This is it.  I am not going apparel shopping with my 4.7 year old ever.  Especially not in those shops with mannequins donned in mini skirts.  Because twice in two weeks, I caught him peeping under their miniskirts! 

The first time it happened, I alerted his dad but the man wasn’t paying attention to what I said.  Then over this weekend, the man caught the boy red handed in the act himself and got rather upset over it.  He thinks the boy is getting too way ahead biologically and becoming sexually inquisitive.

I didn’t think it was that initially, dismissing it as a kid’s curiosity.  But after listening to what his dad said, I started to get a bit worried.   I tried searching for some articles on this and it seems that this is all part of a healthy discovery stage.  But still, I am confounded.  He’s a pre-schooler for goodness sake!  How am I going to deal with this?  And as I looked at his dad for an answer, the man clearly didn’t know how to go about this as well.

So for now, until we get this figured out, the short term strategy is to keep him away from the mannequins with the mini skirts.  

Far far away.

After watching the movie, the man went berserk and hunt down the whole town just to get these Transformers.  Of course, being the saver in the family, I went tsk tsk over the big bag when he came back from Toys “R” Us.  And his excuse?  He’s our only son what.

It’s a bit hard to argue on that front with him but frankly I don’t really like this very much as I’m never one who believes in splurging on the kid when it comes to his apparel or toys.  Yes, I would buy him some toys on and off, but there’s always a budget and I would never buy in bulk like the man do.  I don’t really care what others do or think but I find it very hard to justify spending money unnecessarily on my kid because materialism is not something I want to inculcate in him so early. 

But still, I didn’t want to quarrel with him over this particular indulgence and let them have their fun.  I know he did this out of love for the boy and also to compensate for his own deprived childhood.  And to think about it, it isn’t so bad because the toys are going to be shared by two boys.  The small one and the big one.

I wasn’t that keen to watch this movie but caved in due to pressure from the two boys in my family.  But surprisingly, I actually enjoyed the movie quite a bit!  And it’s all because I found out I could relate to the Autobots.

Optimus Prime told Sam that the Transformers learned to speak earthly language via the World Wide Web.  And if that’s not enough, they trolled eBay too.

See!  The Autobots are like me; hooked on the Internet neh.  Heheh.  I like!  I like!

I am so upset!  Two nights ago, I discovered that the fine hair on my son’s legs are not so fine anymore!  They are now looking darker and coarser!  OH GOSH!  I DON’T WANT!

I know.  I’m really overreacting.  They’re just leg hair.  But in all honesty, my heart is aching.  Because I realised that my boy is growing up too fast, something which I’m reluctant to concede to. 

I really want him to still be my baby so that I can continue to hold, cuddle and fuss over him every single day.  Yet I know these will soon become only memories as I lose my grip over him by the day.  The time when he’s going to shake off my hand is coming close and he’s probably not going to like it very much if I want to hug him, kiss him or even touch his face.

Hiaz…why must he grow up so fast?

He’s now so tall and lean, having lost so much of his baby fats and has even a personality to boot.  In fact, some days I actually miss having him in my womb, knowing that he was growing inside me and that he was 100% a part of me.  And as I looked at his leg hair, I felt like I was losing that part of me as I realised he is no longer the baby I want him to remain.

This must be how most mothers feel at some point in their lives.  To have to struggle through these feelings of ambivalence as they watch their kids grow up.   Something which unfortunately, is inevitable, and we just have to learn to cope as we grow old.

But it didn’t help that my boy was very pleased with his visible leg hair and even proudly announced that he’s going to be like daddy.  

Arrgh.  I’m so not looking forward to that.  No.  Not at all.

I was completely ignorant of what to expect when told that we’ll be having a Mac Mini at home. I had imagine a typical computer and actually rolled my eyes because I was thinking of the amount of space it would take up. And since I haven’t been keeping myself updated with Apple’s design, I hadn’t expect this to be so mini at 6.5 inches square and 2 inches small!

Very simple.  Very neat.  Very stylish.

I haven’t got my hands on it yet so I don’t know its performance.  But one thing’s for sure.  White is so chic.  I definitely want more white accessories for myself now!