Me: Bye, Tiago! I'll be back soon! I love you!
Tiago: Bye, Mom! Love you, too!
Me: Do you want me to buy anything for you?
Tiago?  A pair of sneakers.
Me: Okay.
Tiago:  Make sure they're the right size for my feet, okay?
Me: Okay.
Tiago:  And buy Adidas, okay?

Me: Why are you crying?
Tiago: Because I don't want to wear this shirt! 
Me: That's not something to cry about, you know. 
Tiago: Yes it is! 
Me: Is the shirt hurting you?
Tiago: Yes.
Me: Where?
Tiago: My feelings!

Tiago: Asul and Bughaw is Blue in Filipino.
Me: Asul is actually Spanish.
Tiago: Asul is not actually Spanish. AZUL is actually Spanish. Asul is Filipino.

Tiago:  Mom! I saw HATCHED!
Me: You did?!
Tiago: Yes! We went there before!
Me: Yes, we ate there.  You were so grumpy the last time we ate there.
Tiago: Yeah...sometimes I'm grumpy.  Just like you.  Right, Mom?

"I AM A VIKER!"

Before going to school....

Tiago:  Mom, I'll take care of you when I come back from school, okay?

Me: Tiago, when you're putting your shoes on, make sure you put them on the right foot.
Tiago: And the left, too!

Tiago:  Dear Jesus,  Please come to my party.  And bring God too.  Thank you. Oh and please bring my cake, too.  With 4 candles coz I'm 4 years old on my birthday.

Me: What's your super power?
Tiago: Swimming!
Me: Wow! What's MY super power?
Tiago:  Parent power!

Me: Tiago, are you listening to me?
Tiago: Yes.
Me: What did I say?
Tiago: You said, "Are you listening to me?". Then I said, "yes".

Me: Tiago can you please walk faster?
Tiago: Mom, please be patient, okay?

Tiago making friends at the park...her name is Trinity, she's 6.

Tiago: Where are you from?
Trinity: New Mexico.
Tiago: I'm from Asia.

Me: Tiago don't make me upset!
Tiago: You still love me if you're upset, right? 
Me: Yes. 
Tiago: Okay. Coz I still love you if you're grumpy.

Myke:  Tiago, careful. Ma-ano ka dyan.
Tiago:  What's manok?

Tiago:  HEY! Give me that!
Me: Excuse me, how do you say it nicely?
Tiago: Can I please have it?
Me: There! That's how you say it. Where did you get "HEY! Give me that!"?
Tiago: From my mind.

Me: Tiago, It's time to sleep.
Tiago: I am sleeping!
Me: No, you're not. Your eyes are still open.
Tiago: I'm just pretending to be awake.

Tiago: Mom, Daddy's a genius!
Me: Really? Wow! How about me? Am I a genius too?
Tiago: Nope. You're a person.

Tiago: Mom, what are you doing? 
Me: Nothing.
Tiago: Oh. Let's play nothing together! 
Me: How do we play nothing?
Tiago: Like this.

While playing with PlayDoh...

Me: What are you making?
Tiago: Something.
Me: Something?
Tiago: Something you'll never guess.
Me: Oh.
Tiago:  But it's gonna be awesome.  I just know it.

Me:  Hay, Tiago. You're so hard-headed.
Tiago: Yeah! Because I have a bone in my head. (knocks on his head) It's called skull, Mom.

Overheard (from the bathroom. again.), while Myke was helping the kapitan brush his teeth...

Myke: Tiago, not your tongue.
Tiago: Mommy brushes my tongue. 

SFX: toothbrush buzzing...

Tiago: Now you get it!