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I wish life can always be as beautiful and fresh as this orchid.

 orchid photo taken at our recent visit to World Orchid Conference

I am really cherishing this December School Holidays with our boys.  Should I label it as first school holidays that I could enjoy and totally commit bonding time with our boys without any job distractions and school burdens?  A great incentive for being SAHM:) To me..being energised by the young ones is much more fulfilling than being a “Tai Tai”.

A school holiday that I could trully immerse myself in the kids’ world and sometimes they take a walk with me down nostalgic lanes. 

MEANINGFUL:)

With no baggages on our shoulders and an early Taiwan vacation in early November, our 2 boys and I have travelled many places locally and make much food trails. Though we had to forgo our Hong Kong plan (just boys and I) for relative visiting due to my one-week allergy attack, Singapore offers heaps of fun too:)

Another 2 weeks left before school starts and we are still making plans for much more FUN.  Looking forward to watching a dance performance together tonight:)

A month after Taiwan trip, I know I still have a number of posts to cover on our trip.  Many photos to organise.  However, I think, the travel posts can await.

Since the heat of School Holidays is still on, thought it might be useful to share our local trails first:)

For now and till end-December, our boys are looking forward to everyday fun on our local trails and hunt for tasty food and maybe another overseas short vacation:)

Till then, it’s eat and play before they start crunching on their books again while I step back to the kitchen.

Definitely, more posts on the way on fun places to visit for kids:)

How do we know that our child has matured?  We look for tell-tale signs!

Bren: “I am not going into the Ladies with you. I want to use the Gents.”

<There is no standard age when a boy should stop following mommy into the Ladies’ washroom. Bren started going to Gents’ toilet at about age 8 and Darren at about age 6 (follow the leader).>

Bren: “Aiyo. Mummy, don’t hold my hand. Later people think that we are dating.”

<Haha! A mother dating a son. He is so cute!>

Bren: “Mummy, please do not tell the taxi driver the directions. Let me tell him.”

<Wah! I can relax while our MAN takes over the ïnstruction giving.>

Bren: “Why my friends can XXX and YYY and I cannot?”

<He is beginning to seek freedom.>

Bren:”I am not going to wear that Pooh Bear shirt anymore and don’t bring me to that Toy Department. It’s for children.”

<Yo! Our child (yet to be teen) talking about not wanting to be deemed as a child.>

Bren:”Okay. I know what to do. Don’t need to repeat.”

<hmm…sensing more confidence.>

If your child is also expressing tell-take signs of  maturing- BE READY. They are ready to leap soon and next they will be flying.

Recently, we have been advocating the importance of being independant to him. However, when he starts practising them, I sense LOSS.

Arghh…Dilemma of a mother. Son, how I wish you could remain as a child for more years to come.

How I wish I could return to that life that was once simple. With no huge responsibilities, simple ideals and when I was never affected by the pressure of the survival of the fittest. 

A life when I was not disturbed even without handphone, PC, credit cards (or the bigger 5Cs) or a property of my own.

Aww…How I wish I could resign from adulthood and be able to live like a child once again. So, it is so important that as a parent, I enable my two boys to enjoy the simple joy of childhood as much as they could while they are still young.  Somehow, children these days are robbed of their carefree life earlier than our times.  Agree?

And.

As at today, I had officially resigned from my career for 5 months.  With a main responsibility of immersing in the world of two children everyday, it’s VALUABLE being able to appreciate a simple life from the eyes of a child. Truly, I have never felt so relieved before. 

Hmmm…it’s all about searching for bigger happiness in simplicity. Yeap, must cherish till I return to the society again *haiz*.

To my sons : Trust me. Must cherish the simpler life that you have now.  Enjoy!

Interesting poem. Extacted from internet.

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8-year-old again.
I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it’s a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks.
I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer day.
I want to return to a time when life was simple.
When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn’t bother you, because you didn’t know what you didn’t know and you didn’t care.

All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.
I want to live simple again.
I don’t want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip,illness, and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So…here’s my checkbook and my car keys, my credit cards and all my responsibility.

I am officially resigning from adulthood.