Ayub: Mama! There are footsteps following me!
Me: What? Those are your footsteps, silly.
Ayub: The footsteps, they’re FOLLOWING ME!
Me: You stepped in a puddle. Your shoes are making footsteps. They are your footsteps.
Ayub: They’re my footsteps?!
Me: Yes.
Ayub: But why are they following me?! I don’t want them to follow me. Go away!
Ayub: Not like that Sulaiman!
Me: Relax Ayub.
Ayub: Sulaiman playing it wrong!
Me: It’s just a video game…
Ayub: But he’s doing it WRONG!
Me: Ayub, it’s his game. Let him be, he’s learning.
Ayub: Noooo… Sulaiman don’t know how to learn!
Ayub: Mama, why is Ayub spelled A Y U B?
Me: Because that’s how it’s spelled baby.
Ayub: But “EYE-YUB,” it’s like EYE-YUB.
Me: Yessss…
Ayub: Why it’s not I Y U B like Iyub?
Me: Because the letter “i” makes an “ee” sound.
Ayub: What. Then what sound does the letter “e” make?
Me: The letter “e” makes the “uh” sound.
Ayub: What. Uh?
Me: The letter “a” makes an “ah” sound like “ah-yub.” With an “i” it would be “ee-yub.”
Ayub: But the iPad is like “i” and Ayah iPhone is like “i” and Ayub is also like “iYub.”
Me: Ok. iYub.
Ayub: Mama, where do cats come from?
Me: Cats?
Ayub: Yeah, do cats come from the ground? Like potatoes?
Me: Ohhh… no, cats come from mama cats.
Ayub: What?
Me: Mama cats have baby cats in their tummy, then they give birth to the baby cats… kittens.
Ayub: A kitten is a baby cat.
Me: Yup. Like the baby in Mama’s tummy. Cats are like that.
Ayub: Cats don’t come from potatoes. Cats come from Mama’s tummy.
Me: Yup. Hmm…
Ayub straightens his index finger horizontally…
Ayub: What’s this called?
Me: A finger?
Ayub: No!
Mr Ninja: Pointing?
Ayub: Noooo!
Me: Left?
Ayub: Noooooooo! What’s this called?! This! THIS!
Mr Ninja: What’s happening?
Me: Uhhhh…
Ayub: Like this. This one. What’s it called?
Me: Minus! Is it minus? Subtract? Less? Like 5 minus 1?
Ayub: Yeah! Minus! This is MINUS!
