One awesome thing about having a kid who's a voracious reader is that she is always asking her grandparents to read to her (and with her). Recently we got these two pirate stories from the library. She loves them and wants ye-ye and nai-nai to read them to her again and again ( Read more... )

Me to Little E: Do you want to eat mango or dragonfruit ( Read more... )

Little E loves to tell me about this thing her friends are into. It's called Papa Troll*. The characters are Wocky**, Muzzle***, Rabble****, and Chase. They are dogs.

Deciphering kid-speak never gets old!

*Paw Patrol
**Rocky
***Marshall
****Rebel

My favourite burger joint's signature "thing" is to put a slice of pickle on top of the bun. When you eat it, you're supposed to stick it in the burger yourself. I don't know why. It's just a thing ( Read more... )

It's bedtime, but Little E doesn't want to go to sleep.

Little E: I'm not tired. I don't want to close my eyes.
Me: Okay, you don't have to if you don't want to. You can keep your eyes open. You can open them really big.
Little E: NO! Not really big. If I open them really big I will be a monster. 

Little E: Mama, what's for dessert ( Read more... )

J: You're so sweaty today
Little E: yeah
J: What should we do to cool you down? [thinking: cool washcloth]
Little E: ICE CREAM!
J: .... where do we get ice cream?
Little E: uh... .uh... Costco!

Haha! Luckily we had planned a trip to Costco so she got what she wanted!

"Can I have a ____ ( Read more... )

Little E said to J this morning:

E: Baba, You sit in the car seat, and I drive the car
J: Really?!
Little E: Yeah! Heehee!
J: How do you drive the car?
Little E: Ummm... umm.... ummmm.... *thinking intently* Take the hand on the wheel and go like dis! *steering motion*

While playing in bed with daddy in the morning:

J: I'm going to nom-nom your tummy!
Little E: NO, daddy! Tummy not for eating!
J: What? Okay, what is for eating?
E: Cereal.