Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Bits & Pieces

I was changing her diaper. She suddenly blurted : "Fish Ball!". I was curious why she said that, I just guessed and said, "Zara thinks Zara's toes look like fish ball is it?". I pointed to her toes. Zara looked at me (as though I was stupid), then started pointing her finger at her mouth while saying, "Mum mum *point point* (Chinese: eat), Fish ball." (Tuyam said she does that very often, when she asked for something to eat, and Tuyam couldn't understand her, she'll point to her mouth and sign to us, like we're some bozos) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This morning, while at play, she shouted, "Mita Boo (Mr Blue), where are you? Want suck tum (thumb)!" (She has the habit of sucking her thumb while holding her soft toy Mr Blue) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While pushing her in the stroller yesterday, Zara counted, "For, fai, sik, sehwen, egg" And repeated. Asked her to do from One, it will go something like "One, Egg, Ten." (She knows they are numbers but doesn't know the sequence). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zara's reciting the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle sounds like this: Diddle Diddle, Cat the fiddle, Cow oh the moon, spot, away spoon (Actual, Hey Diddle Diddle, The Cat and the fiddle, The Cow Jumped over the moon, The Dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon)

14 comments:

Egghead said...

I thought my eyes have betrayed me... coz your title is exactly the same as the name of this blog(http://icgoh.blogspot.com)... LOL!

deja vu!

Helen said...

LOL...i bet only you can decipher Zara's spoken codes! hahahha

may said...

yup, I agree with helen. only mom can understand her kid when she speaks in codes.
errr.. you sure that's what she said? heheh!

lisaOne said...

i always enjoy reading the bits & pieces of zara growing up. all these bits & pieces will eventually turn into fond memories.

blurblur said...

Hahaha..i just LOL on the fishball part...Ahmeen tried to act smart huh..;p

i love the way you decipher her codes...no one knows her best than you! :)

LHS said...

Zara so nice, even offer her thumb to Mr.Blue!!

Twin said...

they are so cute when they learn how to talk. Btw, I notice all kids like fishballs. Denisha can eat like 20 and forgo her noodles. Gosh ... and she knows quality too. The ones that are not nice she will not eat. :Þ

ZMM said...

egghead,
Title same only mah..

Helen,
De Zara Code.. cracked by Zara's mama. :P

May,
Most of the time, it's people who are closest to the child will know what she's saying. My maid and I can understand her since we are familiar with the way she pronunces a word. :)

Two Little Fellas,
Thank you.. and yes, when I read back some of the older entries on such a topic, it does bring back memory.

Blurblur,
Hee hee.. yeah.. and she make sure we know we're not as smart as her. :P

Huisia,
Haha.. no.. she wanted to hold Mr Blur and sucked her thumb at the same time.. it's her habit.

Twin,
Yeah yeah.. I heard at this age, their favourite food would most likely be fish balls! Wow.. Denisha IS sure a fish ball lover.

Anonymous said...

Zara is a really smart gal..! so happy for you ..!
My chloe still very slow in talking.. she knows what you are saying.. but refuses to repeat.... unless she wants to.

Anonymous said...

She knows how to count now? Very good! Her vocabulary is certainly increasing by the day!

Sue said...

Good thing that she likes to speak out her thoughts, like looking for Mr Blue :)

Allyfeel said...

Wah cleaver, can count! Hehe...bb's daddy sings Hey Diddle Diddle like the way zara sings... kekeke...he can't sing. :)

Anonymous said...

zara so clever ler, can talk so much words liao...she is only 17months ler, good good...

jazzmint said...

wow..can recite poem also!! So clever lehh...