Andee: Mommy, gano kasakit ang injection sa ipin?

Mommy: Parang kagat lang ng langgam.

Andee: Ilang langgam? 

Mommy: Andee, kamuka ko ba siya? (referring to Ruffa Gutierez in a shampoo ad)

Andee: Bukas na lang kita sasagutin. 

One time, Andee asked me how many stripes a Zebra has. I told her sorry and that I do not know. That night though, I went to the Internet and checked if there is anything about zebra stripes. There were plenty (of course). Apparently, there are three types of zebras based on location and the number of stripes depends on the zebra's location.

The day I got to talk to Andee again, I told her what I found out then asked her why she wanted to know the number of zebra stripes anyway. She said because she wanted to draw one and wants to know how many stripes she should put.

Mommy: Parang nagugutom ako. Parang nag crave tuloy ako nung putong maliliit. 

Andee: Mommy,gusto ko kumain ng puto seko.

Mommy: Di naman nakakabusog yun e.

Andee: Di ko naman sabi na nakakabusog e, sabi ko lang gusto ko kumain ng puto seko.

Encounters with Andee's sense. These are some that were written here.

Why

Here's a morning converstion i had with my 4 year old niece:

ANDEE: Tita, kanina nabangga ni ate (yaya) si Nathan (1 year old nephew) tapos natumba si Nathan. Nag sorry si ate kay Tito Cata (Nathan's dad)... nagsabi siya (yaya) ng bad word.
TITA: Ano sinabi nyang bad word (itanong pa daw ba???)
ANDEE: Ayaw ko sabihin. (mabuti pa bata!)
TITA: Nag start ba sa letter S (sino ba bata dito???)
ANDEE: Ano ba yung S (she knows her alphabet)
TITA: Yung ssssssssssssss (sound - tsk, tsk)
ANDEE: Sige, sabihin mo sakin yung mga bad words.
TITA: Hindi pwede (uy, natututo na si tita)
ANDEE: Bakit? Grown-up ka naman.
TITA: Kahit na. Kahit grown-ups di dapat nagsasabi ng bad words.
ANDEE: BAKIT PA MAY BAD WORDS???

Dito, tumigil na si Tita.

Once Upon A Recognizing The Grown-Up

I filed for a leave last week just because. Well, because...

Anyway, I was able to spend time with my 5 year old niece who was really a joy. My joy. I just want to share some of the conversations I had with her.

One morning around 10 am while I was still on bed texting a friend:
Andee: Tita, sino tini text mo? Boyfriend mo?
Tita Len: Hindi.
Andee: Bakit wala kang boyfriend?
Tita Len: Bakit, gusto mo ba ako magka boyfriend?
Andee: Oo.
Tita Len: Anong klaseng boyfriend gusto mo para sa'kin?
Andee: Yung gwapo.
Tita Len: Hmmmn, tandaan mo hindi lang dapat gwapo... (trying to inject some wisdom) dapat yung matinong kausap...
Andee: O sige, gusto ko yun para s'yo.
Tita Len: >smiiled<
Andee: Tanong mo kung may ganun.

One night, she was asking me permission if she could stay at the garage to play after she has been cleaned:
Tita Len: Sige, pero wag ka pupunta sa kalsada ha.
Andee: Opo.
Tita Len: Kahit sa gilid ng kalsada wag ka pupunta.
Andee: Ayaw ko naman mamatay noh! >laughs<

Apat Na Maduduming Bata at Isang Sangol

Isang araw sabi ng pamangkin ko:

Nung nasa sasakyan kami, may nakita akong 4 na batang madudungis. May karga silang isang sangol. (she's 5 now and she's the reason i use the word SANGOL now instead of BABY). Namamalimos sila. Meron akong dalang baon para may makain ako pag nagutom ako. Ewan ko ba kung anong nangyayari dito? (brushing her right hand on the right side of her forhead)

Ako: (Failing to understand what she was saying) Hindi ka naawa?
Andee: Sana binigay ko na lang yung baon ko!

Amoy Baby

Tita Len: Pa kiss nga dyan sa baby ko... Hmmmmmmnnn, hindi na amoy baby.
Andee: (gave her tita a mock hurt look)
Tita Len: Anong magagawa ko hindi na amoy baby yung baby ko?
Andee: May magagawa ka, eh di wag mo na sabihin.

Currently feeling: optimistic