(Singing to the famous tune) “This is the way I do worksheets, I do worksheets, I do worksheets.
This is the way I do worksheets, most of the time…”
*laugh*
No, no, no…. That is NOT the song he sang in the video, just that this song came to my mind when I typed the title down. *bleh*
Finally!
Yes!
Finally I managed to catch him on camera without him knowing.
Singing and doing school worksheets/homework at the same time!
Even moving his body a little as he sang…
When he discovered I was filming him, the ‘mobile phone tug of war’ began. *laugh*
So what made him agree to NOT delete the video and allow me to post it on this blog? 2 pieces of GoGos!!!
*faint*
Oh well, its a good trade-off, because its great to record such moments and be able to relive that moment again many years later… provided YouTube does not die on me… *fingers crossed*
So that is how he has been making his worksheet-time enjoyable. What does your child do to make his/her worksheet-time enjoyable?
We love our children. However, despite so much love for them, there are always some imperfection which give us ‘sore eyes‘.
But the question is, “Do you see the ‘Good’ in every ‘Bad’ that you see in your child?”
I had mentioned in this post “Appetite Stimulant For Your Child?” that I am unhappy with the rate Keatkeat is growing physically. I just measured my two boys’ height again. Being 18months apart, their height difference is only 2cm now. *pout*
The bad I see:
Keatkeat is upset, when people ask me, “Are they twins?”
Keatkeat is sad, when people ask, “Which one is GorGor?” (elder brother)
Keatkeat is angry, when people point at Binbin and say, “Are you Gorgor?”
Keatkeat is unhappy to be in the front row for 3 consecutive years in Primary school.
I kept telling him, “Eat more, jump more and stay happy. Eventually you will grow taller, MUCH taller than Binbin. But most importantly, you must be healthy.”
Well, he did all of that. He ate more. He jumped around and stayed happy, but this formula does not seem to be working.
Then I learned from my sister’s MIL that if I want my boys to shoot up in height, I should try her formula; and looking at her 3 tall boys, I think its worth the try. *wink*
She said, “Buy peanut roots. Put it in water with spare ribs. Boil it. Let the children drink them as soup. BUT the most important point to note is, only let them drink it during their PUBERTY period. Not earlier, nor later.”
Alright, puberty period eh? Hhhmmm….4 more years to go… I can wait. So in the meantime, Keatkeat would need to bear with the comments from others.
Because he is unhappy with his height, I am upset too and over time, I start to see it as a flaw and could not find any good in his small built, until last week….
Keatkeat was in a great mood that day when we fetched Binbin home from school. He said to his younger brother, “Binbin, you are tired after school, I ‘ko-ko-meh’ you (piggy back), you want?”
And he piggy back-ed the younger brother WITH HIS SCHOOL BAG as well! *faint*
We decided to take the heavy school bag away and then Binbin wanted to try to piggy back his elder brother. And they kept interchanging. *laugh*
I was too late to take out my camera phone to capture the moment when Keatkeat lifted Binbin first and could only start capturing when Keatkeat was on Binbin’s back.
What a waste! I was amazed at Keatkeat’s strength! With the weight of Binbin AND the weight of the school bag all on his tiny back. *jaws dropped*
Finally! I see the ‘GOOD’ in Keatkeat’s small size: So that they could piggy back each other! *laugh*
If Keatkeat’s built was the same as his peers, they would not have enjoyed this moment:
The ‘Good’ in Every ‘Bad’ that you see in Your Child
Angeline Foong is my name. Making people happy is still my aim — that part never changed.
Some of you have known me here since 2007, when this was a place I poured my heart into as I raised my two boys — the tantrums, the milestones, the 'unconventional' parenting moments I couldn't help but write down. I stepped away from this blog for over 10 years. Life, and my boys, grew up. Men now.
But somewhere in those years, something else grew too. Watching my own family up close — really up close — taught me that most of our struggles, with our kids, our partners, our parents, even ourselves, come down to one thing: we don't always understand the person in front of us, or why they do what they do.
So I went looking for a way to change that. What I found — and eventually developed myself — is a tool called the Numbers Decoder. It uses something as simple as a birthdate to reveal how a person is wired: how they think, how they connect, how they need to be communicated with. Once you understand that about someone, you can choose how you show up for them — instead of guessing, or worse, assuming they should just be like you.
Today, as a Relationship Consultant & Coach, helping people navigate the relationships that matter most — with partners, family, colleagues, and themselves — through 1-to-1 consultations.
This blog is where I'll be sharing that journey again — this time through real case studies from the people I get to help. Same Angeline, same belief that no relationship issue is unsolvable with enough understanding and patience. Just a much bigger definition of 'family' now.
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