Aya loves watching cartoons on tv. Powerpuff Girls is one of her favorite shows on Cartoon Network. When we were in Cebu, she insisted on buying a pink backpack with a Powerpuff Girls design. At the daycare, she has formed a sort of alliance with two other girls and called themselves the Powerpuff Girls of the Yuri class. Aya is Bubbles, Natsumi-chan is Blossom, and Niku-chan is Buttercup. I myself grew up watching Scooby-Doo and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and while the storylines aren’t probably not any different from the cartoons of today, but in my opinion, they are at least better drawn. The Powerpuff Girls are outrageously eerie-looking. Consider this: They have saucer-shaped eyes, which occupy at least half their faces, and get this, they DON’T have any fingers or toes! Gaaah!
Aya loves those weird-looking gals nonetheless. Actually, come to think of it, once you get used to the weirdness, the plots are actually quite engaging. Even the dialogues contain enough sarcasm to appease the more mature audience. Anyway, one day Aya brought home one of her doodles from the daycare. It was a bottle with an “X” on it. When I asked her about it, she shrugged and said a matter-of-factly, “Chemical X.” Of course. What else could it be? 😛
For those who are worried that maybe all that Aya has learned of late are just cartoons and tv, no – there is absolutely no reason for concern. For your information, Aya is steadily working on developing her writing skills. She has already learned to write many letters of the alphabet. And she can already read three-letter words like “car,” “mat,” etc. For the past few weeks we have been making progress with the workbook for preschoolers. On every task she finishes, she insists on getting a 100% mark – and don’t you dare not give it to her because she knows that she deserves it for a job well done! Now that’s our Ayapuffgirl! 😀
