Wednesday, January 31, 2007

心惠如兰

这是半年前的事了,有一天阴差阳错,我穿了两只拖鞋上班,一只黄来一只黑。当我在楼道里拖着这似乎还一高一低的鞋子走来走去时,尽量做到不在意,一本正经的样子。那天时间当然是过得很慢,到下午时,有点抗不住了。
给家里打电话,是函函接的,
“函函,知道吗,今天我穿了两只不一样的鞋子”
“哦,是吗,你等一下,我去看看”
一会电话那端传来轻轻的笑声:“我看了门外面的鞋子,是只剩下一只黄的一只黑的。”
“是呀,今早上不知怎么搞的”
“你是不是 feel embarrassed ?”
“有那么一点”
“妈妈,有一次还是在 kindergarten 的时候,一天早上我找不到两只一样的袜子,就穿了一只粉的一只蓝的上学去了,进门时,Mrs Dolen 说, Hannah, you are wearing 2 different socks 。”
“那你说什么了呢?”
“我就笑了笑,没说什么。”

挂下电话后,心情很是舒畅。

操心的函函

函函应该说是被吓大的,所以——

当爸爸在家多歇了一两天,函函就会在早餐桌上,瞥一眼还优哉游哉的Daddy, 低眉搭眼的拨弄着盘子里的食物,对着盘子严肃地问:" Daddy,你什么时候上班哪?”“函函我在家陪你玩,多好啊”“……你还是去上班吧。”

(摘自Daddy 1/4/2005 日记:)
玩七巧板,Daddy 拼出来了,函函没有,睡觉前问妈妈:
“Mommy, 如果你有一个笨小孩怎么办哪?”
“我没有笨小孩呀”
“我说是如果”
“那也得爱她呀。你是不是觉得自己笨呀?”
“我是有一点想 give up ……”
Mommy 不免又好生安慰了一番。

诸如此类的鸡毛蒜皮还是蛮多的,现在函函又大了一些,居然把她妈给感动了两回,事情是这样子的:每当 girl scout 有活动须爸妈参与,就会有一人退出,现在我只有6个女孩子了,不免有点受打击,一天跟函函提到有人退出的事,
“那我们还有几个呢?”
“6个,按规定要有 5 个才能组成一个 troop。"
“那就让我们 stick together,再也不要 drop out 了,我明天跟她们说说”握着两拳头,函函居然显得挺高兴的样子,
“girl scout cookie 也就两人order了。”
“噢……”函函有点忧心了,
“不过也没多大关系,另外三个女孩子是一年级的,可能她们太小了,家长不想要她们去卖 cookie 吧”
第二天放学回家,
“妈妈,今天我在 recess ,跟 Bharti 说了girl scout 的事情,她也担心呢,她说她订了 7 boxes,可能她妈妈还没跟你发email."
“那我在发 email 再问问”

在函函灰头灰脸,士气低下的时候,我常常教育她 be positive. 看来还是蛮有成效的,不禁得意一下,然后再惭愧一下。
函函,如果最后只剩下我们俩了, 你还是可以做 individual girl scout,我还是做你的 leader,咱们就组成一个世界上最小的一个 troop, 又何妨。

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

当现实照进梦想

国内有一部片子叫“当梦想照进现实”,没看过,这一阵子本镜倒有现实照进梦想的体会,还不浅。
有些人你不喜欢,TA也不爱戴你,这并不是说这种人对你就没有用,相反,搞不好他们倒成了你一生可遇不可求的良师,也正是他们,把现实明晃晃的照进了你的梦想,这下睡醒了吧。
你想啊,你周遭的亲朋好友,顺着你,依着你,磨合好了再来搭理你,于是你就以为自己完美了,至少也是人之上了,井底之蛙地认为天下同理可求了,嘿。
看到网上有人宣称:本小姐/少爷还就这脾气,还就不改。
镜子蹲在一旁张大着眼睛的羡慕啊,羡慕年轻的好处啊,N年来镜子也是这般相忘于江湖的啊。
当有一天,天将大任与你,派这么一小干人在你的乌托邦里安乐营扎了寨,你却一如往故没心没肺的招待了他们,其结果你得到的当然是更多的没心没肺。受伤了不是,来块创可贴吧。
那么我们因此要改变自己吗,本镜还没老到那份上,也没年轻/愤青到要与之开坛讲理,要评一个是是非非。数次的惨败之后,发现了十年树木,百年树人的至理,改变一个人的想法,哪怕只是对一种工具的使用方法,何其难哪,还是寄望于下一代,让大浪来淘这沙吧,你我没有那金刚钻那。
镜子的教训是什么呢,现实与你的国度之间是有一条三八线的,记好了,跨出去时,以金子般的沉默保全你的 decent face。

