Children's Day 2017

For the school's Children's Day celebration, my second son had the option to dress up as a working adult. He only told us about it 2 days before so there was no time to shop for a costume.  After some deliberation, he settled on dressing up as a tour guide. He has a bright orange sports cap from Maldives which he often uses when he pretends to be a hip-hop dancer. We bought him a pair of sunglasses and DIYed a tour guide flag pole. Mei Mei came up with the name of the tour company - Cool Tours.  She later asked if my son was really going to be a tour guide when he grows up. Given his dislike for walking and the heat, I don't think that is likely.

This morning my wife was trying to convince my son to practise on the piano more regularly. She told him that he could consider becoming a composer, which would allow him to work from home when he grows up. He was horrified by the idea. He said, "There would be no meetings, no computers, no emails and no office". He has visited my previous workplace several time before and thinks he would like to work in a bank. I certainly have meetings and emails - made be feel so thankful for the job that I do.

He's also been asking questions about National Service because my eldest son will be enlisting next year. One thing that concerned him was whether he would be able to have his regular doses of fresh milk, at least 4 times a day. He would not go to sleep without a cup of milk no matter how tired he feels. He is the reason why my daughter, who is a picky eater, also drinks so much milk. So as funny as it may have sounded at first, we shared his concern. How was he going to manage without milk? He said we will have to order lots of UHT milk for him to bring back to camp in the weekends. Glad we found a solution for that one.

Kids say the funniest things and it is great fun to play along. Who knows what jobs they will do when they grow up. But I hope that whatever they do, they will become the person that God wants them to be. Thank God for them.