Toddler Tales

Discovery!

(Conversation with increasingly verbal 19-month old, on taxi ride home)

Mama: "Before we go home, we'll buy a watermelon."

O: "Shu Shu?" (meaning Uncle, a term of respect in Chinese. We buy watermelon from an 'Uncle'.)

Mama: "Yes. We will buy the watermelon from Shu Shu."

O: "Money?"

Mama: "Yes, We will pay Shu Shu for the watermelon."

O: "Money!" (pointing to the taxi driver.)

Mama: "Yes. We will pay the driver."

O: "Mook on mack!"

Mama: "Yes. The driver on the bus says "Move on Back!"

Toddlers.

Always two steps ahead!