Double Standards

Well Boy Boy...

You made your Daddy quite angry today, you know? Must remember to say sorry okay...

It happened not once, not twice, but many many times already... At bedtime, Mommy and Daddy will try to coax you to sleep. But you will refuse very loudly (growl growl growl), giving us your angry look and trying to scare us into submission, while using all your strength to wriggle out of our arms... We retaliate by trying to stuff the pacifier back into your mouth and struggling to get you to close your eyes -- sometimes even physically pushing trying to push your eyelids close... so desperate are we!

And at this time, when Ma-ma, Ye-Ye or Shu-Shu come into the room to see what the racket is about, you will immediately switch your growl into a big wide grin... coz you know them = play time! (Especially your Shu-Shu who always manages to make you so happy)

But of course, Daddy and Mommy can never stay angry at you for long, even if you make us feel like the bad guys who deprive you of fun when we are trying to do our "job"... You have given us countless moments of laughter and joy. These days, you have become quite a talkative boy, trying to chat up even strangers... Daddy and Mommy wonder why, since neither of us are quite as sociable as you... You are also very very loud... and very very fierce! But thankfully you are more often smiley and chatty than you are grouchy and difficult.

Little Rui Kai comes to visit...

Hey there Boy Boy!

Last week, your little cousin Rui Kai dropped by to visit you. It was really fun to see how the both of you interacted with each other. Rui Kai is about a month younger than you, so you must be a good kor kor to him, okay?

Everyone's anxious to see what happens during the first meeting...

A handshake marks the beginning of a good friendship!

When we first place the two of you side by side on the tatami mat, you can't seem to keep your hands to yourself -- you will automatically spread yourself in the 大 position (i.e. arms and legs all spread out), and inevitably hit your little cousin, not once, but many many times... not a very friendly start! We were pretty worried that Rui Kai will start crying because of your "abuse", but thankfully he is a magnanimous boy. In the end, we decided to flip the two of you on your tummies so that nobody gets injured and the both of you can see each other.

The two little tigers...

I think all the adults had lots of fun that afternoon playing with the two of you. Hopefully there will be many more opportunities for you two to play together soon!