artwork

Yuan's artwork... ‪
Me: Is that a ‪house? (Pointing to the big one on the center)
Yuan: No, the house is that one (the small one on the right). This (the big one on the center) is a paspital. And that one (the vehicle on the left) is abalans.

Paspital = hospital
Abalans = ambulance

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Relation

Yuan told Fin that they're not friends anymore. And Fin goes, "But I'm the cousin of you!"

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Deal

While Ma Cy is getting dressed for her 1st 24–hour duty as a PGI.
Yuan: Haaaaaa? You're going?
Ma Cy: Yes, because I need to work so I can have money to buy food for you.
Yuan: Noooo! I'm not hungry! I will not eat Mommy Cy.
Me: Aw. Toys nalang. So I can buy you the cars you like.
Yuan: I don't like toys anymore. Please don't go, please stay here with me.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: King

Chom: I'm the king of this room, you have to follow me.
Fin: If he's the king, where's his cape and crown?

Conversations with Friends: Animals

Lunchtime conversation with B'dict:
B'dict: Usahay may pag goat nalang ko, walay pili kaon, grass ra gyud perme.
Me: Kung naa ka sa desert?
B'dict: Mag camel nalang ko!

Conversations with Friends: Weather

Chom: Nindota sa weather! It's a blessing in the sky!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Skin

B'dict: Fin, you're so dark na. Are you still going swimming today?
Fin: I have papaya soap!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Expired

Kate: What did you do in swimming class today?
Fin: Nothing. It's expired.

Expired = done = homan na

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Buslot

While changing Yuan's clothes..
Yuan: I don't want to wear that, it's buslot.
Ma Cy: It's okay lang, only for sleeping ra man.
Yuan: Noooooo! My tintin will lusot in the buslot.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Daddy

Justine: Fin, where's daddy?
Fin: Manila.
Justine: What's he doing (in Manila)?
Fin: Working. (pause) And sleeping.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Tummy

Yuan: Mommy Cy, you have a big tummy!
Ma Cy: Me? Nooo, not very big oy.
Yuan: Big oy, like teacher Belen (his pregnant teacher).

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: In the Nose

Me: Yuan, why are you dialing your nose?
Yuan: It's....
Me: It's stuffed?
Yuan: No. It's kugmo (booger).

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Farm

Last night, Ma Cy woke up to the sound of Hay Day's intro music and caught Yuan playing with her iPad.
Ma Cy: Don't touch my farm ha.
Yuan: Okay...but I want to feed your baboy.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Rain Rain Go Away

Fin singing:

Rain rain go away.. Dinosaurs come my way..
Rain rain go away, alligators want to play.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Nationality

Fin declares, "I'm not Chinese. I'm English."

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: ABC

Fin singing ABC:
...e f g...h i j k... elo elo p...

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: No Ligo

Mommyla: Fin, you want to ligo?
Fin: No
Mommyla: Why?
Fin: Kanding

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Buy

Yuan: Let's go to Toys R Us, I will buy a car!
Mommy Cy: Do you have money?
Yuan: Mimi (grandma) has money!
Kamao bataa, kabaw gyud kinsa'y financer. Haha.

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Why?

Fin: Why are there people outside my gate?
Me: They're talking.
Fin: Why?
Me: ...
Fin: Maybe they're talking about marry.

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Smells Like

Fin smells one of the throw pillows on the couch: Eeeeewww! Smells like Erick!

Hahahahahahahha

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Reading

Me: Don't do that. I'm reading.
Fin: You're not reading. I don't hear you.
Me: I'm reading with my eyes.
Fin: Why are you reading with your eyes?
Me: ....
Fin: Do your eyes understand? Your eyes can speak?

I'm stumped.

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Star

Yuan: Ma Cy, teacher said I'm behave in school.
Ma Cy: Woow! Do you have a star?
Yuan: No star today. Tomorrow! I will have a star!

Mao sad ni akong ganahan nimo, Wan! Positive thinker kaayo ka pirme. Hahaha!

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Directions

Fin is wailing that she wants to go to their new house...
Me: Okay, go ride your bike to your house.
Fin: No. You go with me.
Me: I don't know the way.
Fin: You go straight and you go down. (With matching hand gestures.)

Murag korek gyud ning bataa hehehe

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Jewels

While I'm playing Jewels Saga...
Fin: What's that?
Me: I don't know.
Fin: It's a doimund.

Slang kaayo ka Fin ha!

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: What are You?

Paupau : When you were small, I changed your diaper bya.
Fin: You're my mommy?
Paupau: No...
Fin: You're my yaya?

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Nails

Last night Paupau painted Fin's nails white with pink dots. Ingon si Fin mura daw pimples. Hahaha