it was a snake for the little boy!

the weather was perfect this afternoon so i thought of playing ball with iñigo outside our house. for over a week now, the little boy was bugging me to allow him to go "outshide" and play but i refused and just told him that we stay home as it's either "hot" outside or "yaining (raining)". poor kid, eh?

but this afternoon was different. as i went to the porch and observed that the sun was hiding behind the clouds, and there's no sign of rain either, i immediately called iñigo and asked him to wear his sandals as we will play outside. oh, the kid was jumping with joy upon hearing this! =D

and so we played football--kicking and throwing his soft rubber ball at a manageable distance. but after a while i realized that he's no longer in our game and instead was busy looking at something behind his ride-on-car.

me: why iñigo?

iñigo: saike, mommy! saike!

me: (cluess on what he's saying) what?

iñigo: saike! saike!

me: (slow ako, it took time for me to remember that iñigo calls snake "saike") OMG! snake... where??!" and i ran fast to iñigo hoping that i could snatch him away before the snake could bite him.

me: where's the snake?

iñigo: ayooon, saike!

me: (bewildered and relieved at the same time) iñigo! that's a caterpillar, not a snake!!!

mabuti na lang bata pa ako (bata pa ako promise! =D) and is still far from having heart attacks.

oh well, kids are really something, isn't it? hehe.