Conversation with Shern @ 6 years

It has been almost a year since I last shared Conversation With Shern.
These are a few of the things he said for the past year which I'd remembered to pen down. There are lots more which I'd forgotten. haha.

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Shern: Is there iPad in Heaven?
Me: What do you think?
Shern: I think don't have.
Me: So do you still want to go to Heaven?
Shern: Yes.
Me: Why?
Shern: Because I can sleep on the clouds in Heaven....so nice!
Me: But Heaven doesn't have iPad wor.
Me: Is ok. We can play with God in Heaven, no need iPad!

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While sitting in yee-yee's old Kenari.
Shern: Yee-yee, is your car feeling cold?
Yee-yee: Why?
Shern: Because your car is shivering non-stop!

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I wanted to sell my old Kenari, which gives us quite a lot of problems lately.
Me: Shern, we are going to sell off mummy's car.
Shern: Ok. But you cannot sell it for a lot of money. Only can sell for less money.
Me: Why?
Shern: Because a lot of things spoiled. The lock is spoiled. And sometimes the car cannot start when daddy fetches me from school.

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A few months ago, we found that Shern was very slow in his writing/homework. We tried many ways to encourage him to write faster.
Then at one of the nights where the boys were having a race with hubby, and hubby deliberately ran super slowly,
Shern: Daddy, why did you run so slow?
Hubby: To show you how slow you were when you were writing.
Shern: No lah, I write even slower than your slow running!
(haha. We expected him to protest and say 'no lah, i am not that slow', but on the other hand he admits he was much slower. haha)

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Met up with hubby's friend whose name was Lee Kuan Shern.
Daddy: Shern, do you know this uncle has the same name as you?
Shern: You mean your name is also Lim Yiu-Shern?
(haha, he was not wrong you know!)

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You learn a lot by watching cartoons too. These are the examples of what Shern learned through watching Nickolodeon Junior.


#1.  We were at a bbq party at a friend's rooftop. Shern saw lots of bright stars in the night sky.

Shern: Mummy, have you made constellations of the stars?
Me: Wah, where did you learn constellations from?
Shern: Erm...from Dora the Explorer.

#2. We were having lunch and Shern told me this today:

Shern: Do you know that ketchup can remove the stinky smell of a skunk?
Me: where did you learn this from?
Shern: I learned from Mrs Lee and from Paw Patrol cartoon.
(I googled and not so true, it cannot remove but it indeed can mask the smell of a stinky skunk)

Conversation With Shern @ 5 years 4 months

As Shern is getting bigger and smarter, he asks really intelligent yet funny questions all the time. And also the fact that he does not stop talking the whole day! haha.


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(Shern was being picky and did not want to eat the homecooked claypot chicken rice, and wanted to eat snacks instead which I don't allow at dinnertime.)

Shern: I am hungry.
Me: Eat this rice.
Shern: I don't like this rice.
Me: Eat this rice before you can eat any snacks. If not, then you don't get to eat anything.
Shern: I don't want.
Me: It's ok, it is your choice so it is up to you. But no food until you finish your rice.
Shern: If I am hungry and don't eat anything, I will die wor. Will I die? And if I die will I go to Heaven?

(I told him before earlier that if he does silly things and if he dies, then he will NOT go to heaven! But I meant that if he jumps in front of a car, or jump down a building, etc. Click to see our conversation earlier on this matter.)

Shern: Is not eating food and die a silly thing? Means I won't go up to Heaven?
Me: Maybe. So you better eat your rice.


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(Shern was a Hyena in The Lion King for his drama class performance.)

Shern: Mummy, is Hyena bad? I don't want to be a bad 'person'. I don't want to be a Hyena.
Me: It is ok, this is just acting. The important thing is you are a good boy in real.
(Shern closed his eyes and clasped his hands together and started to pray)
Shern: Dear God, I am only acting as a bad person ah. Pretend only. I am actually a good person. Please don't put me to Hell. I want to go to Heaven. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.



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I told Shern before that we gave birth to babies just like how we poo-poo out.And today suddenly Shern asked me this...

Shern: If you poo-poo out the baby, how if it accidentally touch the sai-sai (shit), so geli lah?

