Two Year Old!

My little two year old... How cute can a toddler be?

Know what i love doing at night as i lay in bed with munch?

Recounting the amazing, funny, strange, sweet, clever, sometimes naughty things Glory did during the day.
It's become one of our most-loved end-of-the-day rituals, along with fiddling with our iPhones.

I love it when Glory speaks lovingly and tenderly when she thinks we are in pain. Yes, she thinks we're in pain when we have a pimple, a mozzie bite, or when we bump ourselves. She'd come over, and with a very concerned and distraught expression (showing empathy), ask, " Is it painful, Mama? You want Glory to sayang?"
Then she'd very gently sayang.
"Are you ok? Don't cry...."

 "Mama, Be Happy!"
(At this point, she'd expect you to completely get over your boo-boo and smile your brightest)

Sometimes she'd do it to her toys too... she thinks they hurt when she drops them accidentally. We'd see her fawning over Noah (from the Ark), and when we ask her why, she'd explain, "Uncle is painful. Glory drop Uncle, Uncle's head knock the floor."

I love how she speaks. So many funny little quirks...
Like when she talks about herself, she earnestly presses her hands to her chest when she says "Glory".
When we see a lorry, she jests that it is a "glory", and breaks into an infectious laugh. So self assured hor? Can even make fun of her own name.
When she wants to relate a past event, she always says it happened "yesterday". And you thought we have been bringing her to the zoo to see the giraffe everyday huh?

"Yesterday i see the giraffe at the zoo. 

The giraffe eat the carrot and the leaves. 

The giraffe likes the leaves. "

On that note, you might also have heard that "yesterday" she went to the market and saw a monkey. That didn't actually happen. It's from a book she's been reading.

I love the way she sings, and sometimes mixes up the lyrics. ("O MacDonald had a farm and Bingo was his name oh! B-I-N-G-O.....) She sings more or less in tune, though she sounds better when she's not belting out the songs at the top of her lungs. (She's childcare centre trained, which explains her need to sing/ talk/ cry louder than is normally required. Needs to be heard above the voices of the other 10 kids screaming their hearts out) Her repertoire is pretty good too! It even includes several Chinese songs, though i am quite sure she has no idea what those songs mean.

I tried speaking to her in Chinese, and she just looks at me blankly. Yes, i'm sure the problem is with her ability to comprehend and not my ability to speak.

It's amazing how much she does seem to understand though, and how she seems to absorb everything. Provided you say it in English, of course.
I've sensed it since she was born - her ability to understand, to reason, to relate is very advanced... like she's a little adult. Even her teacher said so, when we went for her PTM last week.
Although according to Ms Wini, she's only about 5 months ahead.
But I know better. I'm the Mum.
And I say she's years ahead.

By the way, Ms Wini also said Glory loves music... They play classical music for the children during nap time, and while all the other kids were dozing off, my little wonder gets up and dances to the music.

SO CUTE RIGHT.

She's an angel baby, a miraculous kid, a prodigy, if there ever was one.

Ok, anyway, I am sure you can detect the pride in my words, so i might as well come right out and say it.

I THINK MY GLORY IS THE PRETTIEST SMARTEST* CUTEST COOLEST SWEETEST KID IN TOWN!

What! It's a mother's prerogative to think that about her children!

*Smartest, with the exception of Jireh. That boy is uber advanced, he was born knowing the animals found in various continents, and the digestive systems of frogs, and the scientific names of the trees found in Zimbabwe, and maybe even how to build a space shuttle from nothing but paper clips and batteries. Plus, he is completely well-behaved, polite and super sweet n loving towards his little sister.