Sunday, January 28, 2007

赚钱,有时候就这么简单

昨儿中午,爹妈要出门一趟,不想拖俩瓶子殿后,妈妈遂与函函商榷,
“函函,中午你哄妹妹睡觉,我给你1 dollar"
函函似乎不为所动,
“1dollar, 你可以买一杯 hot chocolate 呢”
美食计下,函函拉着妹妹上楼了,本镜高兴得刚打了个喷嚏的功夫,函函又立在跟前了,
“妹妹呢?”
“睡着了”
“噢,你做了什么啦?”
“我跟妹妹说,妹妹,睡觉, 妹妹就躺下了,我把她手里的玩具拿下来,给她盖了被子”
“脱衣了吗?”
“我给她脱鞋子了,只盖了一个很薄的毯子”看来是没给妹妹脱衣服,
“函函,才半分钟呢,你就赚了一块钱,一小时就是120块,一天差不多1000了,一年25万,比爸爸都赚得多”
一阵轰炸,函函也就不谦虚的笑了,拍拍小妮子的肩膀,妈妈于是说了下面一段经典台词:
函函,看见了吧,赚钱,有时候就这么简单。

Saturday, January 27, 2007

好了——天籁(3)

妹妹的完成时是“好了”。For example:
“妹妹吃好了!"(妹妹吃完了)
“妹妹睡好了!”
……昨天下午接妹妹的时候,妈妈解释为什么早晨是爸爸送妹妹上学:“妈妈生病了”
妹妹看看妈妈,“妈妈生好了”
……今天驱车经过Sports Club的时候,妹妹很懂事的说:“今天不游泳,(游泳池)锁门了”
妈妈点头称赞:“妹妹真懂事!”
“等锁好了,再游泳!”

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

春天里的小鹿

放学了,两小下了车就奔各自的 bicycle/tricycle , 街道分外干净,大约是因了这场大雪的冲刷:雪早化得已无踪可循,也带走了地面上的浮尘。
邻家的小男孩Ciam 也踩着 scooter 四处转悠,于是,三个孩子坡上坡下,冲来冲去,大呼小叫。
后来 Ciam 回家了,姐姐妹妹依然不尽兴,又飚到小区的 playground ,久违的滑梯一尘未染,姐妹俩一前一后抱在一起,从梯上滑下,四脚一挨地,就飞奔各自的捷径爬上滑梯,抢先坐上前面的位置。
爬上滑梯有三条道,最近的是一根直直的滑不溜秋的铁杆,其次是一根根铁棍搭成的梯子,最远的一条,就是一级一级的台阶了,姐姐当然是条条大路通罗马,妹妹在铁梯子上滑了一下差点掉下来之后,就专跑台阶了。
妹妹自是落后一大截,偏生人小志气不小,很努力的跟姐姐抢先,姐姐呢,游刃有余地等妹妹跑近了,再大脚往前一跨,妹妹又得扑哧扑哧好一阵子。
若干次的失败之后,——
姐姐妹妹第N次一前一后坐在滑梯上准备滑下,妹妹忽然转身跑了,径直跑到台阶处,还一直下到台阶的第一级(很敬业的呢),然后乐不可支的再重新爬上台阶向滑梯冲去,姐姐滑下来时,也明白了怎么回事,于是大马金刀地直接从滑梯里往上爬,——
窄窄的滑梯里交通从此混乱起来,记忆似乎也突然伸展开来,瓶子们玩起了各式花样滑梯,前扑式,落雁式,翻滚式。。。
妈妈一旁喜滋滋的盘算着,这下晚饭可多塞下一碗了。
等到跟 playground 拜拜时,天边的云彩才还很亮丽,池塘里也多了几只鸭子。

妈妈的尴尬

几天前的事了,所以不记得具体在做什么,妹妹试了试,不成功,转身要“妈妈帮你”,妈妈也不中,
“妹妹,等你长大了就会了”妈妈于是想撤,
“妹妹长大了就会了”妹妹露出很懂事的表情,
“是这样子的”妈妈很满意,
“妈妈长大了,(还是)不会”妹妹扬起小脸很认真的又补充了一句,
——这个嘛,妈妈赶紧撒腿先。

Sunday, January 21, 2007

My Suspects of How the Planets Were Named

Mercury: Mercury, or Hermes was a Roman god who had wings on his hat and ankles. He was the messenger for the other gods and traveled very fast. Compared to other planets, Mercury goes around the sun relatively fast; only in 88 days!