Or if you have a big sai-sai that cannot come out, what if it blocks the baby from coming out? Sure the baby will touch the sai-sai. Will the baby become black and smelly?
Me: Doctor will make us poo-poo out all the sai-sai before the baby comes out.
Shern: What if there is still a little sai stuck inside. What if? What if?
Me: "_"


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While parking, we saw the Earth God alter next to the place we parked.

Shern: Mum, is this the Chinese God? We are Chinese right, so this is also our God?
Me: Yes, this is one of the Chinese God. (Not really sure how to answer him because he goes to a Christian kindy)
Shern: Does this Chinese God knows how to speak English? Because if he can't then I don't know how to talk to him!
Me: All Gods can speak many languages, so you don't worry.


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Conversation with Shern - 5 Years 2 Months

Shern: Daddy, please help me to build the tracks for my Lego train.
(Daddy went to help him build, but then later asked Shern to help)
Daddy: Come, let us build together.
Shern: I'm lazy.
Daddy: I'm lazy too.
Shern: Daddy, never ever give up ok. Build halfway already then you must never ever give up.
(Shern went on to sing the Never Ever Give Up song from Thomas & Friends!)
Daddy: "_"

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I took Shern for a haircut at his usual hair salon.
Me: Shern, please look straight so that aunty can see properly and will cut nicely. And also please close your mouth, if not later the hair will go inside your mouth.
Shern: I'm in jail.
Me: What jail?
Shern: Yes, in jail cannot move and talk and my hands are also hidden underneath this big cloth.
Me: lol.


and then 5 mins later....Aunty was holding his ear a little to shave the hair on top of his ear.


Shern: Aunty, that is my ear. Please cut my hair and not my ears. But don't cut me until botak ahh...
Aunty: No botak la, your hair is still here. Will cut the same like Daddy's hair ok?
Shern: Then I will look like daddy.
Aunty: Hair same only, face not same. So won't look like daddy.
Shern: Yes, when I am big then I will look like Daddy with same hair.
Aunty: "_"

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Me: Shern, please don't put your leg up the balcony rails. If you fall down, you will die.
Shern: Mummy, it is ok because I am going up to Heaven when I die.
(oh no, this is not right. Later he thinks that death is something ok. So I need to think of some way to explain to him)
Me: If you do not listen to instructions or do silly things and you die, you will NOT go to Heaven.
Shern: Then I will go to Hell arr?
Me: Yes, if you do not listen to mummy and then climb up and fall down and die, then Heaven is not for naughty children.
(Shern thinks for awhile and then said)
Shern: I know, if I never look right and left, and right again when I cross the road and the car bangs into me, then I will not get to go to heaven.
If I got look right and left, and then right again, and the car bangs me, then I will go to Heaven. Am I right?
Me: Yes, you are right. Because you didn't do silly things.

(Looks like he got the concept alright. Phew. Kids these days ahh.....give me heart attack)

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Conversation with Shern @ 4 Years 11 Mths

Latest conversation with Shern, my talkative boy.

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(this one's actually before we went to Hong Kong in March 2014)

Popo: Shern, you need to hold onto my hands at all times when we are in Hong Kong, ok? If you get lost, then the bad people will catch you and you will not get to see mummy or daddy again.
Shern: Is ok. Jesus will take care of me.
Popo: No, no, Jesus cannot take care of you if you get lost. (said this because she didn't want him to be careless on this thinking that it is ok)
Shern: Why not?
Popo: Erm, because Jesus won't know who is your mummy and so you need to be very careful ok. (just thinking up a reason to tell him)
Shern: Dear Jesus, let me introduce to you; this is my mummy (while pointing at me!)
Popo: "_"

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There were rain flies all over the place where we were dining in a restaurant. And suddenly Shern said this:-
Shern: I think I ate a bug.
Me: (I was a bit shocked since there were rain flies everywhere.) Why did you say so?
Shern: Because I have stomach ache, so I think I ate a bug, which make my stomach ache.
Me: lol.

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Shern: I also want a wife.
Me: Ok, but then you need to stay with your wife.
Shern: But I don't want to stay with my wife. I want to stay with mummy
Me: Then why do you want a wife for?
Shern: So that I can call her 'dear'.

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Shern: I wish I am a baby. Because I want to be like Yiu-Khye and don't need to do homework.
Me: But you were a baby before. You were 1 year old before and you didn't do any homework.
Shern: Is not fair, because I don't remember I was 1 year old. I only remember I am 4 1/2 years old.
Me: lol.

