Skylla Knox 阮茜娜

Daughter of @mattknox and @carmenjyuen, sister of @aysa_knox

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Summoning my assistant @mattknox - it's simply impossible to get good help these days.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: dad and I are eating extremely hot Choi sam. I grab a bit between my teeth, and decide that there can be no peace with Dad. I flop the superheated Choi onto his arm and he howls.

Best choice I’ve ever made.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: I want dad to hike with me, but he’s been gone 3 days, and she’s had @zyraknox the whole time.
Me: dad! PLEASE take me on the hike!
D: we have to take Z to give mommy a rest
Me: but mommy’s not your top priority!
@carmenjyuen: …..
D: police? I’d like to report a murder.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Mood:

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: Zyra was fussy at the restaurant but she stopped when drinks arrived:
Me: Sugar has arrived and Zyra has made a full recovery.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

This is the ideal music listener. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance-appreciation performance looks like.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

I could drink an oasis and fall for a mirage.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: @aysa_knox is creeping up on @mattknox , who isn’t paying enough attention:
Dad: hey piglet!
A: …?
D: wait, you’re not piglet! Well, not anymore. We used to call you that when you were tiny.
Me: I’M the original OG piglet!

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Shortly after, dad is looking for his phone. He makes it make sounds and dogs through the bed to find it. I smile. He is suspicious.
D: did you hide my phone?
Me: NO! Why do you accuse me?
Dad hits “buzz phone” button. My butt buzzes.
Me: OK. I hid it.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: I’m watching the inbestigators with @carmenjyuen and @aysa_knox . I’m eating a plum.
C: don’t wipe your hands on the blanket!
Me: I didn’t!
C: I just watched you wipe your hands on the blanket!
Me: Ok, I did wipe it.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: I’m walking with @aysa_knox and dad.
Me: Dad! Your other sock is also not accepting its fate!

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

We’re growing up so fast!

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

“I AM THE KEEPER OF THE BOX!”

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: we are driving back from boiling hot pot and I’m explaining life to dad:
Me: As you get older and older, you come to appreciate fudge. And butterscotch!

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: We are walking to school, about to cross a street:
Dad: Oh good-the cars are letting us cross. Wave to the nice people!
(Aysa and I wave)
Me: The lady raised her eyebrows at me, Like she was going to sing a high note!
Dad: …what?

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: dad just returned from giving the cats their meds
D: smell my eyebrow
Me: mmm. Smells like steroids that are berry-flavored!

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Why are all boys obsessed with sports with balls? Sports with balls suck.

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: Driving home with @yuen_wendy and @aysa_knox and planning:
Me: Aysa, we should do a book together!
A: ok! I can do the coloring!
Me: and we can do google slides!
Dad: …?
Me: And Aysa can come up with the words-she’s my little genius!
A: genius-head, genius-head!
D: <3

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: I’m grilling dad on Harry Potter’s origin.
Me: why didn’t the Dursley lady ask Harry?
D: he didn’t know about magic yet.
Me: Oh, of course! He didn’t know anything until he met Hybrid!
D:… Hagrid?
Me: I say “Hybrid”. To be fair, he is a human/giant hybrid!
D:

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: it’s dinner, and I’m enthusiastically cutting watermelon. Dad watches, nervously.
Dad: how about you let uncle @mracus cut it?
Me: ok. (To @mracus) I OBEY MY DAD BECAUSE HE CAN TURN OFF MY IPAD!
mracus+dad: collapse in laughter

[Skylla Knox 阮茜娜 @SkyllaKnox]

Scene: I’m staying with @karinjyuen, speaking in a normal voice.
K: Skylla can we use indoor voices now?
Me: WHAT? THIS IS MY INDOOR VOICE!

Me: I was happy in your apartment
K: that's nice
Me: but I had to move... Because of mommy...