JSTDT - Disney On Ice

Jaina has this thing about the Disney's princesses stories so it is a rite of passage for all parents of young children to bring them to the show when the Disney troupe is in town. To think I used to laugh at people who would attend silly shows like these...

Oh well, so as a kiasu parent, I bought my tickets very early and has prepped my little princess on the show. We have read her the Disney fairy tales and she would make use read and read the same stories over and over again... At times, I wonder why we buy so many books when she always asked for the same ones anyway...

Just last week, Jaina was going to start on one of her whines when I decided to distract her with a conversation on the Disney show.

Mummy: (with forced enthusiasm) Where are we going next Mon?

Jaina: (paused as she thought about it) where mummy?

Mummy: (shoulders slumped) The Disney show!! Remember?

Jaina: No which one.

Mummy: The Disney princess show?

Jaina: No which one.

Mummy: The Disney show with the princesses skating one?

Jaina: No which one!

Mummy: (raising voice) The Disney princess on ice show! The one with skating lah!

Jaina: (louder too) No which one!!

Mummy: (shouting already) THE DISNEY PRINCESSES ON ICE SHOW!!! THE ONE WE SAW ON TV ONE!!!

Jaina: (shouting back too) NO WHICH ONE!!!!!!!!

And suddenly it hit me!!!!!! I suddenly understood...

Mummy: Right... No witch one...

Jaina: No witch one. Only got princess.

With that, Jaina settled back down calmly on her car seat and started muttering to herself about the show...

JSTDT – Well Travelled

You know how as parents, you preach good things to your children in the form of half-truths so that they will believe you?

So anyway, Jaina was fussing in the car and I wanted to distract her. So I noticed an old man pushing a hugh pile of carton boxes across the road and pointed it out to Jaina. I told her that the old man was having a hard time pushing the cart because he didn’t eat enough vegetables.

Jaina didn’t looked very convinced so I pushed my theory some more. I said that if Jaina had eaten more veges than she will be strong enough to do many things. Like how Jaina had helped pushed her Tai-ma’s wheelchair the other time we were on vacation.

Jaina was thoughtful and soon launched into her own world of rationale.

Jaina: Jaina eat ALL (which is a lie) her vegetables so Jaina has the strength to push Tai-ma.

Mummy: Yes dear, that’s why you need to eat all your vegetables.

Jaina (on auto mode already): Jaina eat vegetable so Jaina can push Tai-ma to many place…

Mummy: Uh huh…

Jaina: …to Malaysia… to Batam…

Mummy at this point gave Daddy a side-glance. Feeling very impressed that Jaina can list countries.

Jaina: (pause) … Malaysia… Bedok… Malaysia…

Mummy bursted out laughing as I realised she ran out of places!!! But not bad lah, for a 3 year old, she is indeed well travelled. Malaysia, Batam and not forgetting Bedok!! Perhaps this is because I’ve often told her that Bedok is very far away.