Reading While Walking

How many of you like to read while walking?

Yesterday, I went to the childcare centre to pick Jia Yi up from school. He was so excited to show me the new magazine that his teacher had given him. I asked him to show it to me after we got home, but he refused. He took out the magazine as we were walking home and started reading it.

Jia Ya saw him with the magazine and tried to snatch it away from him. She wanted to take a look at the magazine too. But, Jia Yi refused to pass it to her and told her that she will only get to read it when we got home. Jia Ya started crying aloud. I then told her that it is not good to read while walking, because she will not be able to see where she is going. She insisted. I had no choice but to walk faster so that she stayed away from Jia Yi.

Jia Ya was arguing with me for the book. Just then... "Bong'. We heard a loud sound coming from our back. Jia Ya stopped talking when she heard Jia Yi crying out. Jia Yi had knocked his head against the pole. Jia Ya was too shocked to ask for the magazine again, instead....

"Haha! Ask you not to read, knock on your head already lah!" laughed Jia Ya at Jia Yi.

Jia Ya and Jia Yi dared not ask for the magazine to read anymore. We finally went home in peace.

Bringing Animals for Dinner

I often get angry during dinner time. That's because Jia Yi only likes to eat whatever is not on his plate.

"What do you want to eat?" my husband will ask every day during dinner.

We will all tell him our preferences and he will do the ordering.

When all the food arrived on the table, Jia Yi will argue that he did not ask for the one that he had ordered. Instead, he will want to eat whatever, my husband or I had ordered for ourselves. And we ended up eating what he had ordered for himself.

Jia Ya is too young to order for herself, so she usually shares with Jia Yi (since Jia Yi cannot finish all the food himself). The problem with her is that she does not like to eat. I do not know why.

The other day, I had to trick her into eating the food on her plate.

"How big is the mouth of the crocodile?" I asked her. She will open her mouth to show and that's when I can put the food into her mouth.

"Wow! The crocodile is so smart. It can eat up Jia Ya's food."

"Do you want to eat your food now?" Jia Ya will refuse.

"Come here rabbit, open your mouth and eat up Jia Ya's food." And Jia Ya will open her mouth to eat.

I have to continue to name all the different types of animals in order to get Jia Ya to eat her food.

So tiring! My husband said that I had taken the whole zoo of animals for dinner.

Getting Jia Ya to Walk

Jia Ya does not like to walk and I do not like to carry her. Can you guess how I get her to walk?

I play a game with her. I will hold Jia Yi's hand on my right and Jia Ya's hand on my left. We will all walk together. When anyone of us says 'Stop!', all of us will have to stop walking. Then, we will see if we have all stopped with the same legs in front. The odd one out will have to switch legs so that he/she will have the same leg in front.

Of course, I will not stop too long for them to switch their legs. So, in order for them to follow my legs, they will both walk faster.

Do you have other ways to get them to walk without having to scold them? Tell me know and I shall try it out with them.