well.. i brought iggie to the bowling alley to have some fun ... and while waiting for a lane, we were sitting there watching for quite some time.... thus i decided to bring him out for a walk ...
just outside were those game machines .... i am not a fan of computer games .... but looking at iggie - his eyes opened up at what the other kids were doing ... and with lots of button to press... he asked if he could try.
i decided for 50cents a game ... alright .... we will take $2 and let him have some fun ....
given this mummy is no game player, and first time for the both of us ... each 50cents lasted no more than 1 min!!! so in less than 4 mins... all 4 coins were used up!
he asked for more .. and i told him "iggie, mummy doesnt have enough money.... i need to go to work first okie... then we can play more next time ... "
so iggie bought the story and timing was just right, a lane was freed up and we quickly got ready to play....
iggie was playing the whole time while i stood there and carried the bowl for him til it was time for him to lug that heavy 7pound ball to the line and watch him very gently put the ball on the fall and give it his biggest push.... and the ball will take approx 1 min to slowly roll down ... hahahahahahah... its like watching a very S_L_O_W movie.... silent slow movie .... and all our attention in that 1 min was focus on watching that ball go all the way down the L_O_N_G lane ... and hopefully very gently hit a pin... and make it fall.... that is "exciting"!!!!!
anyway, after letting him roll down 40 balls into the drain (2 games) ...... i realised it was past 7.30pm ... time to eat....
so i told him "iggie, we have to go. we will come again alright?"
"mummy, iggie still wants to play..."
"but iggie, mummy doesnt have enough money.... we need to pay to play... next time okie?"
"......alright .... mummy you go to work tomorrow and earn more money so that we can come tomorrow"
..... errr... it was a sat night ....."iggie tomorrow is sunday, mummy doesnt need to work... i will go to work again on monday alright? we can come again next week if you want"
"...alright... mummy you go to work and earn more monies so that iggie can play longer next time"
"alright darling... now lets put on our shoes and go okie... it time for dinner"
the family who was playing just beside us were a bunch of young jap kids... and a singaporean mummy .... she had been smiling and playing with iggie the whole time we were there ... so when we were leaving, i told iggie to say bye bye to aunty....
"bye bye aunty"
"oh you are leaving, so fast? not playing anymore?"
"mummy doesnt have enough money... so iggie cant play anymore"
... I WAS SHOCKED!!!...... with open mouth, wide eyes... i raised my head and looked at the lady ...
from her eyes, i knew she understood .... (similing)
"of course, its expensive to play. yes you need money to play" (smiling)
"yes, mummy is going to work and earn monies so iggie can come again"
"yes .... it literally throwing money into the drain... next time okie? we play together again?"
"alright ... now iggie is hungry"
"oh .. then you better go have your dinner.. its late... bye bye"
"bye bye aunty"
...... and so we went to the cashier to pay and while he was waiting ... he asked "mummy do you have enough money to buy food?"
"yes darling ... i have just enough money to buy dinner for us.... " (smiling).....
and the car ride all the way to dinner .... iggie reminded me again "mummy, you go to work and earn lots of monies so that iggie can play TOO-LONG next time"
"alright iggie... i will work very hard and earn more money so that you can play more games next time... but we need to also put aside money for food and books okie?"
...... my little darling boy ..... so watch out what you say in front of him okie ....
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just the other day ... out of the blue while both of us were playing at home ... he said "mummy, iggie needs to go to work now, my boss call me to work.... its alright.... dun worry"
............... SHOCKED ........................
"oh ok .... your boss just called you to work in Alaska? alright .... you are such a darling boy"
... iggie grins .... and smiles .......
my darling boy ...... wat else can i say ..... :)
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Iggie's trying to talk like a adult now, the boy's growing up... So, has he popped "the" question yet? The question of "Mummy, where do babies come from?".
hahahha.. funnie you should ask that...
and yes - he has!
and i told him simply "remember the time mummy's tummy grew bigger and bigger? and mummy went to the hospital? the doctor opened my tummy and took nick nick out. so that is where nick nick came from"
and he asked "how did nick nick get in there?"
and my answer "well - mummy has an egg inside and it grew into a baby like you and nick nick.... understand?"
_________ so how's that as an answer???? ______ its factual, clear enough and simple for him to understand! :P
Sounds easy! Even I can understand!
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