Children Speak Punny

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In an effort to get the boys to share, I always emphasize that everything has “one for Ayub, one for Sulaiman.” So even when sharing a chocolate bar, I can hear the kids say “one for Ayub (and Ayub will take a piece), one for Sulaiman (then Ayub will give Sulaiman a piece).

“One for Ayub, one for Sulaiman.”

 

While the boys were racing their toy cars…

Ayub: I won!

Sulaiman: I won too!

Ayub: No, you can’t won too. Only Ayub can won.

Sulaiman: No, Sulaiman won.

Ayub: Ayub won!

Sulaiman: Won for Ayub, won for Sulaiman. Mama says have to shaaare!

Ayub: No… But… How?

Sulaiman: Won for Ayub, won for Sulaiman. Sulaiman won too.

 

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How To Make A Cute Little Nerd Cry

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The conversation in the car when I picked the kids up from school

 

Sulaiman: Mama, Sulaiman is cry in the school today.

Me: Sulaiman cried? Oh no, what happened?

Sulaiman: Sulaiman cry at the teacher.

Me: Why did you cry at the teacher? What happened?

Sulaiman: I want to color the paper.

Me: And then..? The teacher didn’t allow you to color the paper?

Sulaiman: I color so beautiful color on the paper.

Me: You colored beautiful colors on the paper?

Sulaiman: Yah. So beautiful color.

Me: Then why did you cry?

Sulaiman: Because Sonia is take my paper and the color.

Me: Sonia took your paper away?

Sulaiman: No. Sonia is color on the Sulaiman paper!

 

Very upset by the whole debacle, Sulaiman opens his schoolbag and takes out the paper with his”so beautiful color” and showed me where Sonia had apparently ruined it to the point that it led to him crying.

I circled it in the image above. 

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The Time The Police Nearly Arrested Me And Sent Me To Jail

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Me: Ayub, be careful with that book…

Ayub: I don’t know.

Me: What don’t you know baby?

Ayub: I don’t know why got money, money, money, so many money everywhere.

Me: Oh, it’s because this book is about making money online.

(Ayub opens the book and sees the picture of the author on the inner sleeve)

Ayub: Hey! It’s that him. It’s Uncle Binju.

Me: Yeah! This is Uncle Peng Joon’s book.

Ayub: This is Uncle Binju book?

Me: Yup.

Ayub: Why… why the Mama have Uncle Binju book? Cannot take other people book. That’s naughty. Wait the police come, take Mama, put Mama in the jail!

Me: No no no… Uncle Peng Joon gave me this book, as a present. It’s my book. But Uncle Peng Joon wrote it.

Ayub: …are you suuuuure Mama?

Me: Yes.

Ayub: …ok. But cannot take other people things. Wait the police come and you go to jail.

Me: Ok Ayub.

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A Case Study Example Of A Child Being Adorable Without Even Knowing It

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Me: Gosh, you’re getting so tall Tasneem. How old are you again? 6? 7?

Tasneem: No! I’m 9 years old!

Me: 9 years old?! Wow. You’re sooooooo grown up now.

Tasneem: 🙂

Me: How old do you think Uncle Ninja is?

Tasneem: Hmmm… I’m not sure. I think he looks… 18.

Mr Ninja: 🙂

Me: What about me?

Tasneem: Oh! You look much younger than Uncle Ninja. I think you must be 16!

Me: 🙂

Sulaiman: No Mama is not 16. Mama is three years old like Sulaiman. Sulaiman is three years old. Mama is three years old.

Tasneem: (speaking slowly) Oh-kay Sulaiman. If you say so.

 

Tasneem gives me a sideways look and smiles as if to say, “…children!”

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