All About Your Child

Finally, its not raining! Just want to get out of the house to get some fresh air after 4 days of cold and rainy weather. Got the kids to bathe, get dress….when kids know that they are going shopping, they just become sooooo obedient and do exactly what you say in fast speed….*wink*

So in less than an hour, we got out of the house. Yeah! Waited for about half an hour for the free shuttle service to IMM from the bus interchange and in less than 10mins, we are there.

IMM was so full of Christmas decorations. So we took the chance and take photos…

Didn’t look too excited. So I gave each of them a Santa Hat to get them in higher spirit.

That’s Better!

Then we shop….

then they saw the kiddy ride…$2 for 10mins…because they were younger than 7 years old. The assistant said I had to be on it too, so what a bargain! All 3 of us in the kiddy ride together for $2! So 3 of us drove around the 100+sq foot of empty space on the furry elephant.

and we played and played….

and they spotted the water playground!

Sorry boys…not today…

dark clouds start covering the sky again…have a drink before we go…

on the way home, Keatkeat spotted these on the floor….

the kids only managed to observe for a few seconds and the rain started…what a waste!

Its great fun to shop with the kids when you know how to handle them. Children normally become extra active when they are outdoors, parents must understand that its the way children express their excitement.

Its so often that you hear parents shouting, “stay still”, “don’t run”, “keep quiet” when they are shopping with their kids. Kids are not robots, they have feelings, let them have the freedom to express it.

Do you enjoy shopping with your kids?

Kids are the best models for “monkey see, monkey do.”

Parents are children’s idol. Your child loves you, adores you, respect and may even fear you, all jumbled up…Often, they just copy what you do, how you do it, what you say, how you say it, without really thinking why.

To them, since you are their idol, whatever you do MUST be right, or cool, or safe, or fun…They just want to be like you. Unknowingly, even after they grew up, they still behave the same way, more or less, as you.

Whenever I see my boys doing things the way I do, or even speaking in my style; I can’t help but rememeber the story told by T. Harv Eker in his book, The Secrets of The Millionaire Mind….

“A woman who prepares a ham for dinner by cutting off both ends. Her bewildered husband asks why she cuts off the ends. She replies, “That’s how my mom cooked it.”

Well, it just so happened that her mom was coming for dinner that night. So they asked her why she cut off the ends of the ham. Mom replies, “That’s how my mom cooked it.”

So they decided to call Grandma on the phone and ask why she cut off the ends of the ham. Her answer? “Because my pan was too small!”

See? Kids just copy what they see. So please, dear parents all over the world, including myself, watch how you behave, what you say in front of your kids. They are so observant and learn so fast. Before you know it, your style is rooted in them.

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.
~David Bly