Christian-isms

I haven't had the chance to blog as much as I want to recently, thanks to house-packing, and an increasingly conscious/alert Calista who is sleeping less and demanding more attention.

Just want to quickly record the funny things Christian did or said before they are lost forever, so pardon the choppy nature of this post..

1) Say sorry
P was driving one day and got lost. Ch overheard me asking P where we were going and he chimed in "UH-OH..HOW? ? How we go home?? Say SORRY daddy." We burst out laughing and an amused P said "SORRrry..."

2) Favourites
Ch blurted out of nowhere while in the car one day.. "Circle shape...my favourite is circle." When asked why, he said "Because circles can spin."

3) Efficiency
On the 28th of last month (this is how long i've been storing up these snippets for!) he finished his oatmeal in the morning and proudly showed the clean bowl to me. "Mama! See! Very clean! No need to wash already..." Once again, he  made me laugh and gave me a great start to the day.

4) Gratitude
I bought him the aqua doodle mat cos I think we need to provide him with more toys which allow him to practice his pencil grip and hand control. It was a hit with him and he blurted out "I love this mama, thank you for buying it for me" whilst focused on making little 'raindrops' on the mat.

5) Rollercoaster questions
Before sleep one night, he asked me "Mama. The race track has electricity? the one near the fireworks?" (I realised then that he was referring to the rollercoaster he saw at Universal Studios.) "What's the name of the person who built it? Mama? Mama? Hmm..Mama?"

I ignored him for a bit hoping he would give up and sleep, but couldn't bear to do it after the third "Mama..?"

Mama: What?
Ch: Why we cannot touch air?
Mama: Well.. air is not like mud. It's not solid, nor a liquid, so we can't touch it.
Ch: Why is air not mud?
Mama (losing patience): Air is air and mud is mud. It's like asking 'Why is Christian not a chair?' It simply is.
Ch (notices that I shifted to lie on my right side, and was no longer facing him): Mama turn around and look at me. I want to look at you too...I love you mama, nobody can take you away.

6) Questions for Grandpa
Grandpa put Christian to bed one night. He came out wanting to give us an account of his verbal exchange with Christian, but laughed so hard that he was sputtering as the words came out. This was what he managed to tell us after a long time of laughter.

"Grandpa tells him about his early life..his first job, how his boss was happy with him, raised his pay.. how he bought a car and then married popo..Christian butted in at that point to ask -

'Popo wear dress?'

Gonggong: Yes..

Ch: Nice dress?

Gonggong (trying hard not to laugh already and wondering where this was leading): Er yes..very nice.

Ch: Then gonggong you wear a nice shirt?

Gonggong (stifling the urge to chuckle and be as serious as Ch): Yes. A very nice shirt!

Ch: Your shirt have a car?

Gonggong (realises Ch was thinking about his Lightning Mcqueen shirt) jokes: No, I had a train on it.

Ch: Gonggong, you know what's my favourite? Thomas train!'

(p/s My father burst out laughing and wiped away his tears after telling us this. I have not seen my father laugh so hard in YearS. Am glad that his grandson provides him much amusement. But there was more.)

Gonggong proceeds to tell him he invited lots of people to the wedding dinner..his friends, his relatives..

Ch: Gonggong, why you never invite me?

The grandfather can take it no longer, tells grandson 'no more talking, it's time to sleep.'

The grandson attempts more questions and whispers "Gonggong..gonggong..gonggong..". He was ignored, realises his grandfather will not entertain him any longer, so promptly turns over to face the wall instead and falls asleep.