my darling dearest

leanne has grown into a little girl now. both of us are sometimes amazed by the words that come out of her mouth and had to ask around the household where she picked up these vocubularies. she can even say three syllabus words and easily repeat after us. she enjoys singing the abc song and would tell herself to sing again when she completes the song.

now she says 'hello mummy, hello daddy,' on the phone to us. she also says 'thank you mummy/ daddy' when you least expect her to. for instance, she said 'thank you daddy for driving' the other day when mr s drove us somewhere. of course, there are also signs of rebellion coming up too! the other day leanne told mrs s 'don't leanne leanne'; that's when i was trying to warn her of my patience running out. she also told her ah jia 'don't say cannot'. on the other hand, she called for 'my darling dearest' when she was outside our bedroom door the other morning.

Then there is this standing joke when benji kor kor was in town. he would always ask to carry her and she would say 'no, will fall'. one day, i continued the line of questioning and asked who would fall and she said 'leanne! fall, crash, no more leanne!'

ps. leanne sang the entire hush little baby rhyme a few nights ago.