I Buy Coconuts

Jayden got a purple angpow from our Deepavali visit at a friend's house, and he was meticulously prying open the flossy paper as we settled down in the car.

"I got money!" He announced with much pride, lifting up a five-ringgit note with his free hand.

"Oh wow. Cool! So you can buy things already." I played along.

"Ya. I want buy coconut."

"Coconut??" To be fair, this request was not totally out of the blue. We were talking about getting a coconut drink as we passed by a few coconut stalls on the way to our friend's house.

"Ya ya. I got money. We go. OK?" He nodded his head suggestively.

"OK. We have to find the coconut shop though. Now raining wor..." I gestured sadly out the window, an exaggerated pout on my face.

"Ohh.. Raining... Rain rain, go away!" He made a shooing gesture at the pesky raindrops.

"When the rain stops, we can look for the coconuts, OK?" I suggested.

"Ya ya. I got money. Rain stop. We go. Uh huh."

"So how many coconuts do you wanna buy?"

"Uhhh.. one, two, three... four! Ya, four." To my amusement, he actually pointed at each of us in the car as he counted. And he tried to make the four symbol with his chubby fingers. Too cute I cannot.

"Four ar? You got enough money??"

"Ya ya. I got money." He waved his money at me. Point taken.

"OK but we still need to find the coconut shop ya? If it's raining, there won't be any coconuts," I informed him to avoid any unnecessary disappointment.

"Oohh... Rain, go away!"

Miraculously, the rain did stop. We found a coconut stall, and he called out to his dad, "Papa! Nah. Money. Go buy." I had to laugh out loud.

The father played along. "OK. How many you want?" He unfastened his seat belt and reached over to take the money.

"No no! Want go down also." Jayden decided he was going to buy the coconuts himself, it seemed.

So they went, while I waited in the car with Hannah.

Jayden came back with two packets of coconut juice. "Nah. Mommy. I buy."

"Aww thanks for sharing, Jayden. We go back and drink OK?"

"Uh huh. I buy."