- Fathers’ Day Morning pic before church…
A father’s gotta do what a father’s gotta do… After church what Kings really wanted to do was marathon-sleep… Ah well, he gets to pick what he really wants to do today right… So I spent the day entertaining Rockstar and then Kings woke up after several hours of comatose-ness and brought the Rockstar to a basketball game in Wan Chai…
- Except then this happened… And all the basketball guys were taking cellphone pics
We intended for the above to happen, we wanna catch Green Lantern tonight… Just… It happened a little sooner than expected so Kings had to cut short bball, bring him home not sleeping, and then after cleaning him up we have to put him back down again…Except… Then Kings blurted out on the cellphone with his friend how We’re Watching Green Lantern Yippee! so now Rockstar doesn’t want us to go.
Ah, the joys of parenting. Don’t many good times, great memories happen when they happen – not necessarily on predetermined greeting card holidays?
PS: We still don’t know if we’re gonna be a no-show at the movies… 😛
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So I happened to receive some positive comments from Rockstar’s ABC Music & Me teacher recently (it’s like a school extra-curricular I guess, we signed up thru his school – I jumped at the chance because he’d previously formed such a dislike for maracas shaking and what-not at one of the Wisekids Playrooms we frequented after getting really angry that another child took both his musical instruments away and no one said anything to her…
Figured after the school did such a great job of instilling enjoyment in my strong-willed son for their lessons it was my best chance ever to undo his strong dislike for “music time” if we joined the one conducted in school..)
Me: Rockstar, you must be enjoying school activities, your “Music Camp” teacher says you’re responsive and follow instructions well.
Rockstar: <nodding gravely> Yes. This is true.
Me: So you can actually follow instructions without having to be told repeatedly. Then how come you don’t do this for Mummy?
Rockstar: Because Daddy doesn’t. I’m just following Daddy.
Way to put Daddy in the dog house.
Rockstar's Happy Father's Day Face (Yes, really)
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
May you enjoy the office that gets you in trouble with your child’s mother like no other!!
Kings basically crashed about the apartment this morning looking for a clean shirt that wasn’t too crummy and then went, “Hey, you bought me shirts, didn’t you?”
(Rockstar isn’t in his matching shirt because this pic was taken up at the Peak walking the dog this morning. That’s an old Jacadi shirt he always wears to hot, mosquito-infested areas because I spray his clothing all over with baby insect repellant and then leave it to air dry 20 mins… beats applying loads of it directly on his skin..)
Like father like son, huh? So is the trick to seek the father’s co-operation to listen to your instructions so that the son will follow suit?
Yeah I wish lah, but it’s probably easier to explain to the son which things the father does that may not be good for the son.. And if all else fails overrule the son and scold the father! 😀
Great father and son photo in matching shirts! Good way to include JD in the photo too (re: JD’s black and white photo on the wall).
Ay hi Mun, thanks so much for the comments, sorry it took me awhile to reply… Was quite swamped yesterday (by now guess you know why! :D)
Better late then never! 😀 Thanks for the replies.