Zayn's Words

Dada - Dolphin

DoDo - Shark

Kaka - Orca

Meow - Cat

Moo - Cow

Kaykey - sticker

American flag is better than Texas flag

Ayden: Baba, American flag is better than Texas flag.

Me: How come?

Ayden: Because it has more stars!

My heart is growing bigger

Driving to Ayden’s first Monster Jam show earlier this, as AT&T stadium got in our view, he is getting excited. His heart was probably beating faster and he could probably feel it. He said the cutest thing ever, “Baba, my heart is growing bigger.”

Nightmares of 4 years old

1. We are in our house on second floor. There is a giant lobster outside.
2. There is Amazon delivery truck. There is a package. There is a car. The delivery truck is crushing the car and possibly package.

Be the people that Evan's be

Last year, Ayden got into Minecraft thanks to Evan Storm’s channel.

So we bought Minecraft on PS4 and started to play. I preferred to play in 1st person perspective but Ayden preferred 3rd person. But he didn’t know how to ask me change the perspective. So he would say, “Be the people that Evan’s be.”

Can you bring toys back home?

Tonight, I was reading Puss in the Boots bedtime story to Ayden. Story begins with Old Miller dying.

Ayden asked me if people die in real life. I am not ready for this conversation but I also didn’t want to lie. I said yes and hoped we can move on quickly.

Ayden’s eyes turned teary. In crying voice, he asked, “Why?”

“It just the way it is.” I said.

I watched him as he processed this new information about life. He has seen dead worms, read stories with death in it, but never connected that with people.

Can you bring toys back home?

Tonight, I was reading Puss in the Boots bedtime story to Ayden. Story begins with Old Miller dying.

Ayden asked me if people die in real life. I am not ready for this conversation but I also didn’t want to lie. I said yes and hoped we can move on quickly.

Ayden’s eyes turned teary. In crying voice, he asked, “Why?”

“It just the way it is.” I said.

I watched him as he processed this new information about life. He has seen dead worms, read stories with death in it, but never connected that with people.

Wheels and Engine Sound

Last year, we took Ayden to monster truck show. We didn’t know how loud these trucks can be. So we bought ear protection headphones for him. He was still feeling a little scared.

Later he came up with idea that sound of engine comes from the tires. He would keep telling me that monster trucks tires are loud or they made it louder after he put on his headphone.

think hard

Other day while putting Ayden to sleep, he looked like as if he was intensely thinking. I asked him, “Are you thinking something?”

“Yes” he replied.

“What are you thinking?” I asked

“I don’t know what car to play with in the morning, baba!”

New Career Direction

Today Ayden said, “Jack (his friend) wants to be firetruck driver and I will be ambulance driver. Jack will put out fires. I will take people to hospital. It will be so much fun.”

What do you want to be when you grow up

Yesterday, after I picked up Ayden from his daycare, he said, he didn’t know what he wants to be. I guess they asked him this question in his class. I told him he has plenty of time to figure it out. There is no rush.

Then later at night he said, “Baba, I know what I want to be. I want to be a Tow Truck Driver.” He said it would be so much fun to tow cars.