10 November 2011

Kids speak their mind

Kate and I ordered her boost juice at the counter, and while waiting for it, she commented on the girl who served us at the cashier “I think that girl’s face is a little dirty”. I was shocked at what she said. Then I realised what she meant. The girl did have lots of freckles and she was a little tanned so to Kate, it looked “not clean”. So, I explained what freckles were. Phew .. good thing she did not raise her voice when she made that comment

Needing the restroom at the least convenient time

Kate and I ducked out to the mall to return the DVDs we borrowed from the library, pick up clothes from drycleaners, and some stuff from the supermarket. She fell asleep just as I parked the car. Errands had to be done, so Kate had to wake up. She was walking to the mall with her eyes closed, holding my hands of course. Aiyoh. I can’t carry her, so heavy. No choice, had to bribe her with boost juice. That woke her up. Phew

Quickly dropped DVDs off at the library, quickly picked up my skirt, quickly put her in the supermarket trolley ready to do some shopping. Then Kate exclaims “I need to go to the toilet”. I really wanted to just buy a few items and go home. So I asked if she could hold and she said Yes but I knew deep down inside that she will tell me within a second that she needs to go. Oh well, change of plans. No supermarket shopping – I’ll do it after exercise class. Off to the restroom and then  home, to shower Kate, gobble my dinner before heading out for my exercise. Parents must be sooo flexible with the plans … and kids why do you have to go to the restroom when we are shopping or having a meal?

Kate did the same thing to her Daddy a couple of nights ago. Tuesday was Daddy and Kate bonding time. Daddy was greeted by a very excited Kate when he picked her up from the childcare centre. He asked her what she would like to have for dinner, provided her with some choices “Western food? Chinese food? Maccas? Guess what she chose? I thought she would have chosen Maccas too, but to our surprise she said “chinese food”. So off they went for their dinner, ordered crispy noodles and was about to dig in when Daddy noticed Kate squirming in her seat. He asked her what was wrong and she said “I need to go to the restroom”. They were in the middle of dinner so Daddy asked Kate “Can you hold?” “Yes” was her answer. And yes  you guessed it, she said “I have to go NOW” less than a minute later. So, Daddy experienced the slight anxiety all parents have when children tell them that sentence, brought her to the restroom and enjoyed the rest of their dinner in peace

 

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