小儿刚上幼稚园时,时间概念总搞不清。Morning 他说吃的是dinner, evening 他说吃breakfast。 终于有一天,他自己悟出来了:“Mom, I finally got it. Before noon, I eat breakfast and go to school, after noon I come back from school and eat dinner. B(reakfast) comes before D(inner).”感谢上帝,幸亏他明白before 和 after 的区别,否则,让我解释为什么早饭叫breakfast,晚饭叫dinner,那可就惨了。
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小儿最近对Kiss颇有研究和造诣。花样翻新,数量增加,只亲妈妈不亲爸。Good Night Kiss 不够,还新添了Good Morning Kiss,嘴里还念叨着如果我可以和他共进午餐的话,他还会给我Good Noon Kiss。每次Kiss他都郑重其事,有一认定的程序:双手捧着我的脑袋,从上到下,从左到右。如此循环,重复五遍。感觉近来他是地图方位学得很刻苦,我的脸变成了他的地球仪了。上次的four-flavor Kiss让我记忆犹新,今儿个他又兴匆匆地跑过来:“Mom, do you know the world\'s longest kiss? They kissed 31 hours on TV!! Can we beat that record?”看着他那企盼的小脸,心想他老爸怎就没这干劲呢?!稀里糊涂地跟了他这么多年,吉尼斯的记录可一项也没破啊。叹口气,拍拍小儿的脑瓜,回答道:“Sweetie, do the maths. How long can you stand without food and water? let\'s start from there......”