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Shern loves trains, and he was talking to my sis about buying more trains.

Shern: I want to buy a new train.

Wen Yee: You have so many trains already, and mummy and daddy need to work hard to save money before buying you a train when you are a good boy. Look at your Polar Express (he got that for Christmas last year), mummy and daddy worked so hard to buy you that.

Shern: But that one no need money wan. That is from Santa. The elves made it!

(lol, don't know whether is a good thing or not he believed in Santa!)

Conversation with Shern @ 4 Years 8 Months

Conversation with Shern just get better and better.....here's some recent conversation I had with him.

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Shern has been talking about Jesus / God a lot recently. This is one of the conversation we had.

Shern: Why is Jesus inside my heart?

Me: So that whenever you think of Him, He is so near to you, just in your heart. 

Shern: So you don't make me sad ok?

Me: Why do you say that?

Shern: Because when I am heartbroken, then Jesus will be broken because he lives inside my heart!

Me: "_"

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Shern: Is Jesus more magical, or Santa Claus?

Me: Jesus is the most magical of all.

Shern: But Santa Claus can make reindeer fly, can Jesus makes things fly?

(I was at a loss of what to reply because I can't just say that Jesus can make things fly).

Me: Jesus don't make reindeer fly but he can do other magical things like healing people and etc.

Shern: Oh, now I know. Jesus is like a magician, just that he cannot make reindeer fly! 

Me: "_"

(Somehow he got that right too! lol)

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Shern was playing with Daddy catch.
Shern: Dad, this time I want to be the bad guy and catch you.
Daddy: Ok.
Shern: Wait first. Let me pray first.
Dear God, I am just pretending to be a bad guy. I am not the real bad guy. Please don't punish me ok. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

(hohoho. He wanted to make sure God had the facts right!)

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Shern & I were playing arm wrestling.
Before we started, Shern said a prayer.....

Shern: Dear God, please make my arms strong. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
And so we started to arm wrestle. When I was about to win, Shern said..
Shern: Dear God, faster. You need to make me strong now.
Me: lol

And then I proceeded to tell Shern that he needs to work hard first in order for God to help him and make him strong.

I need to make him understand what I believe in "God helps those who help themselves!" 

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Shern: Mummy, can I pls have some fire water pls?
Me: What fire water? Why do you call it fire water?
Shern: Because there is a fire sign there where you refill the water.
Me: "_"

(There is a little fire sign at the hot water tap at Sakae Sushi to indicate to people that the water is boiling hot!)

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Conversation with Shern @ 4 yr 7 mths

It makes me smile when I talk to Shern sometimes. So I knew I needed to write them down somewhere to preserve those precious memories.....

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Shern: Mummy, blue and yellow makes green.
Me: Wow, that's right. Who taught you this?
Shern: Because when I shi-shi into the toilet bowl (we use the Tru Blu toilet bowl cleaner sometimes), the water sometimes turn into green colour. So I know blue and yellow makes green!
Me: "_"

(Who would have thought that he learns his colour palette from the toilet bowl! lol )

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Shern: When I am big, I want to be a mummy.
Me: Hey, you cannot be a mummy because you are not a girl. But don't worry, you will be a daddy when you are big.
Shern: I don't want to be daddy. I want to be mummy so that everybody listens to me!

(lol. coz I am like the queen of the hse. Even hubby listens to me. So I guessed Shern figured out about the meaning of 'authority'!)

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While in the car the other day,
Shern: I don't want to grow up.
Me: Why?
Shern: Because then I will have 'chiu-chiu' (beard/moustache) like daddy (hubby has some stubble when he doesn't shave for a few days), and I don't like it.
Me: You can always shave them off clean.
Shern: No, I don't like that, I think I want to be a girl when I grow up.
Me: I don't think you can be a girl when you grow up.
Shern: Can, I will just pray to God to make me a girl next time. Teacher says God is magical you know!

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The Meaning of Thaipusam to Shern

Shern asked me what is Thaipusam.
Shern asked 'Is it like a typhoon?' (because it rhymes at the first syllable I supposed). lol.

We'd actually bought Shern to watch it last year, on the pre-Thaipusam day, when the procession was going up the temple, with the throwing of the coconuts and all. But I guess he was still too young then and had probably forgotten all about it.