Earth: Someone named Earth for it's land, which he thought covered our planet the most. But maybe there's a mistake; there's actually more water than land.

Mars: Mars named after the Roman god of war, simply because it looked blood red from our view (it really isn't).

Jupiter: Jupiter (or Zeus) was the king of all the gods. And the planet Jupiter is the largest of the four biggest planets in the solar system, which includes Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Neptune: Neptune was the god of the deep blue seas. Therefore, the planet he was named after was just as blue as the ocean

Pluto: Pluto, or Hades, was the god of the Underground. Being our tiniest planet, Pluto was the last planet discovered in the known solar system, and also the furthest away from the sun.

I haven't included Venus, Saturn, and Uranus yet.

-by Hannah

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Dream #1

Several years ago, I dreamed that my whole school was coming to my backyard to have an ENORMOUS barbecue. My parents told us to line up and get our food. I wonder how we managed to make a line straight as a ruler across the smallest section of my backyard. I was right smack in the middle of the line, with a girl in front of me and a girl behind me. And I was wearing pajamas!!! But nobody noticed it until the girl behind me did. Before you could blink your eye, I was gone and then back with new clothes. It looked like I had only needed to do one single simple movement and, poof! I had more appropriate clothes on. The line never EVER moved a single millimeter, until I just simply woke up! I was glad it wasn't real.

-by Hannah

Friday, January 19, 2007

Father Daughter Dance

头戴三角帽,帽沿上还插着白羽毛,披着猩红的斗篷,脚蹬齐膝长靴,腰间挂着佩剑,珠宝,Daddy 们一个个神气活现,牵着他的妖妖冶冶娇小玲珑的宝贝,往那儿一站,就是一幅令人心旷神怡的画面。平时越是不显身材的Daddy们这时倒越是显得威风凛凛,神气的紧。 好像不少Daddy比女儿更爱打扮。



这是一次 girl scouts 的大型活动,要求舞着打扮成海盗。小妖精们在这种粗犷的扮相下,倒显得格外弱不禁风,惹人生怜。
镜子一旁也兴趣盎然的看着,发现做D.J.实在是一门不错的工作,如果业余做就更两全其美了。。。想想看,一百多个唧唧喳喳活蹦乱跳只知道兴奋的小姑娘,若不是D.J.调配有方,那真成了一锅糊糊的粥。2个小时一会就热热闹闹丰丰富富地打发过去了。

函函满心希望这样的时光能 last for ever, 至少也要一天来一次——毕竟,这是她生平第一次舞会啊。

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

妹妹和Frosty

还是圣诞那会儿,妹妹每天必看三回 Frosty the Snowman. 到后来跟着 Frosty 一起说简单的台词,跟着一起唱:
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul,
With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal,
...
节日过后就是上学了,连着三天,妹妹天天背回家来一个snowman 的帖图。
再后来,又下雪了,是今年冬天的第三场大雪,11月,12月,1月,跟赶趟似的。这一次,小孩子们又多得了一整星期的假。
一天,我对姐姐妹妹们说,“我们去堆一个 snowman吧!" 妹妹立刻两眼放光,从小小心灵流淌出来的幸福,显现在小脸上,竟有些羞涩。
拿上一根胡萝卜,2粒煤球,一把红豆,三人便在家门前忙乎上了,我滚着雪球,妹妹拿着小铁楸铲雪。
“Mommy” 一铲子的雪送到我面前。
“妹妹好能干!”妈妈把雪扒拉到雪球上,拍实了。
三个雪球还是很花了些时间才做成,妹妹一直不紧不慢的在一旁帮忙,姐姐就像钓鱼的小猫,一会团个雪球砸自家的车库门,一会又跑去摘灌木丛里的红果子。
最后三个雪球依次码好了,安上了眼睛鼻子嘴巴手和扣子。
“怎么不说话呀?”妹妹秀气的问道。
“可能要给他带上一个帽子, a magician hat"
"妹妹有”我可不觉得她有,跟她回家找了顶Daddy的。
雪人还是不开口说话。
“Happy Birthday" 妈妈只好一旁帮腔。
妹妹看看我,又看看雪人,一点点惊奇,又一点点兴奋。
于是我们在姐姐带领下唱起了:
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul,
With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal,
。。。

