Math Whiz

September 2012:

Mama Chan: Mackenzie is like an octopus wiggling everywhere! I am exhausted!
Me: Mom, it's only been 5 minutes
Mama Chan: Well, I'm 60 times older than she is, can you believe it? 60 times?
Me: Well, next year you won't be. Next year you'll only be 30 times older.Mama Chan: No, I'll ALWAYS be 60 times older than her!Bryan: Yes, when Mackenzie is 3, you'll be 180.Mama Chan: Yes!

Twins

Mother's Day 2012

It was Mother's Day dinner tonight and this was the convo Kelly had with my mom:

Kelly: Mom, when u were younger, did u feel pain when Yi Yi (my aunt) felt pain?
Mama Chan: No, we are fraternity twins.
Kelly: Umm, it's fraternal twins mom.


Seriously, how can you not love Mama Chan?

If You're Happy And You Know It Clap Your...What?

March 2012:

My mom was on her own with Mack last night for about an hour. By the time my sister got home, my mom was so flustered. This is my mom's side of the story:

Mama Chan: I was so confused during dinner. Mackenzie was emotionless. Nothing! She just stared off into space! And I thought, oh my gosh, she's tired! So I put her to bed. It really freaked me out.
Me: What time was that?
Mama Chan: 6:20 (Mack goes to bed at 7:30)
Me: Why didn't you just finish feeding her dinner?
Mama Chan: Because she just spat everything out! She didn't want any. 
Me: Did you try singing to her? You know how she loves us to sing during dinner.
Mama Chan: I didn't know any songs?
My sister: What do you mean? You used to sing to us all the time!
Me: What about "If you're happy and you know if clap your hands"? She loves that one!
Mama Chan: I started singing that song, then I forgot the words!
Me, Bryan, and Kelly: What? How can you forget the words? There's only like 2 lines!


And that's my mom. She freaked out because Mack was "emotionless" during dinner and she forgot the lyrics to the simplest song in the world.

This is why we love Mama Chan.

Purple Nail

March 2012

My mom showed me her painted finger nail (her middle fingernail) the other day:

Me: That's a nice color. Are you going to paint the rest of your nails?
Mama Chan: No, I like to just paint one nail.
Me: Oh, that's weird. Aren't people going to ask you why you just painted one nail?
Mama Chan: Yes! And I'll say, because I want the attention!

My mom is the least attention seeking person in the world. So I think it's funny that of all the ways to get attention, she painted her one nail dark purple. What a lady!

Alphabets

This one was from February 2012:

Bryan: Are you guys ready for the coffee news trivia?
Me: Sure
Bryan: How many letters are in the Hawaiian alphabet?
Mama Chan: H-A-W-A-I-I
Me: (laughing my head off/shaking my hand furiously) No no no no no no! That's not what he meant!
Mama Chan: What? What's wrong?
Bryan: (no words - laughing so hard he's coughing)

Cheesecake...yum! Or not?

Kelly: Mom doesn't like cheesecake anymore because she found out they're made from cream cheese
Me: What? That's ridiculous. I can't even believe it. (turn to mom) Mom, do you not like cheesecake?
Mama Chan: It's like eating cream cheese, I don't like cream cheese all that much.
Me: But you liked cheesecake before! What happened?
Mama Chan: Did I like cheesecake before? No, I don't think so. I don't think I ever really liked cheesecake.

Mama Chan used to LOVE cheesecakes, but now claims she never liked them because she found out that they're made of cream cheese.

Looking After Mack

This one was from August 2011 when Mack was just over 3 months old:

The other day, I asked her if she would watch Mackenzie for an afternoon.

Mom: No, I can't.
Me: Why not?
Mom: Because when she cries, I don't know what to do. And you'll be too far away to come home quickly.
Me: So when will you ever babysit?
Mom: When she's older.
Me: What does older mean?
Mom: When she can tell me what's wrong.

Sure, I have a mom who won't babysit for us until our baby is 5 years old (ok, I'm exaggerating), but in the Nickel family, we can't get enough of her!