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After School Program

Chloe joined the after school program last week – after asking us if she could go a few weeks ago. We figured we could try it out and see if she liked it – because it is a good thing to keep her occupied – plus she would have someone to play with instead of being bored at the store with us. So we figured twice a week is good – and she loved it.

So what is the after school program about ? well – the teachers/program organizers keep them busy with activities and they play with other kids and they also provide a snack for them. But with Chloe – we bring our own snacks since she is fussy on what she wants to eat. But overall, she seems to be ok with the after school program and looked forward to it. So we will keep her there – till she said she doesn’t wanna go twice a week.

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Consistency and Consequences

We bought a new coffee machine for the store – and when Chloe saw it – she wanted to try it – we were all ready to let her press a button – but the machine didn’t want to work properly – but when i was messing around with it – the coffee came out. So of course, she started whining and balling her eyes out. I let her waste a cup of water with no coffee in it – and let her calm down – about 10 minutes later – while her grammie was at the store – I told Chloe she wasn’t allowed to go to the after school program on Wednesday like we had planned to let her go – because she acted all crazy for nothing. It was time to teach her consequences and that things doesn’t necessary need to go her way all the time. Mostly, she is a good girl – but this girl doesn’t like to lose nor does she like it when she doesn’t get her way. Well, I told Chloe – the quicker she learns that she isn’t going to get everything she wants – the sooner she won’t be let down so easily.

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Healthier Muffin For Me

Chloe came back from her grammie’s today and brought back some muffins she made. She said to me – the blueberry muffin is for you mom – they are healthier than the chocolate ones. The chocolate ones are for me and daddy. muahhahahah!! my daughter knows me all too well. so precious – how I wished and hope that she will continue to grow up to be this thoughtful.

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Basic Skin Care

Sometimes it is hard to tell someone to go get something done about their acne scars – which was exactly what happened yesterday at our store. We have a long time customer – who always had this acne problem – but after she gave birth to her daughter – it seems to have gotten better. But a year and a half later – we see her at the store – and she was back with new acne and more scar. It was so bad – that Chloe didn’t dare go near her – nor cross her path – to get her movies where that customer was standing. Poor kid and poor customer of ours. I wished I knew where I can get her the best acne scar treatment but even if I did – how do I go about telling her without offending her. I felt so bad that Chloe behaved the way she did – but you can’t really blamed her coz’ it was really bad – the acne I meant – and such a pity – because that customer is really a pretty young woman. Anyhow, I took the opportunity to tell Chloe that personal hygiene was important – if she didn’t want to get acne in the future.

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The Starving Artist

For the longest time Chloe wouldn’t color another picture when we go eat at Jungle Jims – and even when she does sometimes – she refused to enter her drawing for the Starving Artist contest. Why? because she said she already won once – a monkey – so she should let others have a turn. So I was surprised that she wanted to enter the contest again – after so long – I think it’s like a year now. So this was the picture she drew last week – to be entered when we ate at Jungle Jim’s again.

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Conference Call To Singapore

We made a Conference call to Singapore this morning – as soon as we got to work for fear that the weather – may caused us to lose power. The call was to Chloe’s kai mah (godmother) from Singapore to wish her a Happy Chinese New Year. I wished we could talk longer – but we were at the store and already there was customer – trying to ring in a debit – so I had to hang up quickly. Chloe didn’t say too much – because it was too cold at the store – and she was just sulking. But I’m glad we made the conference call – because it was the least we could do for her Godmother in Singapore – for she always send tons of gifts for Chloe and I. Gong Hei Fatt Choy – Lina!

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The Kid Who Is So Bored

Poor Chloe so bored on a Sunday and wanting to visit her grandparents but can’t because her grammie went for a holiday with her dancing friends. Last week, she couldn’t go because Grammie went for a movie and had a some kind of a benefit. Yes! grammie is very busy! Chloe said to me – but grammie is busy in the summer – and now it’s the winter – when will she not be busy? The only reason why I send Chloe to her grandparents is because she loves spending time with them – she bakes and plays and reads with them – and also do craft work. Of course, during the winter – she can go sledding – and she was so looking forward to it – this winter. Poor Chloe! So bored! I told her if we go back to Singapore – at least Kai Mah will spend Sundays with her – hahahhaha!!

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Snow Day

Snow Day means no school for Chloe – they canceled school as early as 6am this morning. No school doesn’t mean sleeping in for us – because Chloe wakes up as early – so no diff for us truth be told. And i love having her at the store with us – but very quickly she would find out that she would be bored too. By noon – she would be so bored – it would be the worst day in her life – as she would put it – hahahha!! a bit of drama queen would come out soon enough. Unlike in the city – there would be things for Chloe to do – or a library she can go to – or the discovery center – or museum – or even catch a good movie – but here – there is absolutely nothing for her to do – how sad eh. Oh well!

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Teaching Responsibility

I’m not a perfect parent – in fact – far from it – but one thing I know for sure – is that teaching your kid to own up and taking responsibility for thing that he or she did – is a very important step to growing up and living an honest life. I find it so sad – when a parent starts pointing fingers at the other kid – when the kid is found stealing from our store or doing something bad. According the the parent – it’s not his kid – but the other kid he is with – and the same goes for the other kid’s parent – when I spoke with them about it. It’s easy to point fingers at the other family – the other kid – but what does it teach your kid?

Yesterday, another parent was in with her kid – wanting to rent a game – but the kid had a $30 late charge from a previous game rental. The mother said – nope she wasn’t paying for it – because it wasn’t her lates *slap forehead* – walked out – but called back and insisted that we shouldn’t have rented the game under her account but her ex-husband’s *slap forehead*. So what does it teach that kid? what would i do?

Firstly, I would pay up the amount – because it’s my kid – but I’m letting my kid go easy – that’s for sure – and I won’t be renting another game for her for a long time – till she works it off – by doing dishes or laundry or something that needs doing around the house or even the store in our case. But to argue with the store owners – to make it the store owner’s fault – now that’s the wrong way to teach your kid. Teaching responsibility should begin right now – not when your kid is 21 or 50 – it begins as soon as your kid is born. Being a responsible parent brings up responsible kids – try to remember that the next time you point fingers at other people’s kid.

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Bad Words

We own a store and we see many kids come thru’ our store and some does have a foul mouth – and it seems that their parents can’t do anything about it. I told PB we should count our blessings – because Chloe knows – that there are “bad words” on tv and wants us to shut the show off when it is on TV. So what makes our kid different from the kids who comes into our store screaming profanity at their parents? I sat down and thought about it.

Kids knows what is right and wrong – even from a very young age – you have to give them enough credit for it. And to say that your kid don’t know better – it is just an excuse. The reason why Chloe doesn’t repeat the bad words and wants us to shut the show down – when she hears something bad is because we as parents – are appalled by foul languages and we showed it – therefore Chloe quickly picked up from us – and knows that it’s a bad thing to even listen to foul languages – much more repeat it. So the kids who shouts profanity at their parents at our store – must have parents shouting the same – at their kids at home or other places – therefore – the kids do the same to their parents when the need arises and they don’t get their way. So parents – be careful – how you talk to your kids – because what they become – is what you are now.