Conversations with ate Maisie

If only I recorded all our conversations. Below are the most recent, we just have it over the weekend. These few ones made an impact to me already considering that it comes from a 4-year old child.

This is the 3rd time she mentioned about having a boy.

Ate: (all of a sudden, I have no inclination she's gonna tell me this) Mama we have to PURCHASE 3 boys.
Mama: (shock) what ate?
Ate: I said we have to purchase 3 boys.
Mama: Why 3 boys ate?
Ate: because mama we are 3 girls, Jaden, you and I, and papa is the only one so there should also be 3 boys.
Mama: ate we don't purchase boys.
And she left me to go to her papa.

Ate is fascinated by bus. If she sees a bus, she always ask when will she ever be able to ride a bus.
Ate: Mama if we are going to ride a bus it will be by twos. I will sit beside you and Jaden will sit beside papa.
Mama: why do we have to sit by twos ate? can't we just sit together, the four of us?
Ate: because mama, the seat in the bus can only accommodate two persons.
I was not aware though that she was able to see through the glass window of the bus, and was able to notice the seats in the bus, whew!!


After we bought her pink ballet shoes, we went outside the department store of Victoria Plaza where items are on bargain. Ate began to fit on shoes of her style. After an nth time of fitting a pair of shoe and removing her socks and putting the socks back after each fit,
Ate: Mama I want to buy this shoe
Mama: (the shoe is worth P150) ate we already bought you a ballet shoes, one at a time ate. we will buy this shoes next time.
Ate: okay
Mama: Ate can we just forgo wearing your socks? I'm sure you will try another shoes.
Ate: Mama even if I try, we will not buy it anyway so might as well I put my socks on.
I was amazed by her response. That signals the end of her shoe fitting.

As mentioned in my previous blogs, this maybe the product of how we treat and converse with ate Maisie. I pray that she will use her wit to deliver positive results, and strive to learn more. Continue learning ate, don't stop.