When I drop off Sempi at school, I walk him to the front desk where they have name badges for the kids arranged in random order. I ask Sempi to pick out his badge while I sign the sign-in sheet. This is my way of training him to recognize his name. This morning he told me, “Appa, do you see how the safety pin is attached sideways to my badge? I did that yesterday so I can find my badge easily in the mornings”....
Yoshi was washing her face in the bathroom while Vian was playing with the bathroom scale. Yoshi: Why is it upside down? Vian: Appaaaa Yoshi: Appa did it? Vian: Appaaa Yoshi: oh, appa did it Vian: Appaaa Appaaa Yoshi: no Vian, you did it Vian: (silence) All of this happened while I was at work. Appa means dad in Tamil.
Vian is eating dates that I bought from the Indian store. He seems to be a fan. I take another date out of the package for myself. Vian intercepts my new date even though his mouth is full. I’m curious to see his next action. He takes the old date out of his mouth and shoves it into my mouth and then proceeds to eat his new one.
We were sitting at a restaurant eating brunch. Yoshi got Calamari which was served with a lemon. Sempi is sipping his orange juice. Suddenly he drops this pearl of wisdom. Why do we call an orange, orange but don’t call a lemon, yellow? Yoshi and I both choked on our food from laughing so hard.
We’re all having dinner as a family. Sempi is complaining about the food. He eats a little, here and there. Yoshi warns him to eat well or he might get hungry later. He doesn’t pay any attention. Dinner is over and he’s ready for bed. Yoshi is reading him a story. Sempi declares he’s hungry now. Yoshi: You should have eaten well when we were all having dinner. Sempi: I’m hungry....