Professional photos

Liem's day care lady organised to have professional photos taken of her and all the children in her care. She told us to dress the kids up in a plain white top. That morning, Liem and I had a tussle about what he was going to wear. I wanted him to wear a plain white t-shirt. It was "un-comfy". He took out another shirt, I said no, because it had patterns on it. Then he took out another shirt, again no, because it had a logo on it. Eventually we settled on a plain light blue shirt as the instructions from the photographer had said, "plain light-coloured top with no logos". When we got to day care, I told Liem's day care lady that I had put the plain white t-shirt in his bag so he could wear that if the blue shirt wasn't ok.
Day care lady: Where's the shirt?
I took it out of the bag. Then she started taking Liem's blue shirt off (no complaints from him, I noticed).
DCL: I want him to wear this shirt.
I put Liem in the white t-shirt.
Me: This white one?
DCL: No, the blue one.
Me (confused): Then why are you taking it off?
DCL: Because I'm going to IRON it.

Once again, my inadequate laundry skills are exposed to the world...

More on Santa

Liem: When we went to Funky Bugs, the Santa there wasn't the real Santa. His beard had a STRING! And he had FRECKLES! The real Santa doesn't have freckles!!!

What sharp eyes he's got...

We went for a Christmas function organised by the family day care people. There was a show by the Funky Bugs for the kids. What? Never heard of the Funky Bugs? Neither had we until we saw the show. It's a one man show and surprisingly good. He gets the kids dancing, singing, laughing... they actually listen to him (which is sometimes a bit of a miracle). At one point, he had a few soft toy butterflies and was trying to make them dance (they didn't), then he tried to juggle them, then he sneezed and threw them into the audience. The message was that "If you don't cover your mouth when you sneeze, bugs go everywhere!".

After the show, all the kids went outside to see Santa Claus and get a little bag of lollies. Liem tells Daddy, "That's not the real Santa Claus, his beard has got a string. The real Santa Claus doesn't have a beard with a string!"

Laundry disaster

Liem has been very excited about going to school next year. We've gone for all four Kinder Transition Days at the school. I've gone for a Parent Information Session. We're starting to buy things for Liem for when he starts school and he loves all the new stuff. We've got him a school bag which came with a pencil case and an insulated lunchbox with a water bottle. I've been most excited about the school uniforms. Got Liem the summer uniforms but will have to get the winter ones a bit later. And socks, got him grey ones and white ones. Which leads to the Great Laundry Disaster of 2010. In my excitement I decided to wash all the uniforms and socks beforehand, but the load had one of Liem's red shirts in it. All his brand new white socks turned PINK!!! Liem went off and told the neighbours about how his Mummy turned his white socks pink. No secrets in this house anymore!!!

I've soaked the blasted socks in hot Napisan overnight. They turned a lighter shade of pink. I soaked them in bleach overnight. The pink colour became patchy. I've given up now....Liem can wear patchy pink socks to school and everyone will know his Mummy is hopeless at laundry...