While walking home:
Pia: Daddy, why do some policemen change their clothes into not uniform so the bad men do not know they are policemen?
Daddy: You already answered your own question.
Pia: (after pondering her question for a moment) Oh! I didn't know that!
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Every student in Pia's class is asked to do a show-and-tell each week. Pia's turn is Mondays.
One weekend:
Pia: (excited) Daddy! I know what I will do for my show and tell in school!
Daddy: What will you do?
Pia: I will show and tell my farting sounds.
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(It's not as bad as it sounds. She just learned how to make 'farting' sounds by cupping her left hand on her right armpit and pumping the right arm in quick sequence. That's what she wanted to show-and-tell)
During spring and summer, the days are longer and the sun dusk isn't until 8:30pm. During these days, the family goes to church on Saturday night instead of Sundays.
One Saturday afternoon:
Daddy: Pia, Dominic get dressed now. We're going out.
Pia: Where are we going?
Daddy: We're going to church.
Pia: (feeling lazy, doesn't want to go) BUT DADDY! It's Saturday! We go to church on Sundays!
Daddy: Yes, but today we're going on Saturday.
Pia: (tries to find an excuse) But Daddy, my head hurts!
Daddy: Why does it hurt?
Pia: Because I'm getting dizzy. Sometimes we go to church on Sunday, sometimes we go on Saturday!
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When it comes to food, Dominic is the most picky of the three children. He often wouldn't try food he hasn't tried before, whereas Sammy still chews tables and dirty slippers.
On the way to a relative's house, we were concerned that Dominic will refuse to eat what is served:
Daddy: Dominic, listen, when we get to our friend's house, you must eat what they serve you. If you don't they will feel insulted.
Dominic: What does 'insulted' mean?
Daddy: Hmm...let's say you have some candy, and you give some to your classmate. But your classmate just throws your candy away instead of enjoying them. How would you feel? That what 'insulted' means.
Dominic: Oh, I thought 'insulted' means put some salt in it.
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Daddy always reminds the children to finish their homework before he gets home from work
It's 4pm now, and Daddy makes a call to home from the office:
Daddy: (on the phone with Mummy) Have the children done their homework?
Mummy: Dominic has, but Pia hasn't
Daddy: (groan, not again) Let me talk to her
Mummy hands the phone to Pia.
Pia: (in her toughest if-you're-looking-for-trouble-you've-come-to-the-right-place voice): WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY!
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Mummy was carrying Sammy. She notices some dry crusted boogies all along the rim of Sammy's nostrils and proceeds to pick them off.
After a couple of seconds Sammy grabs Mummy's hand, gently pushes it away, and then starts to pick at his nose:
Sammy: My turn!
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Dominic was trying teaching Sammy how to count. Sammy already knows "two" comes after "one", and "three" comes after "two", but hasn't said "one-two-three" all by himself:
Dominic: Sammy, count: "One"
Sammy: "Two!"
Dominic: No, "One"
Sammy: No, one
Dominic: Two
Sammy: Three!
Dominic: No, "Two"
Sammy: No, two
Surrender came quickly.
* * *
Daddy arrives home from work. He had forgotten to put away his house clothes before leaving for work this morning:
Pia: Daddy, when you went to work, you left your clothes on the bed. You forgot to hang them up.
Daddy: Oh really?
Pia: I wanted to try them on because I wanted to see how big they are
Daddy: Did you try them on?
Pia: No, because they're smelly.
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