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Toy guns! Our little one simply loves them.  Ha!Ha! He also loves striking poses with them.

“I want to be a police” repeated Darren. So it is not difficult to guess that his liking for guns arises from a wish to be a police or is it the other way round? *hehe*.

A suggestion for parents: When a child enjoys a certain ‘healthy’ topic or item, parents can tap on his/her interests to encourage him/her to express it through :

- writing

- drawing

- a play

- story telling or ’show and tell’ (schools here are exposing children to ’show and tell’ too)

This helps a child in his/her expression and creativity. It expands his/her knowledge as well.  In addition, it aids the child to feel motivated when parents are engaged in his/her topic of interests.   With parental guidance, young children can also start finding out more about the topic or item through internet search.

Actually for us, we went a step further as our boys gave us the idea of creating a “library, museum or shop concept” to showcase or market their creations (as a playtime at home), topic of interest or even ‘researched’ topic for our older boy.  It gives our boys many opportunities for teamwork too.

[This concept is educational and fun and we will share this in another post.]

For our boys, they get interested with different topics and objects at different stages. While Brendan fancied toy cars when he was young, Darren has been keen on toy guns since a year ago. We explained to him that a “real gun” is not like a “toy gun” and that police does not use his gun without discretion.

See how we enter into Darren’s world of police and toy guns through his drawings, ’show and tell’ and role play where he plays the police while mommy is the lady villain:)

Expressing his newly gathered knowledge through drawing

Expressing the difference through ’show and tell’

Our brave policeboy on duty in pyjamas *haha*

With interests and time from parents since our children’s young age, I am sure our children find it exciting and fun to invite the parents into their world WHILE parents gain much insights and bonding moments too - through the eyes and minds of our young ones.

I always learn something new and informative from our boys.

Don’t you?

One day, I brought home a bouquet of roses given by friends. Guess what Darren did with it instinctively?

“Mommy, may I marry you please?” pleaded Darren in a kneeling position.

Sweet!

I am sure some of you might have encountered moments when your young son has proposed to you to marry him.  It sound ticklish but these young children are simply sweetest and innocent.

At first, I had Brendan proposing to me when he was younger and said that he would not want to marry other woman besides his mother.

Then, I have Darren also proposing for mommy to be his wife.

Marriage. What do our young children understand about it?

TV programmes have such an impact on children. Even Darren knows that he could kneel down to make a marriage proposal to score points:)

The photo was taken hastily (not well-taken) but it is definitely a photo that we can look back in future and talk about it with a smile:)

I know our boys will outgrow this stage of idolising their mommy soon.

But at least I have experienced in a lifetime a guy (err…a young boy in this case) kneeling before me to ask for my hands in marriage *haha*. Guess I let hubby off too easily previously *hehe*.

I am sure I do not have to teach our Darren how to charm a woman when he grows up since he is already SOooooo romatic *lol*.

I still can’t believe that I am taking the courage to experience a whole new life of being a SAHM and the new lifestyle that is waiting for me soon…very soon.

Despite being a few months break from work, I am sure I will miss those career life too.

However, I am looking forward to achieving those long unfulfilled and neglected plans for so many years.

Do continue to follow us on my brand new experience of motherhood and lifestyle - insights of a mommy who used to shoulder on in both worlds.

I hope I can get adjusted soon……