From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Map 2

"I found a map! Where's 'Merica?" - Fin

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Arrival

Fin announcing the arrival of the carpenter: The builder is here!

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Wedding Shoes

Fin: Unsa face the wedding shoes?
Me: Huh? White?
Fin: Unsa nawng sa wedding shoes?

Good translation, Fin!

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Map

"It's a map. Like a pirate!" - Fin

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Cam Peter

Fin: Where's Cam Peter ?
Me: ???
Fin: Build ba...
Me: Ahhh...carpenter...

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Gun

Fin: It's a gun.
Mama: What kind of gun?
Fin: Nice gun.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Many

Fin: I am a princess mermaid vampire butterfly.
Me: Wow, so many.
Fin: No, four. Not five.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Mr. Sun

This morning...
Fin: Mr Sun, don't shine in my balay!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Bike

Me: Fin, can I ride your bike?
Fin: No
Me: Why?
Fin: You're so bug-at. You have big tummy. Maguba.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Sardines

Fin: What's the food?
Me: Sardinas
Fin: Is it siga mata?
Me: Huh?
Fin: I don't like halang.

Siga mata=halang

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Like You

Fin is watching Stuart Little on TV...
Fin: Khonie o, it's like you!
Me: What?
Fin: The tambok cat.

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Broken

Yuan: Ma Cy, my tummy is so yayay, I think my heart is guba already.

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Moving

Mommyla: Mommyla will not see you na Fin when you move to your new house.
Fin: No, I'll come back always and visit.

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: Buntis

Yuan: Ma Cy, my tummy is so big. There's a baby inside my tummy.
Ma Cy: No oy, you're a boy. You can't have a baby in your tummy.
Yuan: Okay, only Daddy lo. Daddy lo has a big tummy!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Gift

Fin hands me a small box: Please wrap. This is for Iggy's birthday.
I open the box and what do I find? Five tubes of plastic balloon!

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Reading

Fin enters my room while I'm reading...
Fin: What are you doing?
Me: I'm reading.
Fin: You read na.
(I go back to my reading.)
Fin: You're not reading. I don't hear you.

From the Mouth of a Four–Year–Old: The What?

That awkward moment when you hear a click and nikalit lang ug on ang suga and Yuan says, "It's okay Ma Cy, it's just the witch."

In the Jeepney

17B jeepney conductor handed me my change.
Me: Thank you.
Conductor: You're welcome.
Pagnaog nako sa jeep...
Me: Thank you.
Conductor: You're welcome.

Wow, motubag sya. Impressed!

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Take a Picture

When Fin found Kate's photo, she grabbed a broom and asked me to take her picture.

Me: Wait, I will get my phone.
Fin: No, get your camera (she meant the dslr).

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Weather Observation

Fin's weather observation: It's windy in Peter Pan.

Wendy is now an adjective.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Chinese

Marvin: Fin, Tito Derrick can speak Chinese. Can you also speak Chinese?
Fin: Yes! chweychweychwey..... (with "Chinese accent")

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Handsome

Derrick: Is Tito Marvin handsome?
Fin: No.
Marvin: Ah, I will not play with you.
Fin: Yes, handsome.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Saving Money

Paupau: Do you want to go to Neverland?
Fin: I will go to Disneyland. I will save money.
Paupau: How much?
Fin: Twenty pesos uy. It's so mahal.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Bangbang

Fin: I play in Iggy's room. Borrow Iggy's bangbang. I bangbang the yaya.
Me: Did the yaya die?
Fin: Wala. It's a toy. It's not real.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Sleep

Me to Fin: You go to sleep na.
Fin points to me and says: And you, don't read book na. Sleep na.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Alone

Fin is watching TV in the sala. I go to my room to get something. She follows me and says, "You bantay me. I am alone."

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Sorry

Yuan: Ma Cy, your phone natagak.
Ma Cy: Ikaw nagtagak?
Yuan: Yes. I don't love you anymore! I'm so angry at you, Ma Cy!!
Me: Sorry.

Wait, whaaaat? Nganong murag bali? Hahaha. Marukoy ka bataa ka.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Crown

While getting ready to go out for dinner...
Fin: I wanna kuha my crown.
Kate: No uy.
Fin: But I wanna be a princess.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Sorry

Fin: I don't like Tita Tessa.
Tessa: Naa bya ko gift nimo. Di nalang nako ihatag nimo.
Fin: Sorry.

Paspasa naka sorry uy!

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Salad

Mommy Kitchie: Adto mi sa Mongolian. Halang. You don't like halang. And we will eat salad.
Fin: I like salad. You bring salad to me.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: TV

Fin is watching a cartoon on TV.
Kate: Fin, what are you watching?
Fin pointing to the TV: That one.

From the Mouth of a Three-Year-Old: Pool

Me: We're going to Crimson this weekend.
Fin: Yeah! Naa playground!
Me: Yes and swimming pool.
Fin: Naa frogs?

Ha? Ganahan ka naay frogs sa pool???

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Declaration

After jumping jumping jumping rolling jumping jumping rolling jumping on the trampoline Yuan declares, "So awesome!"

From the Mouth of a Four-Year-Old: Jollibee

Yuan spots that Filipino fastfood bee: Jobilee!!!

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Use the Right Word

Me (to Fin and Yuan): Hello kiddos!
Fin: Who's kiddos?
Me: You are a kiddo.
Fin: I am a mermaid.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Broken

Fin sees a photo of her on a white horse, taken earlier today.
Fin: White horse. Indi move. Guba.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Horse

Dennis U: Fin, do you want to ride a horse?
Fin: I want to ride a unicorn.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: -ing

Fin: Yaya kwa-ing milk.