So we decided to bring Shern to watch it again this year. But this year we went on the Thaipusam day itself. We left Khye at home with Ah-yee as he was still too small.

We headed out about 6.30pm. Surprisingly traffic was rather smooth, with just slow moving cars nearer to the vicinity. We parked quite far away, near to Midlands Park, and Shern even spent some time at the playground there.

We walked all the way to the end of Gottlieb Road, where all the excitement was.

 

Very loud Indian music were blaring from the many speakers there, which adds to the atmosphere.

Shern posed with some of the booths there.

And then we found a space for us to rest while waiting for the Kavadis.

 

One of the many Kavadis spotted by devotees.

 

This looked like a heavy one.

Another one of the Kavadis.

 

This one's with many hooks and bells.

 

 

Shern saw everything in awe, but he did not say anything about the piercings and all. I just let it be and let him do his own observation.

Then the sun set and the skies got darker, but the crowd was still huge.

 

There were still devotees carrying Kavadis up to the temple.
We watched one more before we left the place.

 

 

Oh, and did I mention that it was also a balloon fest? There were so many people selling so many kids of baloons. From Mickey Mouse to Ben Ten to Iron Man to Minion and even the Elephant God, and more!

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Many kids were holding one, and I was glad Shern did not fuss for one. I hate holding balloons when my kids got tired of holding them.

So when we reached home, this is what I asked Shern.

Me: So Shern, do you now know what is Thaipusam?
Shern: Yes, uncle poke poke the holes, but no pain and no blood, because their God blessed them already. And because uncle is a good boy and always obey God!
Me: :)


I think that's a very good answer from a 4-year old, from his own observation.
What do you guys think?

Conversation With Shern @ 4 1/2 Yrs Old

Conversation With Shern @ 4 1/2 Yrs Old. Some of them I'd posted on Facebook the past few weeks.

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While in the car on the way home,

Shern: Mummy, how does the mermaid shi shi? I cannot see it.
(Both hubby and me were pretty amused by his question, and I think that was a really clever question because I haven't thought about that before)Me: Mermaid shi-shi like those fishes do I think.
Shern: Then where is the mermaid's toilet? When mermaid shi shi, will all the water mix with all the ocean water?
(wow...another clever question!)

Kids are just getting too smart nowadays!

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Shern: Daddy, just now you knocked my leg so painful.
Daddy: Sorry.
Shern: Sorry to who? Sorry to the wall ah?

(lol, he must have learned this from school or something. But it was hilarius when we heard it the first time!)

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Shern: Mummy, cannot say 'lah' right? Then I will say 'loh', can or not?

(haha, by the way, Shern is a typical Malaysian with all the 'lah' and 'loh' and 'wan'. All from us I guess!)

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Shern says he wanted to get married. I told him you need to be an adult first. Then find a girl you like and likes u back. Then he can get married.

Shern thought for awhile and said he knows who's the girl. I asked who's that.

Shern: Aunty Pauline Ooi!
Me: But she already married Uncle Chun Hoer, so she cannot marry you.
Shern: But she is so pretty when she wedding with Chun Hoer!
(Shern was the ring bearer at their wedding, so he especially loved that wedding!)

Hoho....beware, my son's a bride snatcher!!!

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I saw Shern fidgeting with his pants and knew that he wanted to pee.

Me: Shern, go toilet shi-shi pls.
Shern: But I just shi-shi in the house.
Me: Go shi-shi when you have to go.
Shern: Cannot hold shi-shi, if not will become rock.
(I told him about kidney stones before if you hold your pee)
Me: Yes, and you will be sick.
Shern: Golden rock.
Me: what golden rock?
Shern: Coz my shi-shi is yellow so will become golden rock lor..
Me: "_"

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Shern saw a sumo wrestler photo of a Japanese restaurant logo, and he asked 'What is this GORRILA doing here?' Lol

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Shern: I need to look at my train for a long time so that I can dream about it at night.

(Boys and his trains.)

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Conversation with Shern @ 4 years 4 months (52 mths)

Shern has been asking me rather complicated questions lately:


1. (While watching me nursing Khye, Shern asked me this:)

Shern: Mummy, how did the milk goes into your nen-nen (nen-nen means breasts/boobs).
Me: Well, God make mummies very special, so she makes mummies have nen-nen to feed babies.
Shern: How did God put the milk into your nen-nen?
Me: Well, God didn't exactly put the milk into me. God make mummies special, and after deliver babies, mummies will have nen-nen automatically. (I tried using words he understands)
Shern: So God is magic is it?
Shern: Yes, something like that. God can do some good magic.




