Sammy likes to help Mummy cook. He is also practicing doing his magic card tricks and always practices the phrase: “Pick a card… any card.”
Mummy: Sammy, get a fork from the drawer.
Sammy: (talking to himself) Get a fork…any fork.
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Sammy wants to perform the magic card trick, but he’s not having success in finding from the deck the card Daddy picked.
This time he comes up with a fool proof plan.
Sammy: (holding out a ‘deck’ made up of only one card) Daddy, pick a card! Any card!
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Dominic has gotten an interest in performing magic card tricks. The other children got the bug too, even 3 year old Sammy.
Sammy: (holding out a deck of cards) Daddy, pick a card! Any card!
Daddy: (picks a card)
Sammy: Now put it back.
Daddy: (puts back the card)
Sammy: (shuffles the cards and then starts looking for the card). Is this your card?
Daddy: No
Sammy: (picks out another card). Is this your card?
Daddy: Nope.
Sammy: (perplexed) But which one is your card?
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Sammy has learned how to cross his eyes.
Sammy: (eyes crossed and looking at Mummy) Look! I have two Mummies!
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While watching Herbie (the love bug), the lead actress tells her Dad: “Racing is in my blood!”
Daddy: Dominic, is racing in your blood?
Dominic: No, science is in my blood, then running, then kung fu.
Daddy: How about you Pia, what’s in your blood?
Pia: Nothing.
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Sammy likes to learn while pooing so we teach him counting, ABCs, etc while he sits and does his thing.
Daddy: (holding up three fingers) Sammy, how many fingers?
Sammy: (points at each finger while counting) one…two…three!
Daddy: (holds up 5 fingers) How many?
Sammy: (points at each finger while counting) one…two…three…four…five!
Daddy: (wants Sammy to count mentally without pointing) Don’t use your fingers, just count in your head.
Sammy: Count with my head?
Daddy: (holds up four fingers) Yes
Sammy: (touches each finger with his forehead and counts) one…two…three…four!
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