All About Your Child

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?”

By now, I guess all Singaporean Mommies, or rather, Singaporean Babies who are eligible for the Baby Bonus Programme would have received the notice on the Change of Managing Agent for Baby Bonus .

From 1 August 2008, Mommies will have more choices, enjoy better returns and receive better services when the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC Bank) and the Standard Chartered Bank take over from DBS as new managing agents for the Baby Bonus Scheme.

The Option to Choose Managing Agent (for existing POSB CDA holders)
Each trustee of an existing POSB Children Development Account (CDA) will receive an option form from MCYS to choose the bank (OCBC Bank or Standard Chartered) to transfer the CDA. Mommy (trustee) need to indicate your choice and submit the form to MCYS by 30 June 2008.

I chose OCBC simply because it’s easily locatable….and because of the lunch box. Ooops! Typical Singaporean. Easily attracted to things that are free….*grin*

The divider on the top compartment is removable. Pretty nice. But I was a little disappointed. On the pamphlet given to all households, the picture looks wider but in actual fact its really quite longish. Ah ya, what can I expect from free stuff. But seriously, it’s a good-enough size for my dear Keatkeat to bring his morning tea snacks to school.

Now that there are 3 compartments (if the divider is in), my boy can have more variety for his little meal in school.

Which bank did you choose?