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Last week, Daddy had the TV on after dinner to watch the Thomas Cup live telecast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n When dining out, despite having her own seat, Zaria loves squeezing her butt on our chair midway through dinner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n When we’re home, Jelly is the one who bathes the girls. But when we were at my sister’s, I did the bathing while Jelly did the dishes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n When the girls go downstairs, they like to jump from the fourth step before the landing to the ground, and laugh every time they did it.
\nZara : Dad, I want to watch my DVD.<\/span>
\nDaddy : Daddy wants to watch badminton.<\/span>
\nZara : But I want to watch my show.<\/span>
\nDaddy didn’t reply, eyes glued to TV.
\nZara : *upset* Even my own Ah Kong let me watch Sponge Bob in Karen yiyi’s house!<\/span>
\n(My dad who monopolises the TV in my sister’s place, allowed the girls to watch Sponge Bob from 7pm to 8pm on Astro every time we were there. Well, he didn’t have a choice. The girls begged and begged with all their PLEAAASSSSE, until he gave in.)
\nThere’ll be more to come, when World Cup season starts!<\/p>\n
\nOne of these occasions, I told her off, “Go and sit on your own chair!”<\/span>
\nShe raised her voice, frowned and said, “But we’re a family right? We should sit together!”<\/span>
\no.O”<\/p>\n
\nOne day when were at my sister’s, I was at the computer working, and Zaria came and asked me, “Mum, you bath me now.”<\/span>
\nI told her, “Later, mummy finish mummy’s work first.”<\/span>
\nShe frowned and said, “You can bath me first right? Then you can finish your work right?”<\/span>
\nClever to reason now, I see.<\/p>\n
\nI was worried that an accident will happen, so I gave them a lecture, ending with something like that, “You all think it’s fun huh? Wait till an accident happen. If it’s so bad, you have to be on wheel chairs forever. Next time if I saw who did it, I’ll bring out my big fat juicy cane to cane the person.”<\/span>
\nGirls were silent.
\nI asked Zara, “Zara, do you understand what I just said?”<\/span>
\nZara was a bit upset with the lecturing, and replied, “You also did it last time right?”<\/span> (I told her when I was young, I jumped once from the cupboard and sprained my ankle)
\n“You also didn’t listen to your mummy right? And it’s fun right?”<\/span>
\no.O”
\nI had to explain, I know it’s fun to jump like that, if they like jumping, we can bring them to Jungle gym or Kids Sport to jump on trampoline. Jumping like that is too dangerous, and I cannot let them do it, just in case they get hurt.
\nSince then, nobody did the jumping any more except on trampoline and well padded flour.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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