No, She's Not My Daughter
Something interesting happened today at lunch.
I was out with mom and my neighbour's kid, Gabby (short for Gabrielle) and mom wanted to check out a few furniture shops for a chest of drawers. For a kid who's almost 3 years old, she's one very intelligent kid with a wide range of vocabulary for that age. You cannot lie to her because she will call your bluff and argue with you. Yes, argue.
One time, my dad told her that she was being unreasonable and she asked him what "unreasonable" meant and started debating and trying to have her way. Smart kid. She also figured out my mom's name on her own. She used to call my mom "aunty". But after hearing her grandmom calling my mom by name, she picked it up and by associating the name to the person, she started calling my mom "aunty Margaret". All of us were quite shocked.
Today I learnt that she knew the words to that old song, "When I Was Young". All of it. That was the first surprise. The second was when I had Mika's album playing in the car and she was singing to his songs. Turns out, her dad has the same album in his car and she was happily singing away to "Grace Kelly", "Lollipop" and "My Interpretation". Sure, she didn't exactly pronounce the words coherently but for a kid that age to recognise the songs AND the title, it's quite amazing.
So after visiting the furniture shop, we decided to have lunch at Hup Soon. We ordered our food and Lil Gabby was amusing herself by singing and telling us LOTS of stories like who Harry Potter's wife was and what happened to her and stuff. Of course, this is not unaccompanied by shrieks of laughter cos she finds herself so amusing. She's absolutely adorable.
My Yong Tau Foo order finally came and with a shocked expression, the guys asked me, "Your daughter ah?!". I almost choked and explained to him that Gabby is my neighbour's kid and we were just taking her out on a ride. After looking at the scenario closely, it DID look like Gabby was my daughter and my mom was her grandmother. Haha it was hilarious. Of course, inquisitive Gabby kept asking me what the guy asked and how come she's not my daughter -.-"
As cute and adorable as she is, she can be a HANDFUL. Really. She's quite loud and rough. Very un-girly. She would bump her head and laugh (aka shriek) out loud because it is most amusing for her.
And here's a picture of the rascal:
She's damn cute but don't let it fool you cos you're in for a world of surprises! :D
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