It's been a while since I last recorded the conversations with K. So here goes:

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We were in the bus, headed for home, and across the aisle was a family with 4 children. All girls except for 1 we couldn't see who was under the mother's nursing cover.

K: Mummy see, the baby must be drinking milk.

Me: Hmmmm...maybe

Just a short while later,

K: Wahhh...Mummy, the mummy must have a lot of milk cos the baby still drinking.

Still looking over at the family, K who was sitting on my lap started elbowing me:

K: Mummy, can you PLEASE give me a mei-mei or di-di?!

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K and I were in the toilet at a church we were visiting, where some of the children were cousins.

K: Mummy, next time my children will not have any cousins. So sad.

Me: (Thinking not another one of this sibling request) Next time you give birth to 2 children then. 

K: But my children won't have any.

Me: -_-

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K: Mummy, next time when daddy die already, you can come over and stay with me and my husband. Just like mama.

Me: Then what if mummy dies first?

K: Then daddy can come over and stay with us.

Me: *rollseyes*

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While I was trimming K's nails one evening,

K: I am so scared....next time I will ask my husband to cut my children's nails.

Me: What if he has to work late and your children's nails are very long already?

K: Then I anyhow cut first and let him cut properly when he comes back. Eeeee...I'm so scared.

SO funny she is when she comes out with all these unexpected conversations. Lol......

I saw the hubs parking the car from our kitchen window while I was preparing dinner. When he was done, he walked over to K's side, like he normally does to carry her out but this time, he stood there for a while and I thought I could hear some crying.

K was still crying when they came up and the hubs pre-empt me not to ask her why. I couldn't take it so awhile later, I asked her while the 2 of us were waiting for the hubs to go out for dinner. Why was I preparing dinner 1 minute and then waiting to go out for dinner the next? That's for later. Anyway, our conversation went like this:

Me : Tell Mummy why you cried just now.

K   : It's over already...I don't want to talk about it anymore.....

Me : -_-

Later on, I found out from the hubs that she had accidentally knocked into her teacher in school and it seemed that it was quite painful, for the teacher not K. Although K did apologise, I think she felt bad as it hurt her teacher. Poor girl must have been frightened so the sobbing.

So, anyway, the salmon is back in the fridge with the other ingredients that I had meant to cook for dinner tonight because PUB was doing something to the pipes and when I reached home, the taps gave out a gurgling sound and the water was cloudy. We are of course worried that it'll contaminate the food thus, decided to go IMM for dinner. Thankfully, the water was clear again when we returned home.

I made the hubs call the 24-hr hotline and apparently, after about 10 minutes of switching on the taps, the water would be ok again. Sigh....the problems with old estates.

Conversations with K

Children, they all grow up too quickly. Thankfully, I am not at the stage where I am asking when will she ever grow up. I just wish she doesn't!

I give K her bottle of milk every weekday morning at about 7am. A slow way to wake her up for school. Sometimes, she dream-feeds, sometimes she'll wake up by the time she empties her milk bottle. A lot of times, she asks me to sit with her and holds my hand while she drinks her fuel for the day. But it is also during this time, I go back to the kitchen and have my milk fix too. And I always tell her to drink first while I go switch off the kitchen lights. But I'll usually stay there, finish my milk and what-not before I go back to the room.

One day, after my usual excuse, she decided to stomp into the kitchen to check on me! 

K: I thought you said you come to switch off the light??!!

Me: *giggling* Ok, ok, I'm done. Let's go.

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The other day in the car. We were talking as usual and again, I told her I don't want her to grow up because she wants to be 5, then 6, then 11. Her answer caught me off-guard and we ended up hugging each other.....awhhhh..

K: But even if I grow up, I'll still be your baby what.

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Conversation with K

On one of those days when I have time away and the hubs spends the evening with K. And at dinner time, K suddenly cries out.

Hubs: What happened baby? Why do you cry suddenly?
K: I don't want to get married daddy. I want to stay with daddy and mummy forever.
Hubs: - -

Update: She has now decided she will marry because she likes the decorated wedding cars!

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On the recent appreciation night that I was attending, the hubs picked K up from school as usual and they had to eat out at the nearby coffee-shop. K was asking to be allowed to go to the playground.

Hubs: We will go for dinner first. (Secretly hoping that she'll forget by then.)
K: No daddy. Later after dinner, the sky will be dark and then you'll say it's too late to go to the playground.
Hubs: (trying to suppress his laughter) Hmm...ok, then you eat your dinner faster k.

The hubs reported that K went on to eat her dinner in super-quick time. Not that she takes forever to eat so it must have been really really quick. Lol.

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We were on the road, driving to meet the Victors for dinner when we passed by some construction going on along the expressway.

Me: Look. They are clearing the trees and pushing the forested area back.
K: Why do they do that? (Because we tell her that there are probably animals staying in the forested area and she says like the 3 little pigs, the big bad wolf, Goldilocks & the 3 bears and not forgetting Little Red Riding Hood)
K: Where are they going to stay now? It's their home!

