Rebuttals (of 13th and 26th April)

13 April
we were praying for the children in indonesia who might be affected by the earthquake n he said "God pls give the earth rain..so the vegetables can grow and they can eat the vegetables."

"God please give the poor children mummies and daddies."

I asked why they need mummies and daddies and he replied: "They need mummies and daddies..if not..how can they eat?"

"No mummy and daddy then cannot work and earn money to buy food...!"

I told him I needed to lie on my right side cos my left side was 'feeling warm'; he asked "Are you still warm mama?"

I said yes.

After a while I felt him touching the corner of my blanket and asked "Are u cold mama?"

I replied yes without thinking n he immediately pounced on the contradiction "oh then u can turn around and face me!"

I burst out laughing.

26th April
He's been asking Gonggong to put him to bed these days.. most probably because Gonggong is lenient with him and indulges him with story after story, thereby prolonging bedtime. Calista managed to sleep rather early last night, so I went in and offered to put him to bed. He was initially happy and bade his grandpa farewell, but after finishing up his milk, he changed his mind and asked for grandpa instead. I told him it's a bad habit to keep changing his mind, and asking for this or that before bedtime just to buy time.

"Once you pick gonggong or mama, you cannot change your mind again."

without missing a beat, he pointed out - "but i said 'Gonggong' first!"

The mother is defeated. P laughed when I told him the exchange and said our son seems to have a natural talent for thinking up comebacks on his feet.