What NOT to Ask a 4 Year Old

This is a recent picture taken of DS. In case anyone was wondering, he was trying to put a crayon behind his ear.

Anyhow, DS has begun noticing the concept of "young" and "old", and how adults and "older" than children. Here is part of a conversation between him and me recently.

DS: Mummy, are you old?
Me: What do you think? Do I look old?
DS: (seriously and surely) Yes.

Following the above exchange, I proceeded to explain to him that I was relatively "young" in comparison to someone who was 80 years old, for instance. I don't know if he understood what I was trying to tell him, but the moral of the story is - don't ask a 4 year old if he thought you look young (or old!). Anyone taller than him by 1 inch and not in preschool is considered "old"! Haha.

We Went Bowling!

I think our kids are sort of old enough to participate in some activities with us, so we decided to go bowling recently. We had a ball of a time (no pun intended!), the kids had a blast and we'll definitely be going bowling again in the near future! A few bowling alleys in Singapore have kids' lanes - i.e. lanes that have side "bumpers". These "bumpers" prevent the bowling ball from going into the "drains". So no matter how the kids rolled the ball, it will always end up knocking down some pins. Hehe. Of course, DH and I also benefitted from these side "bumpers". Not surprising, we scored more points than we normally do. :P

Although DS had a special lightweight ball weighing only 4 lbs (specially for kids!), he still had difficulty rolling the ball down the lane, given that he's only 4 years old. :) DH had to help him along.

We hadn't intended to include DD in the game, but she was quite insistent that she participated. She was very determined to pick out a ball too. But she was quite puzzled as to why she couldn't lift any of the balls!

Here she is again, trying very hard to lift a 14 lb ball. Hehe.

OK, so DD gets a go too. Needless to say, she was very excited to be able to bowl like her big brother!

DH helping her along. :)