Like most kids her age, Miya loves to play peek-a-boo (or
maybe hide-and-seek at this point). She likes going under the blanket and
pretends she’s not there and then says “baaa!” to “surprise” us. She even goes
inside Joema’s shirt to “hide” and then would say “baaa” to surprise me. I put
the quotes on surprise because we already know she’s there. It’s amazing how
she can keep quiet while hiding. She sometimes surprises us whenever we go
inside the bathroom. She would tell her daddy to go beside the bathroom door
(outside) and turn off the lights so that when I get out of the bathroom she
can surprise me. One morning she and her daddy discovered a new hiding place.
The first time she was with her dad but she decided she
wanted to do it on her own. I was scared she might get frightened inside
because it’s dark. But she wasn’t afraid, my little brave girl.
She also now knows what to reply when asked: “What’s your
name?” She says “Meee-ya.” And then when asked “How old are you?” she will hold
up one finger and say “Two” hahaha. When we count (I count and she counts along
with me), she only says two, tee, two, tee, two, tee but she gets the “tone” of
counting from one to ten.
When asked “San si Mommy/Daddy?” she says “wok” and then her
yaya follows with “para may pambili ng..” then miya will say “pit-sah.” Although
sometimes it’s still “it-sah.”
We don’t have a hard time giving Miya her vitamins, even her
antihistamine for her skin asthma. She will dutifully open her mouth wide and
take the medicine. Although nowadays before drinking her vitamins, she will cover
her face as if she doesn’t want to so we sort of trick her this way “Pakita mo
kay bird na magaling ka uminom ng vitamins” hehehe she loves looking at birds
outside our window. After that she will open her mouth wide to take the
teaspoon with vitamins. Or when she doesn’t want to drink her antihistamine, I
tell her Winnie the Pooh (her stuff toy) will drink the medicine too after her
and Pooh wants to see her first drinking it. So after that she will happily lie
down (the medicine is in the form of drops).
P.S. Miya knows how to "play" Pinoy Henyo. She says "Oo...oo" or "Hindi...hindi" and "Pde..pde" with the correct head movement (tango or iling). Sometimes Jomea will put his hand on her or his forehead, just like how one will play it if you write the word on paper, and Miya looks as if she's really looking at the forehead of her daddy. LOL!
P.S. Miya knows how to "play" Pinoy Henyo. She says "Oo...oo" or "Hindi...hindi" and "Pde..pde" with the correct head movement (tango or iling). Sometimes Jomea will put his hand on her or his forehead, just like how one will play it if you write the word on paper, and Miya looks as if she's really looking at the forehead of her daddy. LOL!
