Wednesday, August 19, 2009

I love pigs!

The cleaners were here, and as usual I didn't have enough cash to pay them. I wanted to quickly run to the bank, and get cash out of the drive through ATM. I asked Nandu if she wanted to come for the ride, and she was super excited (she is usually excited about going out, but that day she seemed more than usual). She immediately found her shoes, said bye to Ammumma, and was at the door ready to go. I got her into her car seat and we were on our way. She immediately started her back seat chattering, and told me how much she loves banks(even though she has never been to one till then; in fact at that moment I wasn't even sure if she knows what they were, which she later confirmed, as you will see). Then she said something completely out of context (atleast in my mind), "Amma, I love pigs too". I didn't want to ask her too many questions then, as I was focused on getting back home quickly, so just said, "Ok, Sure". We reached the ATM, and I got some cash out, and all through, I was explaining to my curious little daughter, what I was doing. When she realized that we were not getting out, she was very disappointed and said, "but Amma, I love banks. I love pigs. I want to see pigs". Again with the pigs, now I was getting curious too, and asked her, what she was talking about, and where she saw pigs. She said, "Amma, Monkey George (Curious George) has a piggy bank. He has pigs in his bank. I want to see pigs too in the bank". Mystery solved! I didn't know where to begin. :)