乖乖,姐姐,哥哥

We have a friend from Beijing who came over to Singapore for a stay. They have a 9 year old daughter, Mona. It's really amazing how a 9 year old girl and a 2.5 year old boy can click together.

They play small little balls together, roll on the bed and watch TV together, hold hands for a stroll together, play on the slide together and cycle on the tricycle together. I think Mona makes a much better play-mate to 乖乖 than I do!

On 14 March, my friend bought tickets to Disney Princess - Make a Wish show for 乖乖 and me. You know how expensive such tickets are! Each ticket easily costs $60. I had thought that it's a waste of money plus on top of that, I had also thought that 乖乖 would never be able to sit still for 2 hours for the show esp. this one. The reason: It's on Disney Princess (meant for girls!) and has got nothing to do with his favorite cars. So, I went to the show already bracing myself to entertain him with food and drink and other toy cars that I brought along. Lo and behold! Not only did 乖乖 manage to sit throughout the show, he enjoyed himself tremendously. He clapped his hands after each interval and tapped his hand on his thigh in tune with the music.

Looks like I have to be more open-minded and not be too restrictive in 乖乖's exposure.

Now, if you ask 乖乖 how many 哥哥 he has, the answer is 1. If you ask 乖乖 how many 姐姐 he has, the answer is 2!