Our Little Conversation……#4
Yesterday, I brought our boys to the doctor. Haha! Our little boy is such an “uncle” now. Even before I could share with doctor his symptoms, Darren rattled on, sharing with the doctor a long list of ”illness”.
Conversation 1 - He Is Such an “Uncle”!
Darren: “My nose is blocked.”
Doctor: “That is because you sleep in air-conditioned room and your nose is sensitive.”
Darren:” I am coughing.”
Doctor:”I know.”
Persistent to let doctor know that he is sick, he went on.”
Darren:”I here pain when I cough.”
[Doctor was busy typing the prescription.]
Darren: “My this eye is sometimes pain and sometimes BLUR.”
[Doctor gave him a quick check of eyesight and confirmed that his eyesight is good.]
After doctor confirmed that his so-called blurness in eyes is nothing at all, Darren insisted on continuing with the blurness complaints, except that this time…
Darren: “I am blur. Can you check? Why I so blur?”
Doctor:”No, You are not blur. You are probably tired because you are sick.
Darren: “I am blur. My here is blur.”
[He pointed to his head and rattled on with his "I am blur" story].
Then, suddenly he decided to show that he is not BLUR at all by passing this Blurness test *haha*.
Darren:”Can I have sweets?”
Doctor: “Not until your sore throat is fine.”
Darren:”Can I have sweets please?”
Doctor: No. Sweets are not good for your throat.”
Darren: “No. I mean can I have sweets please? You have sweets right? I can keep them until I am okay.”
See. He is too alert to be blur *grin*.
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Conversation 2 - It is Embarrassing!
That day, while we were having our massage in Batam, Darren came in and stood next to me silently, after we had our bath. Our masseur was just at a near distance. I don’t exactly feel so comfortable, unclothed and surrounded by a few pair of eyes in an open villa. So, I naturally chased Darren out.
Mommy: “Darren, please wait outside. Let mommy put on the towel first.”
Darren: “Why you so scared? I see before wah.”
Mommy:”Just go out first okay?”
Darren: “I drink milk from here before, right?”
[He started pointing at my private *xxxx* and he actually meant how I used to breastfeed him.]
Mommy: “No! Wait. Darren, please excuse me first!”
Darren:”No? You mean these are not the same “xxx” that I drink milk from?”
Mommy: *Arghhh*
What a wrong timing and venue to discuss a private issue! I didn’t expect to be in a breast feeding educational session, with open ears of the masseur.
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Conversation 3 - Q&A
Sometimes, we engage ourselves in some interesting Q&A sessions with our boys. It occupies their time while they are in the car or waiting restlessly and it is often amusing listening to their interesting replies. So, that day we were discussing the topic of marriage and family when we came across this question.
Mommy: “What do you do when your wedding band rolls across a busy road?”
Papa Ed: “I will wait till the traffic slows down and pick it up.”
Darren: “I will let it roll. Then I will buy a new ring later lor. Just like how Papa bought a new ring after he lost the ring when he ate crab that day.
Mommy and Brendan: * giggling*.
[Darren, very innocently decided to rub salt on his father's old wounds. This is a classic story of how a wedding band got lost incidentally in a dish of chilli crab. Oh!Oh! Not again. Somehow, Darren is linking to this careless incident again to "remind" his father every now and then.]
Darren:”Papa, you remember?”
Refused to accept “silence” as an answer, Darren went on..
Darren: Mommy, correct? Correct?
Then the next question….
Mommy: “There are 100 birds on the tree. When a hunter opens fire and shoots one, there are how many birds left.”
Brendan: “None”
Darren:”99”.
Mommy: “Brendan is correct.”
Darren: “Why?”
Mommy: ” Because the other birds are scared and fly away.”
Darren: “No! I am right! You said 100 birds and kill 1…so 100 minus 1 = 99. So, the answer is 99! You teach me Math before and why I am wrong now?”
Hmm…a boy with great principle.
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Conversation 4 - Police
After getting several scoldings from Papa Ed for not behaving during meal time, Darren asked me….
Darren: “Mommy, what will you do to your children when they break things?”
Mommy: “I will find out why the thing is broken first. So, what will you do if you are the parent?”
Darren: “I will call police.”
Mommy: “Such a small matter and you want to have your children arrested?”
Darren: “No. I will tell them I call police…scare them only. I don’t want to shout or scold. Then next time, if they are scared, they will not break things.”
Aiyo! An intimidating father he would be…..
Ha, ha, so many cute conversation :)
I loved the one with the doctor asking for sweets, Darren is so smart!
Hi Michael,
He has been a source of my joy, my embarrassment and sometimes I do find frustrated and yet tickled by the things he says. Afterall, he is still a 7-year old kid who speaks without barrier. I would say my life has become much more interesting with these two charmers…haha.