My toddlers are growing up in lightning speed. From mumbling a couple of syllables to echoing new words, now they are able to communicate their needs and wants… and plenty of other things that make us laugh.
May.14.2011
Mama: What do you want for dinner? Do you want chicken, fish or vegetables?
Jade: I want vegetables?
Mama: What vegetable do you want?
Jakei: Uhm…chicken.
Jade: That’s not a vegetable.
Jakei: Uhm..’bout fish.
Jade: That’s not a vegetable again.
Mama: So, what vegetable do you want to eat?
Jade: Uhm, how about fruits?
Wah!!!!
May.06.2011
Mama to Jade: What’s your name?
Jade: Jasmine Adrienne Joson Espino. But you can call me Jade.
Mama to Jakei: How about you? What’s your name?
Jakei: Ja-mine A-enne Toton E-pino. JAKEI!
April.19.2011
Jakei woke up before his sister did during naptime this afternoon. In want of a playmate, he kept on embracing his sister and poking her feet. Jade wakes up annoyed and exclaims, “Jakei, I’m still sleeping do not wake me up!!! I’m still sleepy!” She then plops back down on her pillow to resume her nap. My naughty little boy would not be hindered and instead of leaving his sister to rest, sits by her side and shouts, “Wake up!!!”
April.15.2011
Yesterday, Jakei and I were naming different colors. He’s only able to correctly identify a few colors but often recites the colors he already knows. This includes red, yellow, green, and Barney. ^_^
March.28.2011
It’s now 9:30pm and the little ones have been asleep for almost an hour. Jade, who usually sleeps fitfully, awoke with a start and began shouting, “I can’t! I can’t! I can’t do it by myself!”. She sits, turns to me, and says, “Mama, I need help. I can’t do it.”
I leave the computer table and go to her and ask, “What is it, Jade? What is it that you can’t do?”
Jade then lays her head on her pillow and says, “I can’t go to sleep. I can’t!” Handing me her Dora pillow she mutters, “Here, Mama, sleep on Dora.” Afterwhich she dozes off and goes back to dreamland.
March.27.2011
Jade found a marble inside her cousin’s toy wagon and promptly showed it to her Papa.
Jade: “Papa, what’s this?
Papa: “It’s a marble.”
Jade: “What’s inside the marble?”
Papa: “Hmmm…is that a leaf?”
Jade: “No.”
Papa: “Is it a flower?”
Jade: “No.”
Papa: “What is it?”
Jade: “It’s a chrysalis!”
February.22.2011
Thinking that Jade was ready for a little tongue twister, I tried to teach her Peter Piper during bathtime tonight.
Mama: “Peter Piper…”
Jade: “Peter Piper.”
Mama: “picked a peck…”
Jade: “picked a peck”
Mama: “of pickled pepper.”
Jade: “pickled pepper.”
Mama: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.”
Jade: “Peter Piper pickled pepper.”
Mama: “Anak, it goes like this: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, where is the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?”
Jade: “On the table.”
February.22.2011
During lunch today, we had soy sauce and calamansi for our dipping sauce. Jade was asking for both so I decided to take it as an opportunity to introduce different tastes. I gave her a little of both and added sugar as well. Here’s how the lesson went:
Mama: “This is calamansi. It’s sour. It’s maasim.”
Jade(tastes the calamansi): “Calmansi. Sssour. Hmm..asim!”
Mama: “This is soy sauce. It’s salty. And this is sugar; it’s sweet.”
Jade continues to taste each one alternately. She then asks for some more soy sauce.
Jade: “Mama, I want more soy sauce please.”
Mama: “Tell me first how soy sauce tastes.”
Jade: “It’s delicious.”
Mama: “Is it sour, salty, or sweet?”
Jade: “It’s yummy!”
We definitely need another lesson on tastes. ^_^
February.21.2011
At dinner this evening, Jade asked her Papa if he was a giant. This triggered a memory of a conversation we had a few weeks ago:
Mama: “Sleep na, my baby. Close your eyes.”
Jade: “But I’m not a baby. I’m a little girl!”
Mama: “Ok. Sleep my little girl.”
Jade: “Mama, are you a girl?”
Mama: “Yes, I am. Go to sleep na, Jade.”
Jade: “I’m a girl. Mama’s a girl.”
“And Jakei’s a boy.”
“And Papa’s a giant.”
February.20.2011
I just handed Jade a cupcake, and here’s what my little girl said: “Wow! This is going to be great! It’s strawberry! It’s delicious!”
Toddlers are so easily pleased! With the way she reacted, you’d think she won the lottery.
February.20.2011
“once upon a time…
there was jade and jakei…
it was a sunny day…
then they were walking…
on the green grass…
…then they were taking a nap.”
there was jade and jakei…
it was a sunny day…
then they were walking…
on the green grass…
…then they were taking a nap.”
Ok, so there’s really nothing special about this story – except that it was a bedtime story told by my 2-year-old daughter last night. And for this mom, it is the best story ever!
January.27.2011
(They say kids grow up too fast…I had no idea it’d be this fast.)
Jade suddenly embraces Mama and says
Jade: “I love you, Mama!”
Mama: “Ohhh…I love my baby…”
Jade squiggles out of my embrace and exclaims
Jade: “But I’m not a baby anymore. I’m a little girl! And Jakei’s a little boy.”
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