swearing!

Sid said 'why the hell did i get hurt...'.. and I promptly said no swearing. Sid asks what do you mean 'swearing'? and the 3 year old pipes up 'it mean no saying rubbish things.. mean bad things.. mean like blood and all'. Right, now who wants to take up raising them? I'd like a show of hands please...

Junk food etc.

We're in the car and Jay says "Amma, my cheeks are paining". Now this one's new to me.. To you too? I suppose. I never knew cheeks could hurt.

Me: Why Jay? Where is it paining? Inside or outside on the skin? (Am thinking mebbe it's a toothache from all the candy).

Jay: Outside.

Me: Are you sure? Because if you eat a lot of candy the inside will pain.

Jay: No amma, I diddunt eat anything junk yesssturday.

Etc. Small things he says that make me smile... in wonder!

"Amma, I be Ironman, you be raw machine" (that's war machine)

"No pobbem, amma. I play here only"

"Who fend is coming to us mane amma? Appa fend or u fend?" (fend=friend, mane=house)

Walking...

We got back from 4th block today evening and at the gate Jay says to me "Amma, I am tired. I not walking in the stairs, I walking in the lift".

Sid musing, Jay learning

Sid said today "I wish we knew everything just when we were born". Now if we had a penny for every time a kid wished that...

Jay wishing Sid goodnight "Goodight... feet dreams"...

Pajabi

Of late, when we make pav bhaji at home, Jay's excited. He likes the pav, not the bhaji and will make a dinner out of just pav. What he calls it, tho, is the highlight of any eve we make this - Pajabi.

All in a day's vocab - with Jay

'Amma, what fell?' - if he hears something fall.

'Jay go play alone' - if I tell him there's no one in the playground and he'll get bored.

'Anna (Sid) see waka waka, Jay see freedom' - when he wants to see K'Naan's Give me Freedom on youtube. And after his song, he will want to see waka waka also.

'Ay, why natch?' 'Ay, why push'? 'Ay, why throw ball there?' 'Ay, why amma cold (scold) me?'... as if there aren't so many unanswered questions out there already !

'Amma, elp me' - if something's stuck and he can't get to it.

'Raksha, Ratan...wear cap. Me also'

'Pease give me, last candy, ok?' (this is repeated at least ten times a day).

'Show me runnin' one video'.

There are so many more things he says, so cutely. More as and when I can remember :).