2. (At pho-pho house...)

Shern: I want to become mummy too.
Me: But you are a boy, next time you can become a daddy.
Shern: No, I want to become a mummy.
Me: Alright, you can pretend to me a mummy. Hello, mummy Yiu-Shern.
Shern: Yay! Pls call me mummy ok.
(after playing with his toys, it was time for a nap and so it was time to clear the toys off the floor)
Shern: Mummy, can you please help me to keep my toys?
Me: Aren't you the mummy now?
Shern: There are 2 mummies. I am the mummy who don't need to keep the toys, and you are the mummy who will help to keep the toys.
Me: "_"

Conversation with Shern @ 4 years 2 months

Shern talks a lot now, and the things he says is sometimes out of the world and is so cute. So I just want to jot it down and treasure them.

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We were on our waydriving to Gurney Plaza just now and we were stuck in a slow-moving traffic jam.

Shern: Why the car moves so slow?
Me: Today is Hari Raya which is a Public Holiday, so now we are in a traffic jam as there are so many cars on the road.
Shern: Sigh, everybody wants to go Hari Raya, only us going to Gurney Plaza. So they make us jammed!


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In the car on our way home...

Shern: Mummy, what does pregnant means?
Me: Oh, being pregnant means there is a baby inside me. Remember how Khye used to be inside mummy's tummy?
Shern: Yes.
(paused for awhile)
Shern: Can pregnant people eat?
Me: Of course. I could eat when I was pregnant with baby Khye (wondering why he asked such a question)
Shern: Then baby mah gets dirty inside your tummy when you eat!
Me: "_"

(My clean freaked boy was concern that the food I swallowed may dirty the baby inside me. Good one indeed!
I then proceeded to tell him how our tummy has different 'pockets'. Food goes into our 'stomach pocket', while baby stays in the 'uterus pocket')

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Conversation with Shern @ 3 years 11 months

Shern is now almost 4 years old, and is getting really very conversational.
Some of the conversation I did share in my facebook.


Shern saw a plant turning yellow, so he asked me why is part of the leaves yellow in colour. I took the opportunity to tell him to drink more water, so I told him "The leaves are yellow because the plant did not drink enough water."
Shern: What did the plant said? (He always asked us what does objects said eg: 'What did the train said? What did the stars said?)
I got irritated so I told him to figure out himself what did the plant said and tell me.
Shern: The plant said I don't have mouth arr how to drink water!

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I caught my almost 4-year-old praying last night.
Shern: Dear God. Please don't make me dream bad dreams ok. Just sweet dreams. Amen.
And he fell asleep 2 minutes later.

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So when pho-pho told Shern she had bad dreams too and asked him what shd she do. My very concerened 4-year-old asked "Pho-pho, did you dream of crocodiles and dinosaurs as well? Nevermind, just pray to God, ok?"
(So now I know what are the nightmares of a 4-year-old)

Conversation with Shern @ 3 years 9 months

I'm sometimes amazed by what Shern understands....and he is not even 4 yet.


Shern: Mummy want to pengsan already. (while showing the faint action as he promptly fell on the floor)
Me: Who taught you the word pengsan? Do you know what is pengsan?
Shern: Pengsan means mummy fall down and cannot get up already!

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Shern: I want to eat a giant ice-cream
Pho-pho: Your giant ice-cream is so big and high up, how to lick or eat it?
(Shern thought for a moment and then said)
Shern: I can eat from the bottom then only eat up there. And I want a giant stick as well so that I can hold the ice-cream tightly!

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(I scolded Shern for some naughty things he did and showed him my angry look)
Shern: Mummy, why you mad? (I didn't even know he knows the word 'mad')
Mummy: Because Shern was naughty just now.
Shern: Mummy, please dont be mad ok? We are family!
(Lol)

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(After fetched him from his school, while sitting in the car)
Mummy: Shern, what did you do in school? Did you have fun? Did you sing and dance? Did you do drawing and writing?
Shern: Mummy, pls dont talk to me already. I want to sleep already!
(Lol. Coz usually he falls asleep in the car on the way home)

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(Shern saw a jie-jie playing downstairs our apartment, and he approached her)
Shern: Jie-jie, what is your name? My name is Yiu-Shern.
Jie-jie: My name is Paula.
Shern: Why jie-jie's name is like the Polar Express train?
(LOL)

Conversation with Shern @ 3 years 7 months

Extracted from facebook.com

Shern is exactly 3 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 1 day old today.
He is about 5 months short of 4 years old, and already he asks us a few hundred questions a day.
His favourite word these days is 'WHY, WHY & WHY'.

