Ever have your children ‘interfering’ in a fight/quarrel debate you have with your spouse?

As Zara grows older, she becomes more ‘involved’ in the adults’ conversations and tries to include her opinion of things.

Sometimes, we speak in Cantonse so that she won’t understand and she will remain quiet; but when the discussion becomes a bit too out of hand heated, she’ll say, “Shhh.. Shhhhh Daddy.. Shhhh Mummy.” she actually helps to clear the tension that’s building in our conversation, and helps straighten my knotted brows.

Last week, the below happened :

Daddy was angry with some small fault of Jelly, our Filipino maid. He was giving a lecture to Jelly over dinner, and I was getting a bit annoyed (dinner time in the house always ended up being a time he reprimands the maids).
Me : “Next time I’m going to have my dinner earlier before you come home. So stress eating dinner like that.”
Daddy : “So, you think I should just shut up is it?”
Zara : *matter-of-fact-ly* “Yah, Daddy. I think you should shut up and just eat your dinner.”
Daddy : *jaw dropped for a moment* “Oh, Zara, please don’t get involved in this.”
Mummy : *stiffling a giggle* “See, your daugther also tells you to just eat your dinner.”
We never used “shut up” on her before, so I guess, she doesn’t know the ‘seriousness’ of the phrase at all. She probably thought Daddy was yakking too much, and ought to stop and have his dinner.  😛

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Can’t remember what I did, and Daddy made the remark.
Daddy : “Are you nuts or what?”
Zara : *Quickly went over to Daddy and told him*“No no no. Mummy is not nuts. Daddy is nuts!”
I was stiffling a laugh, thinking to myself, that’s really sweet of her to defend me.
Zara : *added* “Daddy is Nuts. Mummy is Bread.”
Me : Huh? (now, it doesn’t make sense)
Zara : *continued* “Daddy likes to eat nuts ma, so Daddy is nuts. Mummy likes to eat bread, so mummy is Bread.”
Me : *roll eyes*
Still, Daddy is nuts, not me, that’s the important point.  😛