Upon putting on his school uniform one morning.... "Hmmm. My shirt smells good! I don't know if it's the fabric softener.. or the smell of education."- Diego, 8 (2011 Aug 26)
"..the new and everlasting coconut(?)." - Diego, 8 (2010 Dec 19)
"When I was a kid I thought Mom was sexy because I thought that sexy meant pretty. Now I know that sexy means that 'thing' that boys like in girls. And now I think that Mom is cute because of her freckles." - Diego, 8 (2010 Dec 9)
"Going on a trip is nice... but the best part always is coming home." - Diego, 7 at the airport coming from a trip from Singapore (2010 Oct 31)
"I am eating a cookie while reviewing.. multi-tasking!" - Diego, 7 (2010 Oct 21)
"Pare, can I buy french fries?" - Diego, 7 when asked how to buy french fries in Tagalog (2010 Sep 26)
"I'd rather listen to a speech by Hitler." - Julio, 10 when a Justin Bieber song played on the car radio (2010 August 19)
"Watching this wrestling match made me 're-evaluate' my life. I don't think i want to be a wrestler anymore. I could get hurt in the match." - Diego, 7 after watching a WWE match on TV (2010 July)
"A heavy bag means lots of homework, is a sign that I will have no playtime with my friends today." - Diego, 7 (2010 Jul19)
"Ah.. This is great, an all-men date. No ladies, no girls, no arguments." - Diego, 7 on a weekend of malling with Dad and brother Julio
"An apple a day keeps the toothbrush away." - Julio and Diego, 9 & 6 when told of a survival trick that apples can clean teeth (2009 Sep)
"You just raise me well, Mom." Diego, 6 after getting an award in school, I asked him "What makes you so smart?"...Melts my heart! (2009 Feb)
"Shouldn't shepherds be called 'sheeperds'?! They take care of sheep not shep, right?" - Diego, 6 (2008 Dec)
"Today, I wish that we live in America- because it is Thanksgiving holiday and Dad would not need to go to work." - Diego, 6 (2008 Nov)
"It's just my second day of being six years old. Please stop challenging me." - Diego, 6 when lectured on how 6-year old kids are expected to be more responsible-- couple of days after his birthday (2008 Nov 6)
"We are running for Mother Nature. But we are littering the streets with those plastic bottles!" - Julio, 8 during a Marathon for Tubbataha Reef, seeing that runners were throwing and leaving used bottles of water on the streets (2008 Mar)
"I am already 100% handsome!" - Diego, 5, when told that eating vegetables will make him more handsome (2008 Feb)
"I wish I could bring Mom to show and tell in school."- Diego, 5 (2008 Jan)
"She is so big and so strict. She has sharp vision- she sees me when I run and tells me to just walk."- Diego, 5 describing his new teacher (2007 Dec)
"I think you are just the right Mom for me." - Diego, 5 (2007 Nov)
"I want to invent a machine that will make Mom young always. Because I don't want her to get old and die." - Diego, 4 (2007 Aug)
"I don't feel worried anymore when Mom kisses me on the forehead." - Julio, 7 (2006 Dec)