Monday, January 15, 2007

隔壁的那位看过来

镜子又找着了几本不错的教画画的书:
1-2-3 Draw Pets and Animals
1-2-3 Draw Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals
Drawing with Circles
Drawing with Fingerprints
Drawing with Hands

some good crafts and games book with clear instructions from http://www.klutz.com/. We have collected more than a dozen! like: Cat's Cradle, Body Crayons , The Best Card Games in the Galaxy, Hemp Bracelets ,Braids and Bows, Hair Wraps ...

明年星星入学了,或许有用的:
free sunshine math:
http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/mtnview/Sunshine%20Math/Sunshine%20Math.htm

online math and reading programs to school kids, some are free:
http://www.beestar.org/index.jsp

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Out

Today, when we visited another neighborhood nearby, we saw 2 cats outside. One of them was very funny and friendly. The other was shy. I think they are siblings (maybe they are also the same sex) because it was hard to tell them apart. But both followed us until we came to the car. And then, my parents began to think about letting our cats out, beginning in our own backyard. So we did. Mo had already been out yesterday, but he was still scared. Lila was terrified, and when we let the cats back in, she hid under the couch for a long time. When they were still tiny, little kittens, they'd try to get outside whenever they could. They still look out the window, but when we make them go out, they would meow to go back in and did not have interest in the toys. They only stayed right next to the door. I hope they'll get used to the outdoors soon

-by Hannah

一份合同

最近镜子想出一绝佳治家之策:周五,周六让函函和妹妹一起睡,姐姐负责哄妹妹入睡,25美分/晚。函函表现颇佳,给妹妹读书,陪妹妹玩,爹妈端坐在隔壁房间,侧耳倾听,轻言漫语,一派祥和,心里便生出无数蛋孵鸡,鸡下蛋的农民式的美好理想。
第二天,姐姐汇报,“昨晚我给妹妹唱 lullaby 了,唱完第一首,妹妹就打哈欠了,唱第二首,妹妹的眼睛就开始 droop 了,第三首妹妹就睡着了”妈妈高兴的鼓励了姐姐,追奖1 美分。
第三天,早餐桌上,
“函函,我们签一个合同吧,a contract"
“什么是 contract ?"
"哦,很简单的,比方说,我们签一份合同,规定到二月底前,你周末负责哄妹妹睡觉。如果在二月底之前,你不想干了,比方说还差三天,那么你就得交罚款,每晚50分。怎么样?”
小妮子眉头皱了皱,妈妈赶紧解释“其实你不会 quit 的,是吧?”
" I'm not signing. I'm not 18 years old yet. You can't charge me 1 cent" 姐姐头也不回地走了。
-- 奇了怪乐,连什么是 contract 都不懂,怎么就知道18岁blah blah 的事呢?

Friday, January 12, 2007

Cat's Cradle

I have a Cat's Cradle string. Sometimes I make Cat's Cradle and have a game with mom. But sometimes, I have different ideas. On one particular day, I told my cousin, Sharon, to make Cat's Cradle. When she was done, I chased Mo all the way to the family room. Then, when I had him cornered, I picked him up, that fat body of his. I carried him to Sharon and dropped him into her Cat's Cradle. The cradle was as tiny as a thumbtack compared to Mo. You can imagine his surprise when he was being rocked like a baby in his mother's arms! Immediately, he struggled, broke free, and ran off. I shall suspect Mo hated being treated like that.

-by Hannah

I Believe I Can Fly

When 庄子, the ancient Chinese philosopher, woke up from his butterfly dream, he couldn't tell if he was either a man dreaming he was a butterfly, or if he was a butterfly dreaming he was a man. And then, I remembered a very similar dream from my first grade classmate, Blake:
"One night, I dreamed I could fly by just jumping off my couch. The next morning, when I got up, I didn't know it was just a dream. Instead, I went to my couch, crawled up, jumped high into the air....THUMP! I fell on my head."

