Kids & Words

As far back as I can remember, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" has been Mong's favourite book.
If you keep it in the book shelf, propped up among many others, somehow he can spot the title on the spine and pull it out.

I love it when he completes the sentences.
"On Saturday, the caterpillar ate through one piece of chocolate CAKE, one ice-cream CCCCONE, one slice of CHEEESE, one cherry PIE, one cup CAKE, one salaMI, one lolliPOP .............and one slice of water MENON (melon). That night, he had a stomach ACHE. PAIN PAIN".

For a quiet boy like him, to hear him say those words in italics blue is an inexplicable joy to me. And finally M heard them all last night. :)

Speaking of words, last night in the midst of our usual conversation, Becks went: "Mummy, gingko bar." And she started breaking into one of those hysterical giggles, fast becoming her signature *she's turning more and more cheeky*.

I asked her: "What's so funny about that? It is true that there is such a vegetable (someone please tell me the accurate category of this FOOD - fruit, veggie, nut, etc?) called 'gingko nut'."

Then she replied: " No no...not a vegetable. Gingko BRA."

A bra??? Latest by Triumph?

Becks finally said again: "Mummy, the snake."

OH! King Cobra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

You see, during one of our recent trips to the zoo, we saw the King Cobra. Mighty active - slithering and sliding. And I had the chance to see one of them take a piss. Either the gooey yellow stuff was piss or it was poo. Anyway, I was amazed. Some sort of organ came out of the snake and out came of the yellow stuff. It looked like curry. (Sorry, curry lovers)

This explains my latest fascination with the snake.