All About Your Child

For the first time I didn’t cut the cake at midnight. Different celebration for a different Angeline. *wink*

I cut my birthday gift from my sis at about 3pm+. How awesome is the cake? Click here.

Keatkeat was so cute to remark “Its our family!”, as I put the candles on. “There is Papa, Mommy, Ah Yee, Me and Binbin.” he continued.

*giggle* Indeed. 3 big and 2 small. *giggle*

Keatkeat was feeling better, so we decided to go ahead with our plan to Tony Romas. If not Allan would have a hard time thinking about what present he could substitute with. *giggle*

As usual, Keatkeat hardly eat, just like when he was at home. Probably just a few bites into the bread, but he is as active as a monkey. I wonder where he gets his ‘power’ from. For 4 days, just on milk and water, with occasional 2-3 mouthful of porridge (a day), I am really impressed.

We took lots of photos, but maybe because of the lighting or maybe because of the quality of the camera phone, the outcome was blurry. So not posting them here.

Anyhow, I had one of THE most wonderful birthday. Birthday wishes flooded my Facebook, msn, sms, email and my personal blog. The biggest surprise is for the first time, all my 3 ex-boyfriends remember to wish me this year. Usually its 2 or 1. *giggle* Then there were wishes that ‘flew’ across the oceans and mountains to reach me. Awesome!

Life has just begun for this 32 year old….*wink*
Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes. *Muack*

My boys love the very first Ice Age. They saw snippets of the movie on those TV screens in DVD shops.

When Blessed Mum said how much her kids loved Ice Age 3. I was tempted.

My sis gave me a free movie ticket. I decided.

For years, I REFUSED to bring the boys to the cinema. You can say I have little faith in them, or you can say I know them too well. Whichever way, I was not ready to invest $14-$16 on them.

What I predicted Would happen while watching the movie:

• They will not sit still
• They will be asking alot of questions
• They will be requesting to go to the toilet
• Keatkeat will be sneezing like crazy
• Binbin will want to end the movie early, asking to leave

But since I decided to give it a try yesterday. I laid down 5 golden rules BEFORE going to the cinema:

I do not like to tell my children what to do, I like to make them think what they should do. The words in blue were their answers to my incomplete sentences.

1. “Children, the cinema is very cold, so you have to…?” “Wear Jacket, cannot take out.”
2. “Children, the cinema is very dark, so you have to…?” “Stay close and not run around.”
3. “Children, if you need to shh-shh (pass urine) in the middle of the show, you will…?” “Miss the show, so must go toilet BEFORE we go in.”
4. “Children, the chairs are joined to each other, so if you jump or keep moving around on your chair, other people sitting on the same row as you will…?” “Be irritated. So must sit down and cannot jump or keep moving here and there.”
5. “Children, everyone is there to watch the movie, they want to enjoy and does not like to be disturbed, so you must…?” “Be quiet. So they can concentrate.”

The kids were reciting the 5 golden rules over and over again as if it was a song, on the way to the cinema. *laugh* Completely free willed, not my orders, alright?

Grab their POT of popcorn and a huge WIZARD cup of sprite, wearing their very first pair of jeans and very first jackets, they were ready to go……

We sat on the last row, to the extreme right. And this was what happened DURING the movie yesterday:

Keatkeat:

• He had his jacket over a T-shirt that was so thick, I wonder if they were actually meant for kids staying in sunny Singapore. Obviously, I didn’t buy that T-shirt, it was a gift. I had to go to such extend, ‘cos if he starts to sneeze, Allan would want to go home. Luckily, my effort paid off.

• Whenever Allan leave his seat to answer a phone call, Keatkeat will follow him out. In and out, over and over again….

• Other than that, Keatkeat sat still in the big cushion chair; in the most comfortable slouching position, munching his popcorn.

Binbin:

• REFUSED to sit on the chair.

• He sat on the floor! Peeked through the gap between the seats.

• Standing occasionally with half body leaning over the seats infront of us. We were lucky to have an empty row infront of us.

• An hour into the show, he said, “Mommy, I don’t want to watch already. Can we go home now?”

• The only thing he truly enjoyed was the popcorn and the huge cup of sprite.

So conclusion:
Keatkeat showed that he deserves to have another treat to the big screen, but Binbin is not ready yet….

Allan and I enjoyed the show, there were moments I think I laughed too loudly…Binbin had to turn to me with his index finger on his lips. *laugh*

Kids’ response?
Keatkeat: “Very nice. Very funny.”

Binbin: “I don’t like, very scary and my tears come down from my eyes.”
Me: “Huh? How come? When? Which part of the show made you cry?”
Binbin: “The ‘Mommy’ going to drop down from the rocks…” *frown* tears welding up again….