On Sleeping:
"Go back to sleep until your alarm goes off! It's not time for school yet."
"You may get out of bed when the clock says 6:00. No, 5:06 is not the same. The 6 has to be the first number."
"It's 6:30 and Paul's still sleeping. Do you think he's sick?"
On Eating:
"You've had enough fruit. You may not have any more fruit until after dinner."
"You ate all those carrots?"
"Just try one bite. It's a brownie. Just try it."
On Helping:
"Wow, that's a lot of dog poop. Yes, I'll tell Sam it's your job now. She'll be sad, I'm sure, but you're clearly better at it."
"We don't have time to clean your room right now. Besides, it's clean. Yes, we can clean it later."
"Here, use this knife to cut the pumpkin. It's sharper."
On Christmas:
"It's OK, don't worry. Santa won't come into our house. I know what your friends said, but I promise he's just pretend."
"But only the big kids know he's pretend, OK? It's kind of a surprise. Let's don't tell anybody."
"Well, Jesus isn't actually coming to His birthday party. He's watching from heaven. Yes, it's OK, yes, you are going to your birthday party."
"Sunday. We light the candles on Sunday. I know it's hard to wait. Today is Tuesday. Five more sleeps. Then Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday."
"The shepherds and the wisemen didn't fight. No, the shepherds aren't ninjas."
"Joseph isn't a ninja, either. He's Jesus's second daddy. Well, yes, I guess that is kind of like a ninja."
On Playing:
"It's not a gun. It's a dove...piece of toast...banana..."
"Sit down and just watch TV for ten minutes. Please."
At home: "Inside voice, inside voice, inside voice." Anywhere else: "Use your words."
"Let's go downstairs and punch something."
"Sure, you can play with the duct tape."
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