{"id":322,"date":"2006-10-17T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=322"},"modified":"2006-10-17T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-17T13:14:00","slug":"short-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"Short Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Maid<\/u><\/strong>
\nTuyam has gone home to Indonesia for a month for her Raya holidays. Oh boy, this mummy with big stomach has to take care of Zara most of the time.<\/p>\n

I’m having my sister’s maids to help out in caring for Zara (and I work from my sis’ place), but since Zara is still not quite used to them, she keeps coming to me for things and for a cuddle.<\/p>\n

28 more days to go before the maid comes home (if she did<\/em> come back).<\/p>\n

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New Phrases<\/u><\/strong>
\nZara is using words and phrases she learns either from the TV or from us. Here are some new ones.<\/p>\n

Me : “Zara did you touch Rusty (our cat) just now?”<\/span>
\nZara : “No way<\/em>! Zara didn’t touch Rusty.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In the car,
\nZara : “Mummy, Zara want eat pop corn”<\/span>
\nMe : “Mummy forgot to bring.”<\/span>
\nZara : “Say Sorry girl girl<\/em><\/span> (sometimes we call her girl girl).”<\/span>
\nMe : “……. Ok. Sorry girl girl, mummy forgot.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Me : “Mummy loves Zara so much”<\/span>
\nZara : “How much?”<\/em><\/span>
\nMe : “….. Very much.”<\/span><\/p>\n

While swimming,
\nDaddy : “Wow, Zara can float now!”<\/span>
\nZara : “Pefect<\/em>!”<\/span><\/p>\n

After dinner,
\nDaddy : “Good girl, you finish your dinner.”<\/span> <\/span>
\nZara : *grinned* “Excellent<\/em>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yakking<\/u><\/strong>
\nOn days when she’s in the mood, she yaks non-stop. Here is a conversation taken yesterday when she was telling my nephews what she was going to do to get ready for bed:
\n“Mummy change this baju (Malay : clothes) for Zara”<\/span>
\n“Dirty already mummy.”<\/span>
\n“Must take off and Zara put in the laundry bag”<\/span>
\n“Then kakak will wash wash the baju with the hands.”<\/span>
\n“Zara brush teeth, and don’t let the water run<\/span> (the latter phrase is from Barney)“<\/span>
\n“Then change Pajamas”<\/span>
\n“Then mummy spray rose water on the face<\/span> (when I apply my skin care in the night, I spray some rose water for her as well).”<\/span>
\n“Zara smell so nice”<\/span>
\n“Then read books, then bed time.”<\/span>
\nShe was saying this without pausing for a reply or response from us. My sis Filipino maid said she talked like an old lady.<\/p>\n

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