Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Playground...and other updates

The boy needed some fresh air, so brought him for a walk. He spotted the playground and rushed towards it... I had to ran after him and pull him back. Can't have him leaving his germs there can we? Poor boy, couldn't eat much during the weekend but from what I hear today, he's making up for lost food. This morning, he had his milk, ate a piece of yam cake, a bowl of noodles and wanted some more yam cake.

Wii >> the boy loves it. He can play the bowling game independently. Tries to play the tank demo game but gets very frustrated and shouts "Don't shoot me arh! WHY YOU SHOOT ME!!!??!!" We limit him to like 15 games and then a last game and a last last game and a last last last game. Meltdowns prevented because we tell him if he does melt, he won't get to play it for a week.

Violin >> I went for class without him. Had a good session. I actually could pay attention during the class! So far, we practised twice - 2 X5 minutes session. He's not very keen but he's holding the bow and the instrument fine. Me thinks he's doing fine anyways.

HIV >> A colleague's daughter asked her, "Mummy, how do you get HIV?" She tells the kid, "You get it when you sit in dirty toilet bowls!" Kid says, "No wonder mummy, you never let me sit on the toilet bowl!" Well well well... I'm speechless.

Grass and Sand >> Same colleague - never lets her 3 kids step on grass or sand. ( In case there are broken glass or centipedes) No wonder my kid catches everything. I let him run everywhere and even scolded him once when he got fussy about walking barefooted on grass.

Hey! The 'Jacob Ballas Children Playground' off Bukit Timah Road, near the Botanic Gardens /old NIE campus is now officially opened. Heard they have grass, (",) a tree house, floating platform, swinging bridge and waterplay area! Sounds like fun.

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