Dino Day at art science museum


Before the exhibition ends in late July, we decided to bring Cayen to see the dinosaurs exhibition at the art science museum. Doing something indoors was a good move as it started drizzling after we reached.

While the exhibition was nicely lay out in a visually appealing manner, I felt somewhat disappointment that most of the exhibits are cast and only a small handful of "real fossils". Nonetheless, it was interesting walking around the exhibits of dinosaurs and some lizard, reptile Dino lookalikes.

The walk in the musuem was exhausting as Cayen was excited and kept running around non stop. At the end of a what feels like 4 hour walks (it was less than 2 I believe), the adults were exhausted and had to adjourn for late lunch at at Ding Tai Fung. The queue was still long at 3pm plus but I think it's mainly due to slow clearing of tables than actual full capacity. Nonetheless we had to camp outside the restaurant for about 15 - 20 minutes.

In the meanwhile, Cayen was contented running around an advertisement involving a Swatch watch and a children clothing ad featuring a sweet young thing UNTIL this little girl came up to Cayen. I think she was curious and wanted to get closer to him. So I told him to extend his hand to shake her her hand. Surprisingly he did, and for a while too.

However, she didn't reciprocate. So he dropped his hand after a while. Then, suddenly the girl's mother came towards Cayen, probably to shake hand or something. Before I knew it, Cayen said "Mai!" and slapped the mother on the face.

I was shocked.

I kept apologising to the mother who muttered repeatedly that "打我不要紧，不要打我女儿”  (it's OK to hit me but please don't hit my daughter). I felt so bad and told Cayen off. However, Cayen didn't seem remorseful. To him, he's just fending off something that he didn't want coming near him. But slapping people is wrong. And I would need to find a solution to the new found problem. Sigh. Welcome to Terrible Twos.

Anyway, to end the  day on a more light hearted note, we caught some shots of him carrying a shopping bag (it's quite funny how he kept changing posture and handling method after he got tired) and being very pleased about his independence, although the gift was not for him. Naughty boys do not get presents. Fullstop. 



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Nurturing creativity

Image
We went for curriculum updates last week for Cayson and the week before for Cayen. Bumped into the English teacher who told me that Cayen eats his lunch very well including vegetables (doesn't sound like him at all). She also mentioned that Cayen likes to test boundary. Recent case in point , teacher would ask the children to not talk in the toilet as it could be noisy for the children in the adjacent classroom. As he wasn't allowed to talk, he purposely started singing instead. Then our discussion was cut short and I wondered how the teacher responded to his singing eventually.  Nonetheless , this is one of the many instances where Cayen would not do things the conventional way. In Cantonese, I might even call him "Seng Mok" (savvy). For instance , previously , he was spotted sipping lime cordial juice on a plate -he has helped himself at the dispenser without my knowledge . One would have usually told him off but I decided to ask him why he did that. He said that he
Read more

Feedback from teachers

Image
As part of the regular meet the parent session, I joined Cayson to make ice cream. Think I must be the only one who managed to tear two plastics bags in a row due to vigorous shaking. It’s good fun as Cayson tried his hand at making ice cream from Meiji strawberry milk.  Teacher’s feedback on him is still good as usual as he’s still quite an obedient and easy going kid though she did remark that he’s picky with some food like vegetables now. And whilst he’s 99% agreeable in the past, he’s been more prone to his own opinion (I read it as trying to get his way). And sometimes he followed his classmates’ action of scribbling away randomly during colouring when he used to colour carefully within the lines. Observations were quite in line with what we see at home. Recently he would cry when he doesn’t get his way. For instance, we were playing snakes and ladders and he started crying when I made him slide down when he hit a snake. He kept screaming “I want to win”. Later on, he proceeded to
Read more

Top 12 Tips during Confinement - revised edition (2017)

Image
This is dedicated to my dear friends who are expecting their bundle of joy very soon. Being a hassle-free type of mother who needs to go back to work after maternity leave, and also one who likes a good bargain, these are the things I personally find very useful, practical & cost saving. 1. A good breastfeeding pillow  - my Brestfriend  For some strange reason, I didn't see the need to invest in this initially. But this has to be the top 1 or 2 items I cannot live without during the first few months. No matter how I positioned the normal pillows, I just couldn't get the right positioning without straining my shoulders/ back. So yes, this is first on the list. Anyway, if your milk production is low, try papaya with fish soup and remember to drink lots of water. If all else fails, you still can try to take some herbal medicine before resorting to Formula Milk. This herbal supplement improved production by 30-50%. I only took it when baby was having gro
Read more