Original Face

Jerrie: I don't like my face...
Mum: Why?!
Jerrie: It's not nice, my face is original. My friends' faces are not original, they are nice.
Mum: Not nice? What's an "original face"?
Jerrie: You know, just like cakes, you have "original cake" without any flavour, and other different types of cakes...
Mum: You mean plain?
Jerrie: Yah...

Feel Like Buying...

4 yr-old Jackie has been displaying signs of an inherited impulsive shopping disposition...

Jackie (squatting, admiring and touching a low-hanging cookery toy set): Mum....I feel like buying this....

Mum: No! What did I tell you, Jackie!

Jackie: No...I say I only feel like buying, feel only... I am not buying!

My Ambition

Jerrie: Jackie, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Jackie: Hmmmm...
Jerrie: Do you want to be a doctor, a singer, a teacher, a chef...
Jackie: I want to be a dog, a black dog.

Look at my hungry face!

4-yr old Jackie: Mummy, you see what happened to my face...look at my face. (Jackie's sulking)
Mum: Oh, what happened to your face, Jackie? (Puzzled, mum touched Jackie's face.)
Jackie: You just look at my face... (sulking even more...)
Mum: There's nothing on your face, Jackie. Are you alright?
Jackie: I am hungry. That's why I look like that... Can you buy something for me to eat?

How is Gender Relevant?

At the dining table...

Mum: Come on Jerrie, sit properly!
Jerrie: What....
Mum: Put your legs down, you are not behaving like a girl.
Jerrie: What?
Mum: I say you don't want to be mistaken as a boy, do you?
Jerrie: Why do people need to know whether I am a boy or girl?
Mum:......

Busy Kid

Dad: Jackie, you will have to practise your songs when you reach home.
Jackie: No, I can't. I have no time.
Dad: What?
Jackie: I'm very busy, I'll need to brush my teeth, wear my perjamas, drink my milk and sleep.

No Outing Please!

(It's Teachers' Day, a Public Holiday the following day.)

Jackie: Where are we going tomorrow, daddy?
Dad: No where, we are staying at home.
Jackie: Yeah!!!
Dad: Why yeah, Jackie?
Jackie: I don't know which pair of shoes to wear.