All About Your Child

2+ years ago, we exchanged our petrol points for a mini bicycle for my (then) 2+ year old Keatkeat. That was his first bicycle, but it was NOT BOUGHT by his parents, it felt more like a free gift from Esso-Mobil Petrol Station. But that bike was long gone…*sigh* can’t expect much on its durability, it was a FREE item, afterall!

But not today! Today, Papa bought 2 16inch bicycles for the 2 of them! They were over the moon, or rather over the sun, ‘cos we went to the bicycle shop right after Keatkeat was off from school at 12pm!

Here they are, testing the bikes infront of the bicycle shop. Though many alterations were done, they displayed commendable patience! Alterations like, lowering the seats, changing the bells from a index-finger-controlled to a thumb-controlled, adjusting the brakes so that they are ‘more reachable’ for their short fingers and finally balancing the guiding wheels at the back.

My phone’s video quality is lousy, but I still want to capture this moment….some people use ‘Face-blurring’ technology on purpose, but mine was AUTO-Blurred by my phone and there’s NO WAY I could de-activate the function *BIG LAUGH*.

Warning! It was really windy today, so I suggest you swtich off your speakers in case you get irritated by the sound of the breeze.

So after 1hour of cycling, what was their response? Thumbs Up!

The following video was taken in 2006 April when Keatkeat was on that ‘free bike’…(WARNING! Back in 2006, the video quality of my ex-phone was even worse!) …funny Binbin was still waddling like a duck!

For those of you who didn’t read my comments on yesterday post, it was a Praying Mantis, 3/4 the size of my hand about 12cm long and today we found this super fly (that’s Binbin’s hand at the background)…. on the kitchen floor.

The 2 boys were chasing the super fly till (I think) it got exhausted and rested on the floor. That’s how I could manage to get a shot of it. Poor Fly…tortured by 2 crazy kids. Ok, enough of all these creepy crawlers or flyers.

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This morning, something unusual happened between the boys. Instead of fighting not to brush his teeth first, they were discussing who should brush first….hummm…

Keatkeat (K): “I brush first then you can see how to brush your teeth mah…”

Binbin (B): “I know already. I big boy already, you know? I know how to brush my ownself.”

K: “Ai ya, I show you, gor-gor (big brother) got go school, the nurse in school tell me how to brush properly already.”

Surprisingly the always-eager-to-win spirit in Binbin quieten down and let his brother be the teacher. All mommies who have more than 1 kid knows how often siblings fight, they could fight over the least imaginable thing, always competitive, so this is a rare sight. I ran to grab my camera, while Keatkeat was brushing his teeth.

When I was back, all ready with my small digital camera, I was ready to capture one of the most harmonious moment (I think) between the 2 boys. I wished to video it down but the video effect of my digital camera is horrible, so I could only take shots. What a shame!

 K: “First, you open the toothpaste like this…”

 K: “Come…give me your toothbrush…”

 K: “Take. Be careful. The toothpaste may drop….”

 K: “Now, brush your teeth like what gor-gor did….”

 That’s Keatkeat’s gesture to my question, “So did Binbin do a good job?”