Morning Greetings

Part of the routine in school is for the teachers to greet the students after the national anthem and pledge. 

"Good morning, children!" The teachers would say one by one. And the children will happily reply "Good morning teacher xyz!" or "Good morning ABC laoshi!"

This evening, AC shouted out.. 

AC: Good morning children! 

Me and +3: Good morning teacher AC!

AC: I'm not teacher AC! 

Good morning AC laoshi!

I'm not AC laoshi!

Good morning uncle AC!

I'm not uncle AC!

Good morning grandpa AC! 

I'm not grandpa AC! 

Good morning smelly boy!

I'm not smelly boy! 

Good morning handsome boy! 

Good morning!

Lol. 

My Silly Joker

The boy rolled up his dirty blue underwear into a ball and held it up to me.

"Mama, eat! It's a blueberry!" 

So I took a pretend bite out of it (gotta encourage creativity right), and soon after he asked me... 

"Why it taste like ... UNDERWEAR?" and burst into unstoppable laughter. 

Knowing His Limitations

The little one wanted a toy at the top of the cupboard. 

"Mama, can you help me to get the forklift at the top of the cupboard? I'm a short boy." 

Gratitude 31 Oct 2019

Today, I am thankful for friendships. To be surrounded by people who have good intentions for me and care about my wellbeing. 

Gratitude Posts, Here I Come!

It's that time of the year where I end up wallowing a bit in self pity and start comparing myself to others, so +3 reminded me that I needed to be grateful for all the good things in my life. He's right!

Today, I am grateful for a happy family. I'm really blessed with a supportive, smart and kind husband; a bright, funny and loving son; parents who love me so unconditionally; and a really emotionally stable environment (no emotional manipulation or abuse etc). Not everyone is so lucky. 

Father Son Conversation

Dad: you'll be stronger, bigger and better than daddy and mama. We won't be able to carry you around anymore...

AC: I'll carry you and mama, Daddy.

Sunday Funday

Sometimes the best days we have are the ones that happen completely unplanned.

Woke up in the morning, had breakfast at home, and decided to head to the field nearby to throw and catch ball with the little one. He wasn't too keen on that so we made our way to the basketball court and tried to play basketball (he's too little to throw that high) and ended up just running up and down the court. 

Went to the nearby coffeeshop to get a drink to cool down, walked back home and took a nice shower, prepared lunch and had a glorious 4 hour nap. (Which kinda screwed up my sleeping cycle cos it's 3am and I'm wide awake - but the day was totally worth it).

Boy wanted to go for a swim so to the pool we went. The water was nice and warm so we had a good time splashing about. He likes going underwater, sit on the floor, and back up. 

Dinner at Macdonald's and back home after. What a lovely day!