小天使(91)-两个小东西(12)

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by 冰溪
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Billy Evans

Evan’s favorite restaurant right now is Bob Evans and he would request to go there whenever we talk about going out to eat.

Today we decided to eat there again as there was a store nearby where we wanted to shop afterwards. But on the way there, Olivia and Daddy remembered there was a diner very close to Bob Evans that they both liked a lot so daddy drove us there instead.

When we pulled into the parking lot, Evan realized that it was not Bob Evans we were going to eat at, he started whining. Olivia and daddy tried to tell him that this diner also had his favorite grilled cheese sandwich / sausage / pancake and syrup. But it didn’t help. It was not until they told him that this diner was Billy Evans - the brother of Bob Evans when he decided to give it a try.

After the kid meals were served, I found the fresh French fries on their plates very appealing. So I asked Evan who was sitting next to me: “Can you share some French fries with mommy?”

“Yeah.” He took a look at both his and Olivia’s plates and grabbed a couple of fries from Olivia’s plate and put them on my plate.

“You can eat (Oli)via’s.” he said.



生活点滴



(一)Last Tuesday was Olivia’s field trip to Philadelphia zoo. It was drizzling that morning when we got to the daycare and I was surprised that they did not cancel the trip. Can not imagine what one feels like wondering in the zoo in the rain.

Luckily it was cleared up shortly and it was cloudy for the rest of the day.

When I picked the kids up that afternoon, I asked Olivia: “How was your trip to the zoo? Was it raining there?”

“It was all right, a lot of animals I wanted to see were not out. But you know what, mommy? It wasn’t raining in Philadelphia but it was raining here in Pennsylvania. Isn’t that funny?”

I remember reading similar jokes before about kids mixing up cities and states, just did not realize back then that one day my kid could make one too.

(二) When I came down stairs to prepare the lunch this past Sunday, I noticed that Evan was squatting down by the kitchen table. Had a pretty good idea what was going on, I still asked him: “Evan, what are you doing there, honey?”

To my surprise, he answered: “Mommy, I am going to pop an egg out.”

(三) This morning, while I was buckling Evan to his car seat, Olivia came into the car. She handed me her pink princess purse which was filled with coins, probably weighed a pound.

She said to me: “Mommy, today is May 23rd, the High School Musical DVD is out today. Here is the money I made doing the chores for daddy (they are really from her piggy bank). Could you take them to buy me the DVD during your lunch break, please?”

While I don’t even remember which day is which anymore, I am just amazed at how she stayed on top of this whole DVD thing. She literally has been counting the days for it.

And yes, considering the chores Olivia has done recently, daddy bought her the DVD on his way back from work this afternoon :).