Well, Tong was approaching 18 months. He was fairly adept at eating on his own now...Mama thought tong was rather advanced for his age, showing great maturity and independence. He loved all kinds of food, he was not afraid to try new tastes, he even liked slightly spicy food! Well, he loved all the junk food, just like xunxun, he knew how to point to the food he wanted to eat. Both of you loved to sit with me, papa said we should institutionalise the practice of having the two of you sit together while papa and I sat opposite you. Good idea!
We were doing grocery shopping, our favourite family activity! mama always had something to buy, was always creating lists. On this day (4th July), mama had a brainwave to bake banana cake with the over ripe bananas, so we were hunting for flour, butter and stuff. Giant had these spanking new humongous trolleys. Xun loved it, you were dancing the theme song from "Jake and the pirates from Never land" all the while, prancing and frolicking like a little lamb...daddy commented you were made for the stage...well, I thought I would go find some dancing school for you...daddy questioned xun if she desired to go for dancing classes...smugly, xun replied coolly that she did not need to, she already knew how to dance...you were definitely a braggart...HA!
When we went back in the car, we played a game of pretending to spin plates on a stick like an acrobat. The conversation went like this....
Xun: I have 1 plate
ma: I have 2
Xun: I have 3
ma: I have 4
xun: I have 5
ma: I have 6
xun: I have 7
ma: I have 8
Xun: (triumphantly) I have TEN!
ha, I guessed you probably thought that the ultimatum was to have 10 spinning plates. The sneaky you knew it was actually my turn to say 10 and you snatched it from ME! Then I told you that you won, you exclaimed that all the plates had fallen, I made a loud crashing sound, you proclaimed that it was raining plates (daddy was bemused at the expression you used) and broke out into boisterous laughter...we went on playing for a long time...so tickled you were with this game.
We baked the banana cake together after Tong slept, you, papa and me. You were so eager to help out, you were definitely at a age when such chores enticed you :) well, I suppose we would have many more opportunities! The delectable aroma of the banana cake baking in the oven was now wafting through the air....oooo, I could almost feel myself salivating...
love both of you to bits...
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