Translation: Yaya is getting milk.

Conversations with a Four-Year-Old: Sleep

Mommy Cy: Yuan, let's turn off the lights na kay I can't sleep.
Yuan: Close your eyes, Ma Cy.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Little Girl

Mommy Kitchie: I love you, little girl.
Fin: Me not a little girl, I'm a big girl!

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: No Money

Fin sees a pink bike on TV: Nice bicycle! I wanna buy.
Me: But we don't have money.
Fin: Save your money.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Fat

Mommy Kitchie: Fin, you're fat na. You can't carry your body.
Fin: Mommy, I need yoga.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Flashcards

Fin and mommy and flashcards...
Mommy: What's this?
Fin: Giraffe.
Mommy shows a picture of a spider: This?
Fin: Ewwww spider.
Mommy shows a picture of a hippo.
Fin: Hip..
Mommy: ..po..
Fin: Hippo..
Mommy: ..po..
Fin: hippopo..
Mommy: tamus
Fin: hitototatus
Mommy shows the picture of the hippo again: What's this?
Fin: ........panda.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Beach

This morning...
Me: Are you going to the beach?
Fin: I'm going to Shangri-la. Fin will swim, eat, sleep, swim.

Future beach bum. Sosyal na beach bum.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Scooter

Fin is riding her scooter around the house.
Richard: You have a nice bike Fin.
Fin: No, it's a scooter.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Introductions

We have a visitor at home, his name is Richard.
Fin hears my sister's carhorn...
Fin to Richard: You want to meet Kate?

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Eat

Daddylo to Fin: Tell Mommyla kaon na.
Fin to Mommyla: Mommyla, you wanna eat?

English speaking ha!

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Help

Fin says to Bebe: I wanna help you laba (do laundry)!

True Story

True story: We didn't know there'd be a water interruption today. Wala gyud mi naka pondo ug tubig. Because Jake (the dog) ate the notice.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Driver

Getting ready to pick up mama from Park Mall...
Fin: You're bilin!
Khonie: Kinsa magdrive kung bilin ko?
Fin (looks around and sees my sister): Kate!

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Chickens

Mommyla: Look, Fin, your chickens are big na. Let's cook them.
Fin: Noooooo!!! Kaluoy! Kaluoy! Kaluoy!

Conversations with a Four-Year-Old: Drink Milk

Yuan: Mommy Cy, the baby drink milk from the totoy.. like a cow noh?

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Invitation

It's 6AM, I just woke up, and Fin enters my room...
Fin: Where you going?
Me: To the beach.
Fin: With me?

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: See Ya!

Me (to Fin): See you later, alligator!
Fin: No, not alligator. Mermaid.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Jellybeans

Fin: Where's my jellybeans, Kate?
Kate: Ha? (Deaf mode.)
Fin: Kate, don't be bungol (deaf).

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Feet

Me: Hahahaha! Fin, your feet are dirty!
Fin: Don't funny at me. I'm beautiful.

Conversations with Friends: You/Me

Me: If you were me?
Marvin: If I were you, I'm not me.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Cannonball

Fin cannonballing into the pool: Candybaaalllll!!!

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Fan

I see Fin turning off the fan.
Me: Hey, what are you doing?
Fin: I'm offing!

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Not Invited

Me: Fin, where are you going?
Fin: J Centre (mall).
Me: Can I go with you?
Fin: No.
Me: Why?
Fin: Di pwede tambok.

Ouch Fin. Hahahaha :))

Spotted Somewhere South

Spotted somewhere south: Textmate kalimti, ayaw lang ang safety.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Hungry

Yuan: I'm hungry. I want to eat hotdog, ketchup, and rice. Please call Kaki.
Mommy Cy: Yes, boss.

Conversations with a Korean: Frog

Driving one rainy night on a road busy with crossing frogs and a Korean riding shotgun: Kaegurakjikaegurakjifrog! Uuuu~! (Splat) That's how I learned the Korean word for frog.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Movie

Fin: The Pickle Me.
Me: What's that, Fin?
Fin: Movie.

Despicable Me diay iyang pasabot. Hahaha :))

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Swimsuits

Me: Nice swimsuit Fin. (Referring to the swimsuit Fin is wearing)
Fin: You want this swimsuit?
Me: It's too small for me.
Fin: No, buy big one.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Where?

Me: Fin, where's mommy?
Fin: Meeting.
Me: Where's daddy?
Fin: Working.
Me: How about Phoenix?
Fin: Alone here.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: iPad

Last night Yuan broke the screen of his mommy's iPad.
Mommy Cy: What happened to my iPad?
Yuan: No talk about it na Mommy Cy.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Newspaper Headline

Fin waving today's newspaper (headline is "Nurse Dies in Blaze") in my face: Don't play with fire ha! Don't play with fire ha! Patay! (Dead!)

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Grrrr

Mommy Cy was riding Yuan's bike and Yuan got so angry at Mommy Cy.
He pointed at Fin's dog and said "Dog, eat Mommy Cy!"

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: Poor Dog

Yuan heard their neighbor's dog crying.
Yuan: Mommy, the dog is crying. No more food. So hungry ang dog. Luoy dog, mommy.
Mommy Cy: You want to give food to the dog tomorrow?
Yuan: Yes, give chicken and pork.

Conversations with a Three-Year-Old: No, No

First thing Fin told me today: Do not lakaw ha. (Do not go out.) It's raining.