-to Daddy one night, griining, 

     "Desus died on the cwoss!"

-overheard singing in the livingroom while playing with her dolls,

      "Desus loves me! la la la... mmm mmm mmm ...i got happy in my heart!"  :)

-Before bed one night while cuddling in my lap...

"Your hugs and kisses are nice and cosy, Mama!"

-Standing alongside me on a stool watching me wash the dishes...

"You know Mama, you a good girl! You a good girl washing dishes like that!"

-While i was dressing one morning...

"Mama, you very beautiful!"

Me, kissing her..."Thank you Kayla. That's a very nice thing to say!"

Kayla, suddenly all silly and shy, "No actually Mama, you very very ugly!"  ...starts giggling...

-To Kynan one evening while watching him drawing... she comes down from the sofa and lovingly pats him on the head...

"You know Kynie, you very very cute!" ...followed by a kiss and a sideways cuddle...to which he reciprocated, with seemingly mixed feelings of both embarassment and pride.  :)

A few nites back i was doing the dishes, w kay on the stool beside me, too wide-eyed to sleep...

As usual she was nattering on quietly to herself about anything and everything.

Then something amusing got through to my sleepy head...

It went something like this:

"Me God loves. No not like that!...

God loves Kayla.  No that's not right!...

Kayla loves God....yes, no, ya... No that's not right!

Me love... No, not like that!

God loves me! ...Ya, that's right... I did it!!!"   :))

Kayla was with us at Marina Shopping Centre at the weekend. We stumbled upon a small store with a sale and I meandered my way through, looking at prices.

Kayla lingered at the entrance, slowly sorting through a large bargain bin of little pink and denim skirts with pink and white buttons and bows. 

As I was about to leave, she looked up at me with large puppy-dog eyes and asked in a sweet girly voice,

“Please. Please can I have these clothes? Please can I have these very nice clothes?”  J 

(Well, she didn’t get a thing… I told her they were all too small for her and we could look elsewhere.  As we were leaving, she turned back and gave one last lingering look… :))

Kay, to stubbly Bal on the sofa: 

"Dadda, you are a Spiky Pokemon! "   :)

-to me in a whiny voice:  "Carry me old man!"  (huh?)

-to ky on the kitchen floor:  "You stay away! Don't bother me!"

-to dh on the sofa: "Silly dadda...You put my nappy on too tight!" (...dh was shocked and surprised by her fluency :))

-to me in the bathroom, shouting out through the house: "Karanguni man, where are you? Where are you Guni man?"

-to ky pestering her: "I not ugly. I pretty girl!"

-to me after a visit to the hairdressers:

     "Mama look like Aunty Lally!"

me: "Really?"

kay giggling: "Ya, mama got short hair... look like Aunty Lally"

-to me: "Smell my fingers, they smell yucky!" (ya sure!.. eeks!)

-to dh while sitting on his lap: "Daddy no hair. Dadda botak!"

-to all of us in the car: "Mama you love me?" - "Yes i do!"

"Kynan love me?" - "Yes kayla i love you."

"Dadda love me?" - "Yes i love you kayla!"

kay smiling and with arms outstretched: "Everybody love me!"

-announces to me after h/s one day: "S2 love me!"

me: "How do u know that?"

kay: "He pat-pat my back. He talk me:- Hello Kayla!"

-to me after play w friends at Vivocity: "M so cute. I like M...He play with me. He walk-walk-walk now. He cry.... Kayla say dont cry... He cry no more! "

-to me at prayertime: "I pray Aunty Lally baby."

me: "OK, what do u want to pray about?"

kay: "Me thank you Aunty Lally newborn.  Aunty Lally baby soooo cute!  Aunty Lally baby play with me!" (mmmmm that mt be a long looong while my dear :))

* i really love the silly things u say! don't ever stop!

me: kay, pls come here.

kay: no!

me: young lady, wd u pls come here rt now!

kay: me no young lady!

me: then what are u? an old lady?

kay: (shock then laughter) me no old lady!

me: so what are u?

kay: me big girl. no...me little girl.  mama big girl.

me: i'm a big girl?

kay: (smiling) ya!

me: then what is kynan?

kay: big boy.

me: and daddy?

kay: dadda man!

me: if dadda's a man, how come i'm not a lady?

kay: (giggling) nah, mama not lady! mama big girl!

me: then how come u don't call dadda a big boy?

kay: (bending double in mock-laughter) dadda no boy! kee kee kee boooy!!! ...mama so silly!!!

