BEFORE HE WAS "ONE"

PET NAMES BEFORE KAI WAS EVEN ONE YEAR OLD

During our lunch time today, I had been looking at Kai-Kai closely. He sure has grown. During the start of his first year with us, he had accumulated several pet names:

Kai-Kai..................doubling his name.

Ram-Boy................being born an Aries (the RAM).

Stink-Bahoo.........."bahoo" is Tagalog for stink.

Pig-Pen.................his ability to attract lint on his hair, between his toes and dirt in his fingernails.

Fish-Lips...............protruding his lips.

Bah-Boy.................when he is naughty.

Booh-Booh............early pet name after a big teddy bear.

Bubble-Mouth.......making bubbles from his saliva.

Booger-Boy............he used to have boogers in his nose all the time.

Monkey-Monkey....being fussy.

Kai Kai has stuck! He identifies himself as Kai-Kai.

Now that he is almost three, he is able to master a lot of things. He now tries to make conversation with you...Basically we understand each other...but at times it will take me a while to really understand him. He is patient about it! He will repeat what he said, if I asked him to say it again. He is learning to shake hands now, but needs a bit more practice. He is learning to say "almost three" when asked "how old are you?" You ask him to go to a certain room in the house...like when he is looking for a certain toy. Tell him, it is in the bedroom and he will go there. He knows where the kitchen is because that is where we cook meat, chicken fish and shrimps. He really knows the house because I think that he considers the house as "Kai-Kai House." What I love most that he has been doing lately is whenever Umma and him start to leave the house he will always look for me to say, "Bye Umpha..see you yeter." Going home with his Mom or Dad, he will do the same but he would also like to be hugged and kissed.

It used to be that on the stroller he rides going to the park had a radio that is on all the time while they are walking. This also helps to make him sleepy on the way home. Nowadays, it has been shut off because he talks a lot now while they are walking. Besides he does not take naps anymore...I think he hates it!

Umma fed him earlier, but he joined us for company. Of course he will have a bit of rice or whatever of something he likes. Since we know he had already eaten a lot, we did not expect that he will eat anything else. I got some "MM" and told him "That is for your dessert." He was happy about it but I know that he was watching me when and where I got the "MMs." When he had consumed the chocolate, he got down from his chair and went straight to the cupboard. He climbed the step ladder, opened the door and started to scrutinized the contents of the cupboard. I am sure that he is looking for the "MMs." I had the inkling that he would do this, so I hid the bag behind the shelf and so it wouldn't be visible for him to see. He however spotted the jello cups and excitedly said.."jeyo Umpha...(that means he would like to have some) I fed him...and he ate the whole thing!

We did not paint today. I have to do some business at the bank. Maybe tomorrow.