Birthday Presents

AC is watching a YouTube video on some toy trains and saying "I want this train for my birthday! I also want this one for my birthday! Can you buy for me?" For every single train. 

So I said, "Mama's birthday is coming first. What are you going to buy me for my birthday?" 

AC: "A watermelon."

Me: "A watermelon?" 

AC: "A watermelon and a nice cake."

10 Weeks!

I took an online course, which had classes every Saturday morning over 10 weeks. This meant waking up early (classes started at 8am!) and missing out on sending the little one for swim class. 

10 weeks later and I've completed my course, and this Saturday I happily brought the little one down when it was time for his swim class. 

Swimming lessons went on as usual, while I caught up with some of my neighbours and had a nice chat. After the kids were done with class, I noticed that they ran from the baby pool to the medium pool. Unsupervised.

I started to panic and ran after them when I saw AC getting into the water. It's not safe!!! 

However when I reached the medium pool, the kids were happily playing and jumping around in the water. Jumping? They were tall enough to touch the floor? When did that happen? 

+3 and one of my other neighbour finally came over and he remarked that he was wondering why I ran over in such a panic. They had been watching the children every week and knew that the kids had progressed and grown tall enough to be comfortable in the medium pool. I hadn't known because I was stuck at home having zoom calls. 

How things changed in 10 weeks!  

One plus side of this is that now I can bring the little one down to the medium pool and not have to worry too much. Yes, of course I would still need to keep an eye (water safety to), but today when we were down in the pool, I managed to get a few laps in. Yay! 

Anyway I've enjoyed my course, made new friends, and hopefully have a new skill that will be useful for me and my career. I'll still need lots and lots of practice but I have a good feeling about things. 

Dreams

One of our bedtime routines these days is to talk about our dreams. 

"What is your dream?", the little one would ask. And I would pretend to sleep for a couple of seconds then make up a story for him. 

We'd take turns and he would "sleep" then tell me his dream.

Children are so imaginative. He would tell me stories of people cut out of paper, of walking in the sun, of orange and grey trains that fly in the sky. 

Tonight he told me a scary dream.

In an appropriately low and slow pace, he told me of ghosts and goblins where the light would turn off, and another light would turn off and another light would turn off. 

A storyteller he is becoming! 

4.5yrs

What is mama's favourite thing? 

Apple juice 

What makes mama happy?

Apple juice, and kisses, and chocolate

What makes mama angry? 

When you don't listen 

When you don't keep your toys 

What is your favourite thing? 

Also, I love eyeballs 

Gong gong like to eat eyeballs? Why?

Me: it's tasty

AC: it's not tasty! I don't like eyeballs! 

Who is your best friend?

The mushroom is the best friend (enzer who has a mushroom like hairstyle)

What is your favourite toy?

Blue bendy bus but it is not plastic 

Me: but you don't have it

AC: you need to buy 

What is your favourite toy that you have? 

Eyeballs! Lego eyebaaaaaallls!

What is your favourite food? What do you like to eat?

A good french fries for my tummy not get cough

What is mama's favourite food?

French fries one but it's good for mama's tummy 

What is daddy's favourite food?

French fries but is good for daddy's tummy hahahahaha so funny

Nanny's favourite is the French fries for nanny's tummy hahahahahahhahaa 

How old is AC?

I'm not old! 

How old is mama? 

4 years to go! 

How old is daddy?

4 years to go! HAHAHAHAHAHA 

Who is older? Daddy or mama? 

Daddy!

What do you like to do before sleeping? 

Play! 

What is your favourite song?

'ello how are you? 'ello how are you? 'ello how are you? How are you today?

Goodnight Sweetheart

So tonight, I was patting the little one to sleep, as I always do (or nanny does if I'm busy/sick). We have a cute little routine, which started from one of the books we read at night (Goodnight Moon) where we touch noses. 

Nose to nose. And we boop our noses together.

Cheek to cheek. 

Ear to ear. 

Chin to chin.

Forehead to forehead.

Long hair to short hair.

Nose hole to nose hole. 

And whatever funny combination we can think of. 

After the giggling and laughing, I patted his bum as he settled down. His eyes were getting heavy and his breathing getting steadier. He looked at me through his sleepy eyes and shot me a sweet smile, before closing his eyes and falling asleep. *LOVE* 

These are moments I treasure so much, cos I know that there will be a time when he won't want me to pat him to sleep at night. 

Back To Work

So Singapore has exited the circuit breaker and we are now in Phase 1 of the post circuit breaker whachamacallit. My workplace has implemented working on split teams so one week at home, one week in office so i'm back in the office this week. 

And it's disgusting. 

After more than 2 months of being away, I kinda expected some dust on the surfaces but when I stepped in today - my office chair had MOLD. Icky, possibly asthma inducing, mold. 

Yuck. 

Anyway some thoughts being back :

1. It's disgusting - my office furniture is all moldy

2. I was on MC when the circuit breaker came into effect, so I didn't get to clean up my desk. Coming back to it was so strange, like time stopped and you're looking at how life used to be before a disaster

3. Social distancing among colleagues is hard. Got to remember to keep 1m apart when walking to canteen etc

4. The toilet is so far away (compared to my tiny home where everything is within 5 steps)

But I really shouldn't complain. Today I took the bus and I'm thankful that the (private) bus services had resumed, even though there were significantly less passengers (6 compared to a full bus of 40) on the route today. 

And I still have a job. 

Nighttime Conversation

Me: What is AC good points? 

AC: I play with mama. I can poopoo and wash hands. I wipe my bum bum. And also there is eyeballs. 

Me: Are you nice? Is AC nice? 

AC: Yes yes yes yes yes. Yes no yes.

Me: What else is AC good at? 

AC: Playing with nobody. Play by the self. That good point. 

Me: What else? 

AC: I'm sitting on mama's pillow. And then there is sharp thing that is not so sharp. 

Me: What else is AC good? 

AC: There is weewee on the poopoo and then it melted the poopoo. 

Me: What else? 

AC: AC is good at playing and lying on mama's pillow. Got virus.