-by Hannah

Thursday, January 11, 2007

The Snowflake

The snowflake
Such a gentle, graceful beauty
With six points and never alike
I do love thee

Always appearing on snowy days
And as if the moon lady was shedding
Her cloak feathers
I'd rather sit and enjoy the stillness
Than have fun and go sledding

-by Hannah

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

三块小点心

急急忙忙把妹妹塞进车里,鞋子都没穿,为着赶函函礼拜一晚间的钢琴课。 时间一紧,忙中就要出错,最后七绕八绕走了一条最绕的路,打了2个U-turn, 迟到了近10分钟,妹妹在车上已拉着小鼾了。
总算尘埃落定,钢琴课要上45分钟,我便和妹妹去了离上课的地方几步外的图书馆,路上妹妹有点不放心:
“明天再来接姐姐”
“噢,不用等那么久,看,现在天已经黑了,等天再亮起来才是明天呢。我们等一会儿就去接姐姐”
。。。
从图书馆出来有一段砖头铺的路,我便牵着妹妹的手让她自己走,妹妹只穿了双袜子。
“接姐姐, 姐姐练琴呢”
“对的,姐姐在学琴,妹妹你长大了也要学琴吗?”
“yeah"
“学琴很辛苦哦”
“妹妹勇敢”也不知是说话间正转弯进了一黑胡同,妹妹鼓励自己呢,还是在seriouly回答妈妈的话。
哎,有谁能读懂小朋友的心思呢?
。。。
回到家,空荡荡的,大车子也不见了,再一检查,发现做的饭被吃掉了,菜却动得很少。俺正纳闷,车库门轰隆隆的响起来,函函嚷嚷道:Daddy 回来了!
“去那里啦?”
“我去会你们啦”伊手中举着一小盒子笑嘻嘻地走下车
“钢琴课临时提前了半小时”
“我说呢,到那儿一看,人都已经关门了”
Daddy 进屋来,把手里的小盒子放在餐桌上,里面装着三块绿色小点心,上面洒着金粉银粉,是印度本土产的,看样子搁上十天八天也不会化掉。

Monday, January 8, 2007

反思——尊重

很早以前看过一部Harrison Ford 的电影--"Witness", 对其中那个 Amish 小男孩印象深刻,他不过7,8岁光景,普普通通,他的家人、邻里对待他是非常的尊重信任,环顾四周,可以说俺还真没见过有哪一位父母能做得如此彻底,完美。我想这种传统和精神,部分源于Amish人的宗教信仰,与世无争的生活方式,但并不意味着我们——生活在浊世中的我们,就不能一同这样对待我们的孩子,或者无限逼近,按俺芳邻的说法:没啥挡着你这么做。
。。。除了我们自己。

My Sweet Girl

周末 Daddy 带妹妹参加她生平的第一个 birthday party, 我便全副精力应付函函。
先给函函梳了根非常细小的辫子从发际一直垂到耳边,再用三根彩线把辫子wrap起来,给平直朴素的黑发增添了一抹亮色,几许魅力。
“函函,你班上有女孩子这么梳头吗?”
“没有,明天她们会 be jealous 的”小妮子两眼放光。
从 klutz.com 买了两本给女孩子打扮头发的书,我和函函都很喜欢,决定以后尝试所有的发式。函函经常是披头散发的上学去,现在她大了,该给她长大的感觉。
然后我们去了附近一家 Barnes & Nobel,书店里人还真多,过了一会,这个自称是“always hungry alligator" 说饿了,环顾店里,有一咖啡座似乎不错,给函函点了一块 chocolate cheese cake 和一杯 hot chocolate,函函很受用的边看书边又吃又喝,我买了本"Roasting -- a simple art " (by Barbara Kafka) .
从书店出来,我俩又手牵着手,拎着买菜的布兜,奔向附近的 TJ 买了些蔬菜,就回家了。

Sunday, January 7, 2007

回家

2/10 6:02 am 起飞
2/11 3:35 pm 抵京 (United 889)
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2/24 1:40 pm 离京 (United 888)

欢迎来函来电垂询。

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Silly Belly Button Language

RRIIINNGG!!! The recess bell has rung and all of the kids ran (screaming, sometimes) to the line-up area and waited for their teacher to take them back to class. One day, I stood in line waiting. A boy named Luke stood right in front of me. He turned around suddenly, lifted up his shirt, and showed me his belly button. It was colored in red like a pair of lips! "Once, in First Grade, I colored my belly button the same color," he explained, while I stood there staring at it. "Just before I left Mrs.Smith, I showed her my belly button and squeezed it like this." Luke squeezed, then loosend, then squeezed his belly button. As he did this, he said in a low voice, "Bye-bye, Mrs.Smith." I laughed. When I finished laughing, Luke said that Mrs.Smith laughed until she fell. When I got home, I tried it myself and was the first person to laugh at it. Nice trick.

