Not a Tantrum

Daddy (to 4 y/o): Please stop throwing a tantrum.
4 y/o (screamed): I'm not having a tantrum... I'm just shouting!

Trust issues

The 4 y/o is having a drink of water from a blue beaker, and there's a half-full glass of water on the table from one of the other children.

4 y/o: I don't trust this clear glass. I only trust this one.
Me (unaware until now that my child had trust issues with any crockery or household items): Why?
4 y/o: Because fruit flies.
Me: ???
4 y/o (matter of factly): Fruit flies swim in water to get fruit. If you put a pear in a yoghurt and left it out, fruit flies would kind of swim to get it.

4 y/o on a roll

Various things the 4 y/o has come out with today:

On being asked to make some attempt to eat the crust of her bread:
4 y/o (staring intently at her bread crust): Silly adults made this.

On what I can only assume is a deep understanding of time travel:
4 y/o (to her mother): Mammy, when you were a baby you used to watch My Little Pony with me!

On where zombies come from:
4 y/o: When skeletons die they become zombies.

Too much dark

In discussion with the 4 and 7 year old, who are making a lot more noise than the average sleeping children...

Mammy: Why are you not in bed asleep?

4 y/o: Because we're trying to turn on the light.

Mammy: Why are you trying to do that?

4 y/o: Because there's a lot of dark and only a little bit of light.