Sulaiman: Is it my birthday yet?
Me: No yet baby.
Sulaiman: (big sigh) Why it’s so loooooong..?
Me: Your birthday is in less than a month. Just enjoy being 3 years old. This is your last time to be 3 years old FOREVER!
Sulaiman: I don’t want to be 3 years old. I want to be 4 years old. 3 years old is too small. 4 years old is like SO BIG!
Me: Yeah.
Sulaiman: (big sigh) It’s not fair. I never get a chance.
Sulaiman: Next month I’m going to be 4 years old!
Me: Yup!
Sulaiman: And then 5 years old, then 6 years old, then 7 years old, then 8 years old, then 9 years old, then 10 years old, then 11 years old, then 12 years old, then 30 years old like Ayah!
Me: Uhhhh…
Sulaiman: Then when I’m 30 years old I can drive a car like fast and safe and be tall and play computer game and shoot people. Like Ayah!
Me: Ok.
Driving down a tunnel…
Ayub: Oh, my pepet scared.
Me: What? Your pepet is painful?
Ayub: No not painful. My pepet is scared…
Me: Ohh…
Ayub: Ayah drive so fast like make my pepet go up and feel scared.
Me: Hahahahaha.
Sulaiman: Mama I got homework!
Me: Wow! Your first homework ever!
Sulaiman: Yeah! I finish it already in school just now!
Me: Hahahaha ok baby.
Sulaiman: I like homework!
Me: I know.
Sulaiman: HOMEWOOOOORK!
Ayub: Mamaaaaa look!
Me: What happened?
Ayub: Yesterday I put my tooth on the shelf in my room like here, like right here I put my tooth and then I went to sleep like this… Then the tooth fairy came and took my tooth and left money for me! See! See Mama, my tooth is gone!
Me: Woaaaah! That’s so cool…
Ayub: I got five ringgit!
Me: Whaa… I think it must have been very dark last night and the tooth fairy was very tired and thought she was giving you one ringgit, not five ringgit…
Ayub: FIVE RINGGIT!
Me: Did you see the tooth fairy?
Ayub: No, I was sleeping–
Sulaiman: I saw the tooth fairy.
Ayub: REALLY?!
Sulaiman: Yeah. I saw the tooth fairy. She’s small and fly in the window and take your tooth.
Ayub: WOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!
Me: Hmmmm…