Almost every conversation with him ends with a few 'Why?' from him.

Mummy: Shern, you need to pull up your pants.
Shern: Why?

Mummy: Shern, pls sit properly.
Shern: Why?

And quite often Shern asks us to ask him questions, even when he is in the toilet, like this:

Shern: Mummy, pls ask me if you wanna go poo poo or not?
Mummy: Shern, do u wanna poo poo?
Shern: says Yes!

Another time while Shern was sitting on the toilet bowl doing his big business.
Shern: Popo, pls ask me if I finish poo-poo or not?'
Popo: Shern, have u finish poo-poo? (thinking that he shd finish coz asking us to ask him dee).
Shern: No...
LOL.

And then last week Shern was sitting in his carseat and he wanted to get off his car seat. So I told him the policeman is going to catch anybody who did not fasten on the seat belts.
And since then Shern asks me like a hundred times,
'Mummy, what did the policeman say?'

We don't know whether to laugh or get annoyed every time he asks us the same questions, again and again. But I guess I must say I am thankful that Shern is so annoyingly asking us so many questions, as he is just being a growing boy with an inquisitive mind.

And he is still not four yet. :)

Conversation with Shern @ 2 years 10 months - Part 2

Shern is getting more and more vocal and he now thinks before answering, giving me rather cute and surprising answers. So this is the part 2 of my recent conversation I had with Shern.


Shern: Mummy, please come sit the slide with Shern-Shern.
Me: Mummy is too big and cannot fit into the slide.
Shern: When mummy become small-small, then mummy come sit the slide with Shern-Shern.
Me: :)

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Shern: Yee-yee, ai mai see Thomas, ai mai? AI YAA!!!
(self question, self reply. :)

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Shern: Yee-yee, ai open fridge. i THINK got chocolate.
(after we surrender and took one chocolate from the hidden compartment)
Shern: see, got already! last one only okay?

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Me: When baby comes out, mummy have to sleep on the bed, to take care of baby when baby cries. Then Shern-Shern sleep down here with daddy, ok?
Shern: Mummy sleep up there, mummy take care of baby. Shern-Shern sleep with daddy, Shern-Shern takes care of daddy!
Me: Haha, good boy.

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Shern was watching cartoon Mickey Mouse riding on a rainbow.
Shern: mummy, pls bring me to the rainbow.
Me: Only in cartoons they can go to the rainbow. The rainbow is up in the sky where we can't reach. So we can't go there.
Shern: When the rainbow come down, then mummy bring Shern-Shern there!
Me: ;p

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p/s - If you are interested, here is Part 1

Conversation With Shern @ 2 years 10 months - Part 1

I enjoy talking to Shern now that his vocabulary widens. It is simply hilarious to hear his replies sometimes. I just want to jot down now that I can still remember, so that I can read back many years later and smile. :)                                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~

Me: Shern, you will need to sleep with daddy at night ok? Because when baby comes out, baby will cry and mummy will need to take care of baby, ok?
Shern: Shern-Shern will take care of mummy and baby!

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Me: When Shern-Shern big, Shern-Shern will go to another big school ok?
Shern: When Shern-Shern big, Shern-Shern will go to work! :)

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Shern wanted to open the fridge to see if there are any snacks in it. He walks to me and say,
Shern: Mummy, do you want to open fridge?

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Every morning, Shern wakes up to tell me 'It's Saturday, today no school'
I think that he hopes that by saying this everyday, it will really becaome Saturday!

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Shern was asking hubby to go out of the room, saying is Shern-Shern & Mummy time.
Me: Shern, you cannot ask daddy to go out. Daddy always carry Shern-Shern and drive Shern-Shern go kai-kai.
Shern thought for awhile and then went out to find hubby.
Shern: Daddy, don't be sad. Come in the room.

p/s - If you are interested, here is Part 2