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Revised & extended stories by Aidan Teh

Last night, Aidan was having dinner and singing songs about fat sausages (go figure!) when he suddenly said, "Mummy! I have a story to tell you!" And so it began. Two super edited and extended versions of stories we know. No one can say the kid has no imagination! (Excuse the grammar though. The little tyke is only 4).

Baby Jesus (Version 2009. TOTALLY revised and err...upgraded)

"This is baby Jesus (draws in the air with his finger). And this - draws a square shape - is the hotel. One of the bad men came to find him but when he arrived, baby Jesus grow up already. And then He fight with the bad man until, until - pauses and dramatically does vertical shaking motions with his hands - until the temple came crashing down!"

Oh wow! Such talent! The ability to mesh Bible stories into one explosive, action packed masterpiece! Yes, we are in awe! LOL! On to the other story....


The Ant and the Bird (the super extended version. The version you know had the best bits snipped.)

"An ant was in the river. Drowning. A bird plucked a leaf and threw it on the ant! The ant climbed on the leaf and was saved. A man with a gun was going to shoot the bird but the ant bite him and the bird was saved!"

"What does this story teach you?" I asked.

"All about ants!" was his quick, confident reply. It was hard to choose between rolling my eyes and laughing out loud. Might burst a blood vessel if I tried both simultaneously, so I kept a composed smile on my face.

"And then! A dinosaur, a T-Rex came and grabbed the bird! The ant quickly bite the T-Rex until die!"

Before I could wrap my brain around the unexpected appearance of the dino,...

"An eagle came! The ant called the man to shoot the eagle! And then, and then - he got really excited, I can sense another brilliant cameo coming - a robot appeared! The ant and the man fight with the robot until it's destroyed!"

Aidan smiled with satisfaction. He's told awesome stories and he knows it. I was left gaping at the sheer genius (and audacity!) of the stories and I grabbed pen and paper and jot it down before my too-stunned-brain left out important details.

Don't you just wanna squish him in a geram-hug? And then worry how to disentangle the Bible stories back to its original, correct, albeit less action-packed version? No worries about the ant and the bird (some ant, huh?) though. It's time fables get a facelift.



The author-editor extraordinaire.

When I grow up, I wanna be...

Most of us remember our childhood dreams. What we wanna be when we grow up. More often than not, those dreams change as we age and acquire new interests or new insights on life. I can't remember my childhood dreams. I put it down to sleep deprivation!

Anyway, the other day, Sean asked me (with a very serious expression), "Mummy what do u think I can be when i grow up?" "Anything you want, as long as you work at it," I replied. "3 of my friends in class wanna be policemen when they grow up." "What about you?" I asked. "Me? I wanna be...."

He paused and thought and I waited with bated breath. This is the first "I wanna be" conversation with my firstborn and it's so meaningful!

"I wanna be....Optimus Prime!" he said and burst into cheeky laughter.

*sigh* *Rips the page off the invisible book of nostalgia, crumples it and throws it away*


"This is my Autobot face."

Literally

Children are so literal. Case in point: Sean asked his daddy one day, "If i drink a lot of water, will it wash Jesus out of my body?" Huh?! He is struggling with the idea that Jesus lives in his heart. So we get these kinda questions once in a while. Sure keeps us on our toes! :)
"I ask interesting questions don't I?"

Vote for Our Band Name

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God bless!

Yummy cuppies!

Do these look too good to eat? Yeah.
Do they taste as good as they look? You betcha!

My very dear friend gave me this box of cupcakes two days before Merdeka. Well, not to celebrate independence day but because she has a heart of gold and must always bring something when she visits.

Needless to say, the kids were really delighted with these lovely confections and could not wait to eat them! I, on the other hand, delayed eating them for as long as I could (which was not very long!) for they were so lovely!

Check out these other designs from the designer-baker-extraordinaire...








Aren't they just gorgeous? It's hard to believe they're cupcakes! Check out more amazing designs at http://www.whitedaisy.my

The Continuing Saga of Sean & Aidan - Bedtime Chat

The room was dark and I was waiting for them to fall asleep when Aidan's voice floated in the night...

Aidan: Kor Kor, did you know that Mickey is a Mouse?

Sean: Yes, I know.

Aidan: But I don't know what Minnie is.

Sean: Minnie is a Mouse also la. Daisy is a duck. Donald is a duck. But I don't know what Goofy is.

Aidan: Goofy is a fox!

Me: Goofy is a dog la! (Aidan argued with me for a while but finally agreed).


"Who's been giggling? Not us, mummy! We've been trying to sleep!"

Aidan's take on Wonderpets

Mummy, I know why they call the show the Wonderpets! Because, they're wondering if they'll get the pets!

- LOL -