Yeah yeah!

Haha, now nobody outside my wife and kids will likely get this, and that's ok. But for those four people, depending on when you read this, you may have wondered, from time to time, what the hell I was on about, saying "yeah yeah" all the damn time. 

Well, the answer is this - back when we lived in Kupang, Babs was 2-3 years old, and going through his first rebellious phase, where he was constantly trying to assert himself. As such, when asked to do or not to do something, his reply was invariably "nah!" Sometimes this would be upgraded to "nah nah!". He was (and is) at a very cute stage of life, so we found it endearing, at least some of the time!

So, as is my wont, I began mimicking him, mainly to him of course - I am enough of a pain in the arse as it is without adding more 2yo behaviour into the lives of the rest of the family! So as he was running around in his usual manic state one day, he bounced over to me and asked me for a snack. My immediate response was "nah nah!", which instead of angering him, like it often would, amused him. So his reply as he 'whirlwinded' his way around the room was "yeah yeah!". 

That amused me even more, and stuck with me. To the point where I have been saying "yeah yeah" as I do my thing around the house, for years now. I don't do it in public fortunately. It's just one of those things that I say to my kids throughout the day. "Hi, I'm Dan boy" and "Is your name Babs Ayex?" are another couple of examples. I am probably hanging onto sanity by the barest of threads, but such is the impact my beautiful kids have on me.