Sulaiman: Am I 4 years old now?
Me: Yes.
Sulaiman: It’s my birthday already?
Me: Yes.
Sulaiman: And Ayah is 14 years old now?
Me: No, Ayah is 31.
Sulaiman: But why?
Me: Because that’s how old he is.
Sulaiman: But just now Ayah is 13.
Me: No, Ayah was 30.
Sulaiman: Yah so now he’s 14.
Me: Hmm… ok.
Rode in Sulaiman’s school bus with him so he would know what to expect and not be scared. Sat next to a very chatty 6-year old girl…
Me: Hi, can I sit with you?
Girl: You’re sooooooooo big!
Me: Yeah, because there’s a baby in my tummy.
Girl: Is you pregnant? Is you? My mummy was pregnant and then we went to the hospital and she wasn’t pregnant and now I have a little brother and he’s one but he doesn’t do anything because he’s a baby.
Me: Yeah, I’m pregnant.
Girl: Do you know where babies come from? I know where babies come from. They come from the husband and they swim from the husband and they look like tadpoles and they swim into the mummy’s tummy and they become babies.
Me: Hmmm… Yup. Sounds about right.
Girl: Do you remember when the baby swam into your tummy? Because I asked my daddy when his tadpoles swam into mummy’s tummy but he said he didn’t remember and he didn’t want to talk about it and we had to talk about something else do you remember?
Me: Yeah, kinda.
Girl: Is the husband’s tadpoles swim in the house and in your clothes and into your tummy?
Me: Hmm… Yeah.
Girl: Yeaaaaaah I knew it.
Ayub: Eenie, meenie, mini mo… Catch a spider by the toe… You are it! It’s me Mama! It’s Ayub. What’s Ayub?
Me: Hmm… a clever boy.
Ayub: Yeah, I’m a clever boy! And Sulaiman?
Me: Sulaiman is a small boy.
Ayub: No, Sulaiman is a naughty boy! And Ayah?
Me: Hmm…
Ayub: Ayah is a playboy.
Me: What?
Ayub: Ayah is PLAYBOY. Because he play and play and play all the day.
Me: lul
Sulaiman: I want Aishah and Amah to go to Putrajaya.
Me: Why?
Sulaiman: Because I don’t want Aishah in our house.
Me: Why not?
Sulaiman: Because I only want Mama and Sulaiman in our house. I don’t like Aishah.
Me: You don’t even know Aishah, you might like her. She’s your sister!
Sulaiman: She’s a bad guy! She stay in Putrajaya with Amah only.