Because I'm a girl

Shaynna and I in the middle of our phone conversation:

Me: Baby, dapat ka mag sleep ug sayo para motubo ka.
(Baby, you have to go to sleep early so that you would grow tall.)

Shaynna: Tan-aw pa man ko cartoons, mommy.
(I want to watch cartoons, mommy.)

Me: Sleep na para pareha ka katas-a sa daddy nimo.
(You have to go to sleep so that you would grow as tall as your daddy.)

Shaynna: Dili ko oi. Babae biya ko mommy...
(I don't want to [grow as tall as daddy]. Have you forgotten that I'm a girl, mommy?)

Eat more...

My mother, Mama Conching and Shaynna had the usual conversation during dinner:

Mama Conching: Shaynna, eat pa
Shaynna: No
Mama Conching: Why?
Shaynna: I'm busog

The Sun goes to sleep

Shaynna and her dad in one of their bonding moments:

Shaynna: kanang daddy di ba wala nay Sun kay natulog na? Kay siya man nagbantay nato ug buntag daun sa gabii ang moon na pud bantay nato sa?
(Daddy, the Sun is already asleep, right? Because she watches over us during daytime and at night, the moon watches over us, right?)

Boknoy knows

Tyrone's family has a dog named "Boknoy". Unlike me, Shaynna is not afraid of dogs. And she has a reason not to be...

Shaynna: Daddy, si Boknoy, dili ko paakon kay kaila man na siya na anak ko nimo.
(Daddy, Boknoy will not bite me because he knows that I'm your daughter.)