After brushing her teeth and playing water washing her hands on the sink, Kalia tugs at me and says “Mommy basa na ‘to” while pointing to her clothes.

We go to the playroom and I bring out a new pair of pambahay sando and baby panty. She still wears diapers so we usually just let her wear a panty so she won’t feel too hot. Besides, she’s still a baby and babies are allowed to wear just underwear, right?

After dressing her up, she just stood by the drawer as if waiting for something. “Anak, let’s go.” “Mommy, bold… shorts pa,” she said while pulling her ate’s little girls shorts from the drawer.

Oo nga naman. Big girls wear shorts. Sigh, wasn’t she just crawling yesterday?