On our way to church this morning, we had the following conversation with Calvin:
Calvin: Papa, you are grown up. You are old!
Robin: (driving) Yup, I am old.
Calvin: I am still little. How come I am not grown up?
Me: You are growing up, Calvin. You are turning 5 remember?
Calvin: Yes, I am growing up. When I am grown up, I will be 10!
What interesting concept of age he has. To my little boy, the number 10 seems to be a very large number so much so that if he reaches 10 yrs old, he is all grown up! Oh dear …. if he knew my age, then I must be ancient! 🙂
At the dining table this evening, we had this conversation with Calvin:
Calvin: Papa, you are a man.
Robin: Yes, I am a man.
Calvin: Mama, you are a woman.
Me: Yup. What about you?
Calvin: I am a boy, but when I grow up, I will be a man like papa!
Me: Yes. What about Athan?
Calvin: Didi (Athan) is a boy. He will be a man too, when he grow up.
Athan: I (pointing to himself) a man!
Calvin: There will be 3 men and a woman in my house. (pointing at each one of us and started to count) One, two, three, four. I have 4 families!
Me: (quick to correct) You mean 4 people in your family, right?
Calvin: Ya. Can I have my fruit now?
What fun to talk to a 5-yr-old! He seems to know the difference between boy and man, and between girl and woman. That’s a progress.
Calvin tends to be chatty when he is happy. I really enjoy listening to him because he often makes me laugh with his silly ways of using words as well as his childish way of talking. I enjoy him being himself at his age. He likes to make up his own little song too, with words that he knows. I wish he won’t grow up too fast!