silly snapshots...

Look Mommy, I'm a doggie! 

Look Mommy, I'm a Pharoah! 

Ya right, you can pass off as a samsui woman. 

What's a samsui woman? 

knock knock jokes...

Bryan: Knock, knock! 

Me: Who's there? 

Bryan: Knock, knock! 

Me: Knock, knock who? 

Bryan: Knock, knock, why don't you go open the door? 

Bryan: Knock, knock! 

Me: Who's there? 

Bryan: Radio. 

Me: Radio who? 

Bryan: Radio doesn't say "who". It sings a song to you. 

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Yes, we have been quite our corny selves this weekend and these were two of his funnier ones. 

Kristin was also eager to give knock knock jokes a try too.

Kristin: Knock, knock! 

Me: Who's there? 

Kristin: Toothbrush! 

Me: Toothbrush who? 

Kristin: Toothpaste!

Me: LOL

I had to laugh very hard. Coz every time I asked her for a knock knock joke, it's always the same one. And it was hilarious when she said it. It's like she couldn't make up her mind between toothbrush and toothpaste. Actually, it really isn't that funny. Alan thinks I'm just encouraging her when I roar with laughter. 

Admittedly it's still a long way to go comparing hers with kor-kor's, but it's a knock knock joke for a start. Besides, knock knock jokes are meant to be silly, aren't they? 

Hope your weekend has also been a good one filled with chatter and laughter! 

Tell me a joke, please!

Bryan to Daddy: I'll say "boo" and you'll say "who", ok? Boo! 

Daddy: Who? 

Bryan: Don't cry, Daddy. It's just a joke! 

We were pretty tickled, even though it's a joke he copied off Dora. 

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Daddy: Now it's your turn. Knock, knock! 

Bryan: Knock, knock, who? 

Daddy: Who who who... owl hoo! 

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Over the weekend, Daddy and Bryan had a great time telling each other about the pink panther's jokes... 

It's so good to hear chatter and laughter! 

Thanks Alan for the time tonight. The kids really missed Daddy for the past weeks: the evenings and nights when you were travelling! 

dash and dot

While getting ready to go to school this morning, Bryan all of a sudden asked me what it meant to have a dash and then a dot. 

For a moment (in my usual sleepy state of mind), I wondered why my son would be thinking about Morse code so early in the morning... Does he even know Morse code? Where did we read about it? etc

and then I thought again... 

"You mean the exclamation mark??? As in !!!!"

Nope... we don't have a genius here. Just a sleepy-head mommy!

 

joke of the week...

The kids and Daddy were having some fun in the living area after dinner, while Mommy was busy folding away clothes.

All of a sudden, Bryan went, "Daddy... *growl* This is an allosaurus. It eats vegetables!"
Daddy, "Huh? What's an allosaurus?" Obviously, dinosaurs and Daddy don't get along.

Then, Bryan assembled another dinosaur and explained to his Daddy, "Now this is a killosaurus. This one eats meat. Run, Daddy, run!"

By the way, allosaurus are any of various carnivorous dinosaurs of the genus Allosaurus of the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous Periods, and killosaurus is just a new term that my 4-year-old paleontologist-wannabe is cooking up.

the story of "brang"

Bryan: I brang it to school the other day.

No, you mean you brought it to school the other day.

The English language is really tough:
it's ring - rang - rung,
but not bring -brang - brung,
and it's sting - stung - stung,
while it's also stink - stank - stunk!

a short pool?

For some time I was figuring out why Bryan always said the children's pool was a short pool. And finally one day, it dawned on me that he meant the water was shallow. Hmmm, water level is low, thus short.

Oh I see!

joke of the week...

Mommy, why isn't it "c" for scissors?

Yeah... didn't we have a video on that from the Electric Company?

joke of the week...

At the traffic light, we stopped right next to a van. Bryan exclaimed, "Look, Mommy! Look, Daddy! There is a dog inside! Right at where Mommy is sitting." Well, he meant the front passenger seat of the van.

So Alan wound down the window for him to say, "Hi, doggie!" And our son was waving frantically to get the dog's attention. He did.

