How was your day? - 29 October 2018

Ever since my boy entered pre-school, I used to ask him, "How was your day today", "What did you do today?", "Did you have fun in school today?".  He would give me a short answer of "Yes".  But occasionally he would elaborate further only during our daily routine pillow talk time.

Then one fine day, he started to ask me about MY day too.😲

JM: Mummy, tell me about your day today
Mummy: There's nothing to tell, nothing special happened.
JM: But I heard you telling daddy about your day in the car
Mummy: Oh I was just telling daddy about my plans for the next day.  It wasn't about my day today. Nothing special happen so I have nothing to tell you.
JM: Okay. (And then he goes on to tell me about his day.)
.....
JM: And then I had half boiled eggs, and then I did my drawing...
(I was quite surprised the school serve half boiled eggs) 
Mummy: How did your half boiled eggs look like?
JM: Eggs cut into half lo
Mummy: Oh, that is a called half of a "hard" boiled eggs.  Half boiled eggs are different
JM: Oh okay, I had half of a hard boiled eggs then


On another occasion:

JM: Mummy let's pillow talk.  Tell me about your day
Mummy: Well, nothing special happened so there really is nothing to tell
JM: Even though nothing special happened, I still want to hear about your day. Come on, tell me
Mummy: Oh well, okay. 😊

What's Cooking? - 27 October 2018

Two boys found some new fun in two mini tubs from my laundry - having one each.  They used to imagine them as fireman helmets only.

But today, the boys started taking apart their toys and throwing every little thing into the mini tubs to "cook", e.g. cars, puzzles, balls, bus, papers, necklace, coins, anything they can get their hands on...

JZ: I'm cooking, put some salt, some sugar, some pepper.  Its still hot (...and he continues on stirring his "pot" with a ruler)

JM: Let's add pepperoni, ...(we never had pizza together, how did he think of adding pepperoni?!)

Mummy: What are you cooking?

JM: Ming Tien Char Kuey Teow la! (Funny that he related it to Ming Tien, which is a food eatery place that we often do our takeaways 😁)

JZ: I'm cooking cookies

Mummy: You "bake" cookies dear

JM: Mummy, its Loke Kee Chicken Rice Cookie 

(Loke Kee Chicken Rice is his favorite food from Ming Tien)

Mummy: What? Loke-Kee Coo-kie?!?

JM: Yes, chicken and cookies!

.....

JZ: Come on mummy, its ready! Where's the spoon? (he went looking for a laundry detergent scoop that I let them play with)

JM: Time to eat mummy!  Quickly come.

Mummy: Ok, coming

JZ: Open your mouth (mummy goes ah, and takes a mouthful)

I pointed to my chin, mimicking him when there are food spills around his mouth.  JZ very promptly takes the spoon (the scoop) and catches the spill from my chin 😆

Then I take the scoop and knocks (the spoon) on the corner of the tub to ask for more, again mimicking him when he's impatient at the table.  JZ gave me a frown and said "no knocking!" 😅

💕It was a wonderful and fun family time for us 💕

Tear Free Baby Head to Toe Shower Gel - Apr 2018

JM: Mummy, why didn't you tear this off?
Mummy: Tear what?
JM: There, the wrapper on this shampoo?  It says tear here
Mummy: (Looking at the tear free label on the shampoo) Oh this is saying "tear free", as in the tears in your eyes, not asking you to tear the label off my dear
JM: Why does it say tear free?
Mummy: I know the spelling is the same as "tearing a paper" but it actually means "crying tears" here.  When soapy bubbles get into your eyes, it might sting and make you cry.  But with this shampoo, its saying it won't sting your eyes even if the bubbles get to your eyes.
JM: Oh I see.

😄😄😄