Daphneisms

Daphne and Shelley sit down to eat dinner. As both start to eat, Daphne suddenly stops and says, "Mom! You didn't say 'Thank you Jesus, Amen!' "

After Daphne has been asleep in bed for several hours, Shelley goes in and turns off the lamp. Instantly, Daphne sits up and whimpers in the saddest most pathetic voice, "Mommy, why did you turn off the light?"

"I won't" in Daphne language means "I will."

Daphne: Daddy, can I play game?
Ian: Not right now.
Daphne: Mommy, can I play game?
Shelley: Daddy said no.
Daphne: Maybe I'll ask Jude. Jude, can I play game?

Daphne and her friend Oliver were playing. "Run with me Oliver!" Daphne asks Oliver. Oliver does not want to run with her and stands still. Daphne leans down and gets within several inches of Oliver's face and says sternly, "Listen. Run with me!"

Shelley: Daphne, finish eating lunch. We have to take Jude to the doctor.
Daphne: Jude sick?
Shelley: Yeah.
Daphne: Me sick, too! (She's not)
Shelley: Oh yeah? What's wrong?
Daphne: Me go to doctor too! My tummy hurts.

Daphne and Ian are driving down the road. Cornfield is alongside the road and is tall and ready to harvest. Daphne says, "Daddy, that grass is bigger. You need to mow."

Daphne: That truck is up ahead. (Shelley passed the semi truck on highway)
Daphne: Now that truck is back of us. (Shelley was impressed at Daphne's spacial knowledge)

Shelley: Daphne! Guess what? We have friends coming for dinner tonight!
Daphne: Roger and Susie and Ben?! (She doesn't know a Roger or a Susie)