Cute As Cute Can Be

You may have noticed that lately, Abang has been trying to get Ant J to sleep over. Well, over the weekend he got his wish, and more.

On Thursday we were at Nenek’s house and he summoned the courage to ask her. There was no way Ant J could say no, even though that meant waking up super early as Abang is bound to do. So she packed her stuff and came back with us.

That night she slept with him in his room. Even though he woke up at 5:15am the next morning, he let Ant J sleep on until he was too hungry at 6:15am (“Ant J, I’m very hungry, can we go downstairs and eat something?”) and they went downstairs for an early breakfast. By 10am he was ready to go back to her house with her and spend the night there.

He knows he usually gets his way if he is well behaved. So before he asked, he made sure he played nicely with Adik, no fussing or whining, he does as he’s told and usually comes up with one-liners like, “Hey, bising betul, orang bakar mercun. Abang nak tidur pun tak boleh! Nanti terbakar tangan tu, kang!”

He called Daddy at the office and asked Daddy’s permission to sleep at Ant J’s house and Daddy said yes without hesitation. We like the boys to spend plenty of time with Ant J. While she really adores them, she also tolerates no nonsense from them. I remember one time when Abang was younger (before Adik came along), we were at their house and he was doing his whiny and fussy thing, and crying because he wanted to eat jagung. Ant J just firmly told him, “No, Abang. When you finish your rice then you can eat jagung.”

He meekly said “ok” and sat down and finished his lunch. We were most impressed!

Abang has had several trial runs of sleeping over at Nenek’s house and each time saw poor Ant J driving him back at some point at night because he just suddenly changed his mind. So naturally this time we were all joking about a “midnight run back home” and telling Ant J, “So we’ll see you tonight then.”

This time was different. They went to the park and then to the bookstore. After they got home they had dinner and did arts and crafts together (with a special surprise for Mummy and Daddy!). As she changed him into his pyjamas after a shower, he hit her with, “I love you, Ant J.”

Sigh. Just makes you want to squ-eeeeeze That Cute Little Boy!