Kids Say the Darndest Things 4

(Looking out our window)
MIA: "Oh, my goodness! Look at all those pink clouds!"
MOMMY: (without even looking) "Oh, yeah."
MIA: "You know what it means? It means the clouds are sleepy!"


(During one of her pretend plays)
MIA: "Attention! This is your captain speaking. We will be landing in a few minutes."
MOMMY: "Huh?!" Where did you learn that?"
MIA: (continues, unfazed) "I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we're landing. The bad news is, it's a crash landing!"


(Putting to good use a new word she just learned)
MIA: "Mommy, look! They transformed Sunburst (a restaurant)into a shirt shop!"

MIA: "Mommy, when I grow up, is my face going to be transformed?"


(I am amazed by Mia's English grammar)
(Passing by the Mandaue Fire Station)
MIA: "Mommy, look! There's a fire truck!"
MOMMY: "Yes, babe, that's a fire station."
MIA: (big round eyes) "How could the firemen possibly be there?!"


(In one of her enlightened moments)
MIA: "Mommy, I know why people sneeze. There's an itchy thingy and it makes your body itchy, and that's what makes people sneeze! Then you drink medicine and the itchy thingy flies away! "


(Never dreamed this conversation would take place between a 9-year-old and a 4-year-old)
(Miguel and Mia are watching Clone Wars)
MOMMY: "Who's that, Miguel?"
MIGUEL: "That's Anakin's padawan learner."
MIA: "No, kuya! She's already a jedi!"
MIGUEL: "No, she's still a padawan, Mia."
MIA: "Oh?! But she's carrying a sword!"


(Miguel entertains me as well)
MIGUEL: "Mommy, when are we going back to B-B-A-Q?" (he means AA Barbeque, a restaurant at the North Reclamation Area)
MOMMY: "What are you talking about?"
MIGUEL: "The place where we ate, ba. The one beside Petroleum." (he means Petron, a gas station!)


(Right after talking to Tita Gingging on Skype)
MIA: "I'm going to visit Tita Gingging in China. Mommy, where's China?"
MOMMY: "It's a country north of the Philippines, babe."
MIA: "What means NORTH?"
MOMMY: "NORTH means ABOVE." (well, how would you explain NORTH?!)
MIA: "You mean, China is above Earth?"
MOMMY: (Laughing) "No, babe. I better show you a map."
MIA: "We have a map?!" (maps are fascinating to her because Dora the Explorer has one!)


(Watching a girl on American Idol sing during Hollywood Week)
MIA: "That's it. She rocks."


(Talking to Barbie in her room, while playing)
MIA: "Oh, no, you can't marry Shrek. You're scared of Shrek."