Category: Ayub & Sulaiman

I pick the kids up from school and they run to me at the door…

Me: I feel like having an adventure!

Ayub: Oh yah?

Me: Yeah. Let’s go somewhere special… and have a big adventure. I want to do something fun!

Sulaiman: I like fun, Mama!

Ayub: Yeah, me too!

Me: Where should we go? What should we do for fun?

Ayub: For fun?

Me: Yeah! What’s the most fun thing you want to do? Let’s do that and have an adventure!

Ayub: I know! Let’s play ring-around-the-roses!

Sulaiman: I want to eat chocolate! Lots of beautiful chocolate!

Me: Playing ring-around-the-roses and eating chocolate? That’s the most fun you can have?

Ayub & Sulaiman: YEAH!

It’s bedtime. Sulaiman is in the bathroom, I’m tucking Ayub in bed. 

Me: I love you soooooo much Ayub. You know that Mama loves you?

Ayub: Yeah, I know. I love Mama too.

Me: I love my Ayub. You’re so kind… and smart… and funny… and creative…

(Sulaiman walks in)

Sulaiman: What about Sulaiman?

Ayub: Go away. Mama talking to Ayub.

Sulaiman: What about Sulaiman, Mama?

Ayub: Sulaiman is smelly.

Sulaiman: No! Sulaiman not smelly!

Ayub: Sulaiman is smelly. Sulaiman shishi in the bed.

Sulaiman: Yeah! I shishi in the bed like psshhhhhhhhhhhhh! Sulaiman is smelly and naughty and cute. MU-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Sulaiman loves to upset Ayub. He did it here, and again here. This is what happened yesterday when they decided to play next to a table.

Ayub: Hahaha see Sulaiman is small. He stuck like bang his head! Ayub not small. Ayub is tall.

Me: Yup. Ayub is taller than Sulaiman.

Ayub: No-O-o-o Sulaiman not taller than Ayub.

Me: I know. I said Ayub is taller than Sulaiman.

Ayub: Mamaaaa no-O-o-o Sulaiman not taller!

Me: What’s going on? Ok. Ayub is tall. Ayub is six years old.

Ayub: Yah Ayub is six years old 🙂

Sulaiman: Sulaiman is small.

(Pause for a time to reflect)

Sulaiman: Sulaiman is taller than Ayub.

Ayub: No-O-o-o-o-o Sulaimaaaaaan! NOOOOOO! (starts ranting on the verge of tears)

We just got back from a mini-vacation where we traveled with Mr Ninja’s childhood friends. This conversation happened in the van we were in. The baby and his parents were seated in the row in front of us.

Ayub: Aww the baby so cute!

Me: Yeah, he’s so cute.

Ayub: The baby is a…  What mama?

Me: What, what?

Ayub: The baby. So cute baby. Is a…

Me: I don’t know… What are you asking me?

Ayub: I don’t know. What’s that?

Me: What’s what?

Ayub: The baby…

Me: Yes..?

Ayub: The baby is… a human!

Me: Hahaha. Of course he’s a human. What else would he be? He’s not an alien.

Sulaiman: (whispering) He’s a zombie.

Ayub: No sulaiman! No! That baby is a HUMAN!

Sulaiman: (still whispering) I… am… a zombieeeee…