*mmmm....rather miffed at this in a funny kind-of-way. but i guess i shd appreciate it...perhaps she sees me more as a big sister...or just too plain silly to be grown-up ;-)

-i luv mama. i luv dadda. i luv nynie. i luv me!

kay: i like rice...nice rice...oops, me farts...

el: do u need the toilet?

kay: no, ony velly small farts.

-i like mama hair...nice hair.

-dadda lilly boy! (silly that is)

-i like meat... solly farts... nice meat. smelly me!

-no do that me! you naught-naught boy!

-i like Chewy-cat! Chewy like me! cute Chewy! me like cute Chewy-cat!

-mama don't cry. don't worry!...

...was feeling yucky on e sofa. kay came n kissed my knee, then climbed up and gave me a cuddle, then another kiss on the cheek... (i wasnt crying btw ;-))

...at the botanical grdns one day...

kay: big doggy! more doggy...small doggy...

el: which dog do you like?

kay (with hand actions): small doggy soooo cute!

talking more and more... and her conversations are soooo different to what kynan's were...

had to mention...almost 2 weeks ago while the computer was down, little kayla charmed her daddy's heart.

"i lahv dadda!"

just 3 little words but i cd tell they meant the world to him... :)

-a recent converstion as kay stood up on a big chair, precariously near the edge...

me: "kay, be careful, you mt fall"

kay, showing falling action : "boom"

me: "yes, you'll go boom!"

kay: "boom! cry, wa wa!"

me: "yes, if u go boom, it'll be sore and u mt cry"

kay: "boom! head knock, die..."

me: "no, i dont think you'll die, just be careful..."

kay nodding: "boom! die. no more."

me: "no, you'll be ok. it's not so high. just be careful."

kay: "high?"

kynan: "yes kayla you'll only die if you fall from somewhere reeeaaally high"

me: "well, not really kynan. you can still break your neck if u land funny"

kynan: "oh."

kayla: "high...boom...die"

me: "ok, who wants a marshmallow?" :)

kay is fast becoming too lovable... in our family anyhow...and is certainly the apple of her daddy's eye :)

*the following narrative is what happens almost on a daily basis in our household rt now...

[bal is carrying her cradle-hold in a towel as she's just got out the bath... then she grins up at him as she cuddles herself and says "baby!" in a really cutesy voice.}

bal: "who's baby r u?"

kay, smiling: "mama baby"

bal: "ok then i'll put u down."

kay: "nah"

bal: "so who's baby r u?"

kay: "dadda baby!"

el joins in: "where's my baby? is my baby here?"

kay, smiling from bal's arms: "nah"

el: "oh no, i dont have a baby anymore...boo hoo!"

kynan, lovingly and grinning at kay: "i'll be your baby."

el: "ah i love my baby...tq kynan...where's my other baby?"

kay pointing to kynan: "nynie-mama baby"

el: "r u my baby?"

kay smiling: "nah"

el: "oh please"

kay nodding and smiling: "mama baby..."

bal sternly: "kay, who's baby ru?"

kay flustered: "mamadadda"

bal: "no, who's baby ru?"

kay... thinking and smiling: "dadda baby"

el to kay: "oh, mama wants her baby back...r u my baby?"

kay smiling broadly: "mamma baby, dadda baby!"

aaah, so that settles it!!! (and thank goodness we didnt have to cut her in 2! :))