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Bumble bee

We had a filling dinner at the newly opened restaurant , The Ship. After we exited, Cayen suddenly squatted down and said he  wanted to poop (but it's  kind of rare that he will know how to say.. He's still not toilet trained) Then he said, "我不敢走,很大包,会掉下来” (I don't dare to walk, (diaper) is very big, will drop. )  We got super nervous, should we just go straight home or go to the toilet (which is nowhere in sight). Then , we decided to just make a dash home since there wasn't any obvious smell yet. But when we reached home, there wasn't any poop at all.   

His first piano recital

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Cayen looks forward to piano lesson every week. Perhaps it's because he enjoys the song and dance and a little bit of piano playing. He likes it so much he would willingly walk from our home to the lesson on his own (without asking to be carried). Perhaps it's because we never ask him to practise intra week. As such, piano lessons are always fun. All was well until I learned that there's a end of term concert ! And he could hardly complete a song without playing wilfully. And suddenly one week was the rehearsal and the following week the concert. Thankfully during the rehearsal, it was the teacher's birthday and hence, there's a chocolate cake. Just before he played, I told him that he would get two "good" chops and a piece of cake. Miraculously, he played the song perfectly without a pause (though he used the wrong fingers). The power of the chocolate cake!  Then, for the next one week, we tried to get him to practice .. 临时抱佛脚...  A few days

His riddle for me

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Today , during storytime, Cayen played with a blue stress ball .. And suddenly asked me, "Ah Po gave me a fruit, it's purple, what is it?" Me: erm, a mangosteen ?  C: no.. It's purple .. Like Tinkie Winky .. Like this (he pointed to some purple thing).. Purple  Me: what's the color inside? C: White . Purple outside.  Me: mangosteen ?  C: no ! Purple.  Me : a grape ? The one that you peel the skin? C: no .. (Points to the stress ball) how can it be a grape ? That is small. (Gave me a super exasperated look ) It is round like this, round  like the Sun [i was secretly impressed with his comparatives] . And big.  Me : plum ?  C: no, that is blue. This is purple. Me: erm , it's purple on the outside but white on the inside. I don't know.. At this juncture, C got up and tried to go outside , he muttered , "I will go ask Ah Po"  To prevent the bedtime routine from extending further, I  quickly asked him to ask Ah Pa. Ah Pa asked him, "is it 山竹?&quo