Ayub: Why got two Atuks, Mama?
Me: Because Atuk means grandfather in Bahasa, and you have two grandfathers. So you have two Atuks.
Ayub: Atuk is grandfather?
Me: Yes. One Atuk is Ayah’s father. The other Atuk is Mama’s father.
Ayub: Then… who is Ayub’s father?
Me: Ayah is your father.
Ayub: Oh yeah!
Sulaiman: Atuk got no hair. Atuk is bald. In Bahasa Atuk is botak.
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: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jaaaar?!
(Sulaiman busy reading a little book)
Ayub: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jaaar?! … Sulaiman stole the cookie from the cookie jar!
Sulaiman: Not now Ayub. I’m reading my book.
Ayub: But I wanna pla–
Sulaiman: Ayub. Not now.
Ayub: 🙁
Ayub: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? Sulaiman stole a cookie from the cookie jar!
Ayub: (singing in a “Sulaiman” voice) Who me?
Ayub: Yes YOU!
Ayub: (singing in a “Sulaiman” voice) Couldn’t be!
Ayub: Then who?!
Ayub: (singing in a “Sulaiman” voice) AYUB STOLE A COOKIE FROM THE COOKIE JAR!
Ayub starts laughing, Sulaiman rolls his eyes and ignores him.
And it totally reminds me of these guys:
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…
Sulaiman: That one is me!
Me: What’s that?
Sulaiman: That one! That’s me. That’s Sulaiman!
He points to this dude:
Me: Awww… You’re the little one.
Sulaiman: Yeah, because I’m little. I’m Cubby. That one is Ayub! Ayub is the big boy! Ayub is Jake.
He points to this dude:
Sulaiman: Mama is the girl. That one is Mama. She’s a girl like Mama. I like her.
Me: Aw, I’m so pretty. I’m Izzy!
He points to this girl:
Sulaiman: And that’s Ayah.
Me: Who’s Ayah?
Sulaiman: That one.
Me: This guy with the pirate hat?
Sulaiman: No. That one. The small one.
Me: The small one?
Sulaiman: Yah. The parrot. The parrot is Ayah.
