nenes and nenas

we offer all of our kids stickers, even if they're not well behaved because we want to teach them unconditional love.
today 4 year old jayden wasn't being seen but was patiently waiting for mom. we also give these waiting kids stickers because, well, we love stickers. anyway, we asked jayden what sticker he wanted to give to mommy. he picked out winnie the pooh. then after we were finished he climbed onto mommy's lap and said, 'here!' and stuck it on her. then said, 'haha! i stuck it on your titties!'

(did i spell that correctly?)

i thought it was the funniest thing, coz i associate that vernacular with insolent teenage boys. i was expecting 'boobies' or something.

then i was really thrown off for a split second because monin chuckled and said, 'ooh, nene!'

'nene' means 'boobies' in taiwanese.

but no one else at work is taiwanese. then i realized that she was really saying 'oh, sonny!' in puerto rican lingo.