Hmmm, a green conservationist in the making?

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The innocence of a child. My child.

Conversations with K

The following conversation between K and the wife of a newly married couple-friend of ours at Hard Rock Cafe, Malacca.

K: Auntie Sarah, do you have baby?

S: No, I do not have baby.

K: Oh, God hasn't given you a baby yet? 

S: Yes, God hasn't given me a baby yet. *Already starting to feel surprised by K*

K: Ok, God will give you a baby soon.

S: *Can only smile*

K: Auntie Sarah, what will you name your baby?

S: I don't know.........

And Sarah goes to tell the hubs and myself about this little conversation that she had with K. Lol...Sarah's husband then tasks K to think of a name starting with the first letter of their names, 1 for a boy and 1 for a girl. Lol....

Conversations with K

We now live on the 4th floor and for a block that serves about 100 units, we are served by 2 small lifts. We have experienced twice a full lift and had to walk down as well as another time, where so many people decided to come home at the same time and we had to walk up. Anyhow, the 4 flights of stairs are quite a breeze really, compared to our previous home where 1 flight of stairs consisted of so many steps.

This morning, K requested to walk down the stairs with me while waiting for the hubs. She says that is because I need the exercise. And after dinner today, while walking towards our block, K said again 'Let's walk up the stairs and because of you, I will. Cos Mummy needs to exercise.' Oh, she is such a sweetheart!

Last Friday, on their way to meet me in town to have dinner with the Victors, the hubs relayed to me what K said to him in the car 'Daddy, we very long never go for holiday already.' Never mind the broken English for now. Lol...

The Power of an Innocent Prayer

Some 3 weeks back, after the routine morning wash-up for K to prepare her for school, I stood up and felt a sharp pain shooting down my right leg, starting from the middle of my right bum. It became so bad that I couldn't bend at my waist to wash my face or rinse my mouth and it was so painful that I couldn't do so with my right foot flat on the ground. I had to position my right foot as if I was wearing heels.

I did not dare wear my heels for the next few days and the next week, consulted a TCM sports massage practitioner and he had to use the cupping technique on my bum. Not in any position to feel embarrassed here as the pain was worse than the embarrassment. Usually when the glass container is removed and the area is bluish black, it meant that a lot of air had been sucked out. But in my case, it wasn't so....which means it wasn't air. Then the practitioner continued with slapping my butt literally and massaging. The hubs who was there said he could have done the job. :p 

Anyhow, I suffered and endured the pain and sometimes it got really bad. When I was on my feet for quite a long while cleaning the new place up, it hit me again. Sometimes, turning in my sleep is a pain in the butt, pun intended literally! However, strange thing was, when I put my heels on, I did not feel the pain! I must be born to walk in them! And when I wore my flats, the pain will return.

So that's the story of the pain that I described to the hubs, which is worse than giving birth to K.

But I wanted to say is, last night, while I was praying with the 3 of us lying on bed, K decided to be cheeky. When I was done, the hubs told K to pray and she did! She prayed to thank God for giving her good health, things that she has heard me pray about. And then, she went on to pray for God to heal my pain. So that Mummy can bend and be ok. I didn't think much of it but thanked her for having me in her prayers.

Today, as I woke up, I declare that the pain has left me! In all seriousness! I'm no charismatic but I'm wearing flats today and although we all pray in our own little ways, haven't we all done it with half-doubt? Then don't. We all need a little or a lot of childlike innocence and believe!

Conversations with K

This happened a couple of weeks back, when we were in the car with K being her usual chatty self and talking to me while I was giving her the usual obligatory answers like 'em, Oh, Yes and so on'. And then what she said next made me laugh.

K: Mummy, listen to me!

Me: I am listening to you.

K: But you are not looking at me! Look at me, Mummy!

Me: Ok, Ok, What do you want to tell me? (Turned my head to look at her)

K took a purposeful turn to look out of the car window and starting talking gibberish. This tod knows what she is doing! And then she giggled! *faintz* As if it was tit for tat!

Yesterday evening, while cooking, a big drop of steaming hot water dropped onto my arm when I lifted up the cover of the rice cover. Both the hubs and K heard me cringe and while the hubs asked if I was ok, K quickly ran to the kitchen and asked if I was alright. She instinctively opened the drawer where I kept the oven gloves and made me wear them! She said:'Mummy, wear this ok then you won't burn your hands.' 

When I recounted what she did to the hubs moments later, we were quite amazed that she knew where the gloves were kept! And her actions were so automatic! Like she knows exactly where everything is kept in the kitchen.

Days with K. How'll I'll miss them.

Conversations with K

A few days back, while K was doing her little business, she declared that she wants to marry Lucas. (!!!) Yes, our jaws dropped but of course we know better than to take it seriously. She went on to say that both her playgroup mates, Zander and Ko Kai, will marry each other. I then explained to her that boys cannot marry boys. So, if you are into the alternative lifestyle and strongly object to my belief, this blog is not for you. So bugger off.

