bean #1's utterances

dds's paternal grandparents are in town - to help with the kids and to enjoy the most of sydney before we shift digs to shanghai - and have been privy to dd1's recent zinging statements...

on yeye's DIY efforts
while yeye was up a ladder changing a lightbulb in the bathroom, dd1 went to inspect. as she stood looking up she said to him, "be careful, old chap." her cautionary words and the soubriquet she used did serve to give yeye some pause.

on salami
the 4 of us - her paternal grandfolks, dd1 and i - were having lunch when dd1 saw that we had opened a packet of salami. curious, she asked what it was, and was told that "it's spicy sausage".

but when asked if she would like to try some, she unsurprisingly replied, "little children don't like salami."

this compelled her grandparents to try to convince her that her half-italian cousin probably likes it, and that not only he, but children in hungary, spain and france would probably eat salami too.

unconvinced, she immediately said, "but not english children."

quite.

on toilet seats
yesterday dd1 went to the loo only to call for help shortly afterwards.

when her nainai went to investigate, she was informed by dd1, "i have superglued my bottom to the toilet, nainai. i can't get up."

i hasten to state that she did not indeed have access to superglue and it was merely a figure of speech.

on what she means to her parents
this afternoon, as her grandparents drove her home from preschool, they played opposites, i.e. asking what's the opposite of a particular word.

they got to "sun", which the bean knew was "moon". then they went on to the homonym of "sun", "son". nainai said that dd1's daddy is nainai's "son", and asked dd1, "so what are you to mummy and daddy?"

"i'm their sunshine," was the bean's wonderfully sweet reply.

on nainai's jewellery
a typical female, dd1 finds her granny's jewellery rather magnetic. whenever she sees nainai with a new necklace or pendant, she invariably has to comment on it.

one time it was about a large white flower pendant, to which she gave an emphatic "i like your necklace, nainai."

then yesterday she tried on nainai's many rings. very pleased with herself, she beamed up and exclaimed, "now i am an old lady!"

bean #2 has landed

(okay, so i mixed my metaphors...)

bean #2 arrived toward the latter-end of july and i've been busy juggling the 2 beans ever since.

bean #1 has been a relatively good big sister - "i luuurve you, little bay-bee", she purrs most days. but there have been the occasional bust-ups with ME.

e.g. last night, bean #1 couldn't get to sleep for a long time (she still needs me to accompany her while she slips into dreamland) and when i had to duck out to feed bean #2, she was completely unhappy. as i stood outside her closed door after feeding the baby, i could hear my oldest recite a litany of my sins..."i don't like my mummy. she's not a good mummy. she doesn't buy me dvds. she doesn't take me to school..." it went on and on till i entered the room. but when i asked if she was angry with me, she shook her head and said, "i love you."

dd2 has been a relatively easy babe. she doesn't feed for as long a period as dd1, but she has been easy-ish to settle. she does look like dd1's twin at the same age, albeit with more gravity-defying hair, a widow's peak and a chin inherited from her father.