-by Hannah

Friday, January 5, 2007

口号式教育

车轱辘话来回转,春风化雨,小人儿慢慢就明白了乖乖听话的道理。

“好好说话”“慢慢说”——小人儿有脾气急的时候,话就更说不清了,哇哇乱叫;
“吃完饭再看电视"——以保证放假在家一整天最多就看三回电视,每次20-30分钟;
"Hush~, quiet"——预见小人脾气要上来了,试着挡一挡;
"不怕,妈妈就在隔壁房间”——早期分床睡的过渡期;
“好好睡,晚上不要哭了”——既没生病,白天又没受刺激,晚上哭醒俩次,须提防恶习蔓延。这招对俺家妹妹真是管用,当晚便一觉睡到天亮,醒来了也一人玩好半天;
。。。
总前提,妈妈语气要温和,语句要简洁明了,指导性强,据说小孩不知道该干什么的时候,他就会乱来,此时小人儿心情也颇为不好。
请与下面的“无招”融会贯通,一推一放,松弛有致,轻松养一个 happy baby.

无招

对小小孩,俺一般的原则是,大事化小,小事化了,能保证日常生活玩得转就行。

吃着吃着饭却跑到厅里玩儿去了,过去喂她俩口就是啦,一星期也就三俩回,no biggie;
睡觉前多玩了会儿,多画了俩张画,要求多读俩本书,致使睡觉晚了半小时,也就晚了呗——人的生物钟是有弹性的, no biggie;
耍赖躺倒在地嚎啕,俺只当摇滚听,看她一眼,只为让她知道妈妈已经收到啦,跨过去心平气和的走开三五分钟,再回来已是浪静风平,大家再一起把时间拨回到五分钟前;
。。。
总前提是,大人要有充沛的精力:吃好睡足常锻炼,俺觉得锻炼身体,一是健身,二是开阔胸襟,可以说于身于心大大的有好处。做妈的有了良好的精神状态,看问题就会不一样。希望有一个待人宽容的孩子,咱们也得多包容小孩子所拥有的特点,也是他们应得的权利。

俺缺乏 leadership

当了 girl scout troop leader 之后发现自己缺乏 leadership。
1。遇事优柔寡断
2。不喜欢做计划
3。不习惯训练别人
4。不习惯发号施令
5。开口之前须三思,俺做不到,虽说现在反应没年轻时那样快了,说话不再是脱口而出,但也好像不是深思熟虑的那种。

俺就喜欢一旁看着九、十个小孩玩闹,也跟他们一起疯一疯,不知这样是不是与童子军的教导有背。

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

无题

经过2个星期的假,俺与俩油瓶的关系更上一层楼,尤其是大的那个,油瓶子之间的关系也因着白天一起玩晚上一起睡而更亲密了。鉴于已经有人深刻反思过涅,俺就不再费这个神——看来是个普遍规律。俺只是又爬到人家铺子顶上再溜了那么一眼,觉得俺也不能在家常呆,否则,小蹄子们习以为常, human being 这个那个的什么通病就该显山露水了。。。嘿嘿

"Mom, do we have to love God more than you love your mother?"
"Well, you'll find your answer when you grow up"
"Bible says that you should love God more than anything. I think I love God too, but..."
"But you have no personal experience with Him yet" 也难怪,到目前为止,大大小小的事爹妈都给罩着呢。
"Do you have the answer?"
"Yeah~, I think so"
"Why don't you just tell me"
"Nah, I can't do that"
"Why not?"
"See, I can tell you this is a blue shirt, but I can't say, Hanhan, you should like it" --顺手把正在叠的衣服揪过来作证。
函函一头雾水(?)/若有所思(?)地走了。

妹妹在浴缸里把一个装洗衣服的筐当船划不想出来,妈妈说,妈妈和姐姐都要走啦。
“。。。都走了,都下去了,都不在了,就我一人,怕。”对俺家妹妹来说,这就叫出口成章了。
“怕什么呀?”
“#¥%……—*”要是能听懂的话,应该是很好玩的。不过我捉摸小人儿心思尚混沌,她自个也理不出个所以然来。

妹妹说 No 时,总是这么说——“No, thanks"