Yesterday evening, the hubs brought it up, out of amusement and asked K if she told mummy who she wanted to marry.

K : I want to marry Lucas.

Me : Whyyyy? Daddy will cry when you get married.

K : 'Cos I love Lucas.

Me : You lurveeee Lucas? Does Lucas know?

K : Yes, we can talk to each other very well. (Good that she knows communication makes a good relationship)

My, she's only 2. Ok, if you want to be specific, she's 32 months old now but still! I thought children only play this married game when they are in kindergarten!! My heart will break too the day she walks down the aisle....and baby, so will your daddy's.

Conversations with K

Whenever it is bedtime now, K would have so much to talk about while we're lying on bed. And sometimes she sings. In a bid to get her to sleep sooner, I'll close my eyes and pretend to sleep but it doesn't bother her and she'll still call out for me. Last night was no different.

At first I wasn't listening to what she was saying until I realised that she was repeating it to me. When I finally understood what she was saying, it went like this:

K : Mummy, I dun wan my ducklings anymore. I want to give them to the baby. (We visited the hubs' childhood friend on Sunday and the Missus was due anytime, with a big bulging tummy)

Me : Which baby do you want to give it to?

K : That day the auntie.

Me : Oh, the auntie when we went to Uncle Mag's house? (Realised we never did mention the Missus by name, thus she doesn't know)

K : Yes, Uncle Mag's house.

Me :  Why do you want to give your ducklings to the baby? What if you play in the tub and do not have your ducklings to play with?

K : No, I am a big girl now. I dun wan the ducklings anymore. I wan to give the ducklings to the baby.

Me: Are you sure?

K : Yes.

Me : Ok, Mummy will pack them up nicely so you can give them to the baby, k. 

K : Hmmmm...

Me : That's very nice of you to share your things. That's the way to go. :)

K is definitely growing up....too fast for my liking though. :( Now she's been asking to drink her milk from the cup too! Although I must say, for this, we have been talking to her about it. But still, my baby's only 2! Slow down for a bit baby.....Mummy wants to enjoy the stroll with you.

Conversations with K

The other day, when the 3 of us were lying on bed, with the hubs already off to his la-la land ( typical), K and I were talking.

K, pointing to her daddy : Eh, why he sleep here? (Obviously trying to be funny)

Me : Who?

K : He (points behind her again). Why he sleep in our room?

Me : Who is he? (Trying to make her say daddy, mummy and mama instead of he and she all the time) Oh, daddy?

K : Yes, why is daddy sleeping in our room?

Me : Hmmm...this is daddy and mummy's room, you know. Hey, why are you sleeping in our room? Why are you not sleeping in your room? Mummy will tidy up the room for you and then you can sleep there ok?

K : I dun wan.

Me : Why?

K : I wan to sleep with daddy and mummy........

Me : Why? But daddy and mummy don't want you to sleep here...ahahahahaahah

K : ........But I so cute right?

Me : ......Who said that?

K : Daddy

Me : ..................

Conversations with K

I was so busy at work last Friday, but had to rush off in order to reach the bottom of our block by 5.30pm to take over K from the hubs as he had to return to work, that I was contemplating with the idea of returning back to the office on Saturday to clear them. And then thought that I should just go in the office earlier today but somehow we still left home the usual time. And so I told the hubs that I will not be cooking today as I may need to stay late. But as it turned out, I didn't have too! And I completed my work in good time too. :)

But as I had my mind set on not cooking already, we ate out anyway. On our way home after dinner, I saw that K was rubbing her eyes and assumed that she must be feeling sleepy already. With it being a Monday and a whole day at school, Mondays are usually tiring.

Me: See, you are rubbing your eyes already. Are you sleepy?

K: Noo, I am rubbing my eyes only 'cos there's something. I'm not sleepy....

Me: Hmpfff.....

Anyway, back at home, she was entertained by M, who I have to say is really quite good with her hands.

Look at the dinosaur replica she made while playing with K in the evening.

Conversations with K

As K has become more conversant, sometimes the things that she says leaves us in stitches. And I would like to record them down. Afterall, they are only innocent once and when they reach primary school, maybe, I will miss having all these funny conversations with her.

During the day out at my company's 100 years celebration, all the children were each given a goodie bag. After she completed her lunch, K decided to check out what was in her goodie bag and started taking everything out. Thankfully, it was a whole table to our family of 3.

As she was busy emptying the bag, the hubs and I were looking out for 'forbidden' food such as chocolates and sweets. She has tried chocolate but till now, we have not given her any sweets. There is no such thing as starting too late for junk food like this. And then she pulled out a chuppa chup.

She puts it on the table and the hubs and I started reaching out for it to 'hide'. There was another chuppa chup in there. After she ran through everything in the bag, she asked for the 'balloon'. (?!?!?) Lol! We realised that she was actually referring to the chuppa chup!

My child, in all her innocence, was describing the lollipop as a balloon because it does look like a mini-version of one!