Sulaiman: Mama look! My pepet is dancing!
Me: -_-
Ayub: Mine is dancing faster!
Sulaiman: Wheeeeeee!
Me: Stop. Put on your clothes please.
Ayub: I can spin round and round!
Sulaiman: See me! It’s shaking like woooooooo!
Ayub: It’s a helicopterrrrrrr!!!
Me: Argh.
Sulaiman: I’m too small.
Me: You grow bigger and bigger everyday.
Sulaiman: I’m only 3 years old.
Me: Soon you’ll be 4 years old.
Sulaiman: I want to be stronger like Ayah.
Me: Well Ayah is a 30 year old man.
Sulaiman: I want to be 99 years old. Will I be big and strong when I’m 99 years old?
Ayub: No, you’ll be dead.
The kids used to fight and scream and cry about coming first. Obviously because Ayub is older, stronger and faster, he’s always first. So we started talking about how awesome being second is, especially because Sulaiman is born second.
But now…
Sulaiman: Yay I’m second!
Ayub: No, I’m second!
Sulaiman: Noooooooooooo! You’re last!
Ayub: Noooooo… I’m second first!
Sulaiman: No, you’re first, I’m SECOND!
Ayub: I’m second first! I’m second first! Sulaiman is second last! Sulaiman is second last!
Saturday morning and I’ve just finished cleaning the whole house; it is spotless. Ayub playing on the laptop, Sulaiman on my phone, both quietly doing their own thing.
Me: Babies, I’m going to hang the laundry outside ok?
Ayub: Ok Mama.
Me: Stay here, I’ll be right back.
Sulaiman: Bye Mama.
I’m back less than 15 minutes later and it looks like a tornado ravaged through the living room; toys and pillows cover every surface.
Me: Oh my God what happened?!
Sulaiman: The zombies!!!
Ayub: They came through the window!!
Sulaiman: The window was open!!
Ayub: All the zombies attacked us, we had to fight them!
Me: How many zombies??
Ayub: So many like 16!
Sulaiman: No like 99 thousand hundred-ty one!
Me: Woah…
Sulaiman: The angry birds are good guys.
Me: Oh yeah? They fought the zombies?
Ayub: The zombies nearly ate Sulaiman!
Sulaiman: The angry birds helped me!
Ayub: And then the pigs became friends with the angry birds and fought all the zombies.
Me: So are the zombies dead now?
Ayub & Sulaiman: Yeah!
Ayub: Sulaiman is the boss.
Sulaiman: No I’m not.
Ayub: Yeah, Sulaiman is the boss. Mama said Sulaiman is the boss.
Sulaiman: No, I’m the Master.
Ayub: Oh yeah. So who’s the boss?
Sulaiman: The boss is the bad guy.
Ayub: Yeah. Like Boss Fight the final level!
Sulaiman: Yeah!