Three year-olds!

Stick

Mama: Binasag mo raw iyung isang ilaw sa room malapit sa church.

Khane: Hindi, mama. Hindi ako, iyung stick binasag niya iyung ilaw.

Mama: (after recovering from my shock). Eh anak, sino ba ang nakahawak nung stick.

Khane: Ako, mama.

Prayer meeting

Mama: Tara, punta tayo sa Muñoz attend tayo ng prayer meeting.

Khane: Ayoko pumunta sa prayer meeting, mama.

Mama: Iiwan na lang ngarud kita dito kay Ninang Weng mo.

Khane: Opo

Mama: Eh di kawawa naman si Mama, one lang niyang punta sa Muñoz.

Khane: Eh, kasama mo naman si Jesus eh.

Castle

Khane: (excited, pointing to an Iglesia ni Kristo church) Mama, castle o castle.

Mama: Hindi castle iyun anak, church iyon.

Khane: Hindi, mama castle iyun, tingnan mo o, iyun tsaka iyun (pointing to the two pointed structures).

Hindi kawawa

(Daddy and Khane speaking about food on the table.)
Daddy: Hindi tayo kawawa kahit wala tayo ulam kasi kasama natin si Jesus.

Khane: Ay, kasi magiging ulam si Jesus?

”Umiihi iyung buhok”

Khane: (while pointing at my dripping wet hair) Mama, umiihi iyung buhok mo o (laughing).

Gusto bahay ni lola, ayaw kay lola

Ptr Joel: Saan ang mas gusto mong tinitirhan, sa PhilRice o sa bahay ni lola mo.

Khane: Sa bahay ni lola kasi maraming pinto. Iyung sa PhilRice, ang gulo gulo kasi.

(Ptr. Joel relates to mama what Khane said. Khane overheard Ptr. Joel talking about it.)

Khane: Hindi, gusto ko lang iyung bahay ni lola, ayoko kay lola.

Bida

(While we were waiting for the Cabanatuan van to be full, he kept looking at the long-haired tall man standing in one side of the terminal who was smoking)

Khane: Mama iyan ang ‘guy’ o ‘guy’ (smiling). (I just laughed, pushing and wiggling my head on his tummy saying “Ikaw talaga, kung anu-ano nalalaman mo.”)

(After some 30 minutes or so, same setting, looking again and referring to the same ‘guy’.)

Khane: Mama, mama, iyun iyung ‘bida’ o. Bida. (laughing)