Allison 之腳踏車的渴望

我們到Toys R Us 選腳踏車，順便玩三輪車

自從上次Aaron把腳踏車拿來我們家玩之後，Allison就念念不忘，吵著要腳踏車，
 還說一定要公主腳踏車，
小孩真的蠻奇怪的，你根本不知道她去哪裡看到過什麼公主腳踏車，總之，她就是知道她想要什麼，然後一天到晚找到機會，就要你買給她...

一天，我從公司拿回一個台灣寄來的包裹，裡頭是台灣的奶奶寄來的巧虎DVD還有貼紙，
所以我回到家之後，就很高興地說，Allison，有你的禮物耶，
正在興致高高玩黏土的Allison扔下手上的黏土，馬上衝到門口，說：爸爸，是腳踏車嗎？
昏倒，真的有那麼愛嗎？

我說，不是啦，是你喜歡的巧虎啦，她居然說，喔，然後頭也不回地又回去玩她的黏土.....

晚上，她終於有興趣來看看到底盒子裡頭是什麼東西了，她把整盒的巧虎DVD拿出來
一片一片地仔細看著，我還很好心地說，你趕快找一片，爸爸現在讓你看一次，
她說：可是我都找不到好看的耶
阿？你還知道什麼好看，什麼不好看喔，這個小鬼真的是...
 突然，她大叫一聲，爸爸，我找到了，這個很好看喔，我要看這個！
她很堅定地說，這一片一定好看，她一定要看，
好吧，我心想，反正一定是隨便挑一片...
結果拿來一看，天阿，原來她之所以一定要看這一片，是因為這一片的封面的巧虎DVD
有一隻兔子騎著腳踏車！

看來這個週末我們一定得買給她才行了。

Is it 9:00 pm yet ?

I don't know why Allison loves the bottle so much, and of course, milk is her favorite drink. Everyday when she came home from Nanny's house, the first thing she asked for is : I want milk! In the bottle! Please ? (Rarely she will say : please, but you could tell the begging from her face)

Well, as a parent, I thought, you just come back from "work" after a long day,
you might be thirty or a little bit hungry, having a bottle of milk is really not a big deal. Plus, I always add some water in it to make it 40-60 ratio.

However, I can't recall when she started this, even right after dinner, she wants some milk as well. Hey, little girl, that's kind of too much. I remembered you just finished a bowl of rice, some soup, and half of my juice. Now you want some milk, again ?

Usually, if I said, NO. She will start to raise her voice, "I want milk, I want milk" then start to cry or scream, sometimes rolling on the floor (don't know where does that come from, somebody's gene I guess.)

It is a mission impossible to reason a 2-year-old like, you will get fat if eat too much, or you will increase your cholesterol or blood sugar if you don't control your diet ..etc... you have to admit, even an adult won't listen to this kind of crap.

So, I used some delay strategy by telling her, okay, you can drink your milk, when
it is 9:00 o'clock. She is a little confused? "okay, Daddy said I can drink, but what's 9:00 o'clock ?? " then she said, "oh, it's 9:00 now, I want my milk!"
"hey, smart girl, not yet, it is only 8:20pm" I said.
"no, it's 9:00 now, I want my milk, I want my milk" she replies.
"Let me tell you what does 9:00 o'clock mean, it's when the long leg of the clock goes from 4, to 12, then you could have your milk."

She seems to understand what I am saying...and the next thing she does is:
she pulls a chair in front of the clock, stand on the chair and stare at the clock motionless for 40 minutes !!


Daddy, is it 9:00 o'clock yet ??

Well, what can I say, I guess she deserved her milk this time. Standing for 40 minutes did burn some calories ..