Has anyone seen this show on television? I think I must have been in junior college, when this show was being aired on television. Bill Cosby would interview little kids aged between 3 and 10 years. The kids would say the funniest things, and Bill Cosby would give his signature expressions, that made the show really popular. I remember being amused by the kids' answers to different questions. Little did I know, that one day my kid would be answering things in a very similar manner.
That kids generally imitate the elders in the house, is very well known. Saee, however, has caught on her grandmother's way of speaking so well, that sometimes it is hard, even in the middle of a scolding, to not smile when she says something that mirrors my mother-in-law's way of speaking.
For instance, yesterday for being a well-behaved girl, we allowed her an hour of painting with water colors. She loves painting, but we usually only give her crayons or color pencils. Water color is for special occasions when she is well-behaved. She was painting the picture of a crocodile. My husband stood behind her and said, "Oh wow! You have colored the crocodile, green!" "Good, now you know that crocodiles are green colored!" exclaimed Saee. :-)
This morning, Shrikant went to drop Saee to her school. On the way she met a friend. This friend asked her, "Who's this person?" referring to Shrikant. Saee told her that he's her daddy. "Itne se daddy hote hain kya kabhi?" Äre fathers ever this young? Shrikant could only listen dumbstruck.
Where do kids learn to speak like that? I guess they are more attentive to the way we speak and act than we think they are. Do not be fooled by their apparent nonchalance. They are quite aware about all the goings on in the household.
Which makes me want to think not twice, but ten times before I say something in front of her. Otherwise she maay land us in an embarrassing situation. Like once before Sayalee was born, before even she was conceived, we were in the elevator of our apartment complex. An acquaintance walked in, and as was his usual habit, asked Saee where she was going. "We are going to the hospital to get a baby," she said matter-of-factly. :-O
Kids, do indeed say the darned-est things!
Case in point, watch this video: How mothers deliver babies from a little girl's viewpoint
That kids generally imitate the elders in the house, is very well known. Saee, however, has caught on her grandmother's way of speaking so well, that sometimes it is hard, even in the middle of a scolding, to not smile when she says something that mirrors my mother-in-law's way of speaking.
For instance, yesterday for being a well-behaved girl, we allowed her an hour of painting with water colors. She loves painting, but we usually only give her crayons or color pencils. Water color is for special occasions when she is well-behaved. She was painting the picture of a crocodile. My husband stood behind her and said, "Oh wow! You have colored the crocodile, green!" "Good, now you know that crocodiles are green colored!" exclaimed Saee. :-)
This morning, Shrikant went to drop Saee to her school. On the way she met a friend. This friend asked her, "Who's this person?" referring to Shrikant. Saee told her that he's her daddy. "Itne se daddy hote hain kya kabhi?" Äre fathers ever this young? Shrikant could only listen dumbstruck.
Where do kids learn to speak like that? I guess they are more attentive to the way we speak and act than we think they are. Do not be fooled by their apparent nonchalance. They are quite aware about all the goings on in the household.
Which makes me want to think not twice, but ten times before I say something in front of her. Otherwise she maay land us in an embarrassing situation. Like once before Sayalee was born, before even she was conceived, we were in the elevator of our apartment complex. An acquaintance walked in, and as was his usual habit, asked Saee where she was going. "We are going to the hospital to get a baby," she said matter-of-factly. :-O
Kids, do indeed say the darned-est things!
Case in point, watch this video: How mothers deliver babies from a little girl's viewpoint
Hahahahah, you can sit and collect these anecdotes now, and once they grow up, you can share it with them, they will love it! I have had close contact with my elder sister' two kids when they were tots! Now when I regale them with their baby talk, they keep asking me to repeat the stories, as we all sit back and laugh about it! I will update my blog today with it, make sure you get pakaoed reading it! I have one grouse with your blog, the name! If I was Saee, I would have asked you, why only Sayeelee :))
ReplyDeleteJayanti is that you?? I racked my brain all night long thinking who is Jay Pathare... LOL!!! Thanks, I plan to compile all my posts soon. And this blog will continue for as long as I live, as I will always have something new to add to it I guess. I plan to show the kids when they have their own little kids :-)
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