Then I asked him if the dog waved back at him. Bryan replied, "No, Mommy. Dogs don't wave!"

Hee, that's what you get for posing a silly question at an almost 4 year-old! :p

joke of the week...

When I came home from my quick grocery shopping (I left Bryan with the cleaning lady and took Kristin along. Well, you know about the sob story of my MacLaren), I found these two bears hanging on our bookshelves.

Hmmm, who did that to the bears?
It's me, Mom.

So when Daddy came home, I directed his attention to the bears on the bookshelves.

Oh dear! Who hung the bears on the bookshelves?
I did!
What crimes did those bears commit to deserve such punishment?
Two crimes! They played with the dog. And the dog played with them.

Haha!!!!!!

P/S. The frog was the witness.

joke of the week...

This little conversation happened on our short drive back home from Ikea tonight.

Bryan: Hmmm, Ikea was the play park. It has a wonderful slide. Errmm, No. 1 was to go to a play park. And No. 2 was to climb up a mountain. Hey, I did both already. I've done it in life!

Daddy and Mommy were rolling in laughter - ok, I won't exaggerate. We were in the car and Alan was driving.

Looks like we've got a son with simple ambitions in life.
Remember my earlier post when I mentioned what he wanted to do in this summer, he said it with greatest satisfaction: I did it in life!

I'm really glad for you, my boy!

joke of the week...

"Bye, Dad! Don't forget to call me!"
"Bye, Bryan!"
"Hey, Dad! Don't work too hard and remember to come home early, ok?"

That was the conversation between Daddy and son before Alan left for his business trip this afternoon.

Now I know why I'm still not a rich tai-tai!

joke of the week...

Daddy: Oh, look that's a statue. (Actually, it's a person performing as a statue on the Alte Potsdamer Strasse.) Hmm, Bryan, do you think you can be a statue too?
Bryan: Oh no, Daddy! I can't. You see, I can't stand still.

joke of the week...

We had a roaring laughing session with the kids this evening.

In his attempt to stop Bryan from bothering me in my "lounging" position in the cosiest spot on the couch, Alan told Bryan to act out some animals.

We've always enjoyed his interpretation of how animals or insects move, particularly his little penguin moves. But tonight's highlight was when Daddy asked him, "How about a dragonfly? Can you be a dragonfly?"

Our overzealous son burst out in roars and flapped his arms to pretend to fly around.
That sent the parents rolling on the couch with laughter! He was a FLYING dragon! That's his version of a dragonfly! :o)

joke of the week...

Mommy, I say it's "e" for "iguana"!
No, Bryan. It's "i" for "iguana".

Isn't it tough to read English?

joke of the week...

Mommy, it's "C" for "syrup".
No, Bryan. It's "S" for "syrup"!

joke of the week...

Daddy: Hey, Bryan, you've got to put on your shoes.
Bryan: Hay is for horses, Daddy. (Grinning away!)
Daddy: Huh....? O yes, horses do eat hay. A good one! I'll just call you Bryan then.

We've got a cheeky boy here!

joke of the week...

"Bryan, please stop jumping up and down like a monkey."
"I'm not a monkey. Meimei is more like a monkey."
"Why do you say that?"
"That's because she likes to eat bananas!"

Haha... that's a pretty good argument, don't you think?

Here is a footage on why Bryan thinks his sister is a little monkey:





Monkey see, monkey do?

just for laughs...

This week, Bryan surprised us again with his mixed up phonics skills.
It's "E" for "Igloo"!

And not long after dinner today, he suddenly took a break from his toys and looked at Daddy solemnly, "Are you sad, Dad?" On hearing a positive reply from his Daddy, he quickly said in a chirpy tone with his arms waving widely, "So, why don't you cry?"
Hilarious! Daddy and Mommy couldn't stop laughing! On days like this, I don't think anyone is gonna be sad at all!

joke of the week...

Bryan: Daddy, it's "S" for escalator!
Daddy: No, Bryan. Escalator is spelled with an "E".
Bryan: Huh???

See, this is what you get when you don't start introducing the alphabet with phonics.