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QP from Bronwen van Esch, made with Kim B’s new Roche kit
Elements from Freebie Janvier - Partie 5 kit from Scrapmalin
Stained Alphas from Designs by Sarah
Oooh yes. Another phase we are going through right now.
Ethan has moved on from asking “Apa tu?” to asking “What’s that?” almost everywhere he goes.
So our conversations will go a little something like this:
Ethan: Mommy, Mommy…what’s that? (pointing at item)
Mommy: That’s a computer mouse.
Ethan: What’s that? (pointing at the screen)
Mommy: That’s a volcano, darling.
Ethan: VOLCANO… what’s that?
Mommy: That’s the color purple.
Or sometimes when we are in the parking garage:
Ethan: What’s that? (pointing at one of the vehicles)
Daddy: That’s a truck.
Ethan: What’s that?
Daddy: That’s an SUV.
Ethan: SUV. What’s that?
Daddy: That’s a car.
Ethan: A Car! What’s that?
Daddy: That’s our car!
Ethan: *hop-hop-hops towards our car*
It ain’t always easy though. Sometimes he asks some trying questions too:
Ethan: Mommy, what’s that? (pointing to somewhere on the couch)
Mommy: That’s the middle of the couch, darling. 
or…
Ethan: (pointing to a decorative item on the wall of the restaurant we were dining in) What’s that Mommy?
Mommy: That’s called a buluh sumpitan in Malay. 
Daddy: Blowpipe laaa!!!
(ooops)
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On a separate note, Ethan likes to practise the many words he learns every day. Pete related this incident to me one evening when he was fetching Ethan back in the car:
Ethan: Sunny? Sunny outside?
Daddy: No Ethan, it’s dark outside now.
Ethan: Sunny? Glasses…. sunnyglasses?
Daddy: You wanna wear your sunglasses. No Ethan, it’s not sunny, you don’t need your sunglasses now.
Ethan: (pauses) Moon??? Moonglasses?
He is truly the JOY of our lives :)
10 comments
February 20, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Angeline
Moonglasses???!!!! *huge laugh*
Very soon “What’s that” would become “Why this, Why that?” *laugh*
Joyce says: We are bracing ourselves…
February 21, 2009 at 5:22 am
huisia
smart boy, at least he knows how to relate moon to glasses
Joyce says: He’s so funny, and we love him so much!
February 21, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Angeline
*I’ve got a tag for you http://allaboutyourchild.com/tags-meme/photo-meme
Joyce says: Thanks for the tag, Angeline!
February 22, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Bart
Fooh! Lightbulbs appearing all over Ethan’s head, eh?
Joyce says: LOL! Can you just see them?
February 22, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Paik Ling
He he the “Apa tu” sounds wayyyyy cuter!!!! You do have a lot of patience. Sometimes I intentionally give the wrong answer ha ha
Joyce says: He doesn’t say “Apa tu?” anymore now…it’s “What’s that?”, “What’s this?”, “Who’s that?”, “What’s that sound?” etc. And as for patience, I suppose it is embodied in the whole parenthood experience, though I do admit I have a long way to go still!
February 23, 2009 at 12:57 am
Collin
Koko Ethan! Good job in driving mommy and daddy nuts…hehe..:-p
Ethan says: Your turn will come soon, Collin! *high fives*
February 23, 2009 at 4:35 am
sasha
wah he can really talk now.. remember u used to be worried that he dun speak so much ? now everything is what’s that what that!
Joyce says: Yeah, I do remember… he’s learning so many new things everyday now!
February 24, 2009 at 7:11 pm
lemonjude
Sometime we just don’t know how to answer them..wait till when he ask u why this, why that…u will start to pengsan…
Joyce says: LOL….I bet that would be soon!
February 25, 2009 at 12:42 am
slavemom
Dun need sunglasses but want moonglasses. hahaha He’s brilliant to be able to make the connection! My boy oso constantly asks “What’s that?” but he sometimes purposely ask, jes to test us, coz he edi knows the answer.
Hey, I’ve got a tag for u.
Joyce says: Yes, children are brilliant that way…and thanks for the tag!
February 26, 2009 at 3:50 pm
KittyCat
Hahaha told you not to worry about the slow speech. Don’t you wish now he’d keep quiet a bit???
I’m getting the “what’s that”s and “WHY” too
The questions they ask challenges us more than ANY assignment/exam/project I’ve ever taken on in my life LOL
Joyce says: Yeah, don’t you agree it tests our patience and (sometimes) intelligence too?