Happy Deepavali everyone!

We celebrated Deepavali in school yesterday.

Claire and I went in our spanking new Indian outfits and had some muruku. We even got henna drawn.

Mine is the coolest of course.

Daddy, please join us next time.

Fire!

David and I put this together after our daddy showed us his photos from a long time ago.

Can you guess what it is?

Foresight

Over the weekend, we went to the now defunct railway tracks to reminisce the good old glorious days of Thomas' and Percy's friends.


Some 400 metres into our choo-chooing pretense, my daddy found a clearing and a bridge to civilization - a shopping centre. He wisely told us to cross the bridge and wait for him at the shopping centre while he retraced 1km in the sweltering humid topical rainforest back to our car.

So, thanks to our selfless Daddy, this trip remains a enjoyable one for David "Thomas" and Claire "Percy" Wong.

Dinosaur rap

While my mummy was interested in the life-cycle of a butterfly, my daddy was amused by my dinosaur rap.  He thinks that it is pretty cool.

Hungry caterpillar

My mummy made me teach her how to sing this song and I obliged.

I can't remember how many times I've sung this song today.....but you can imagine that this is one of the first few.

Corrective Work Order

Last week I got into trouble. Big trouble.

So big that Mummy sent me to stand at the naughty corner for an unprecedented thirty minutes. So big that I have to do correct work order after that.



And Daddy spent two weekends making it right.

I will stick to drawing my hands and legs next time. They look nicer anyway.

Childhood lessons

Do you know the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf?

Papa: Along came a big bad wolf and he said, "Little pig, little pig, let me in."  "No!" said the first little pig. "You are the big bad wolf.  I will not let you in."  "Then, I'll puff. And I'll huff.  And I'll blow the house down!"

David, what must you do when a stranger knocks and asks you to open the door?

David: Take the key and open the door.

Papa: No!! You cannot do that.  You cannot open the door to strangers.  David, listen to the story well. 
The second pig finished building his house and was enjoying his lunch inside it when he heard a knock on the door.   "Little pig, little pig, let me in."  "No!" said the second little pig. "You are the big bad wolf.  I will not let you in."  "Then, I'll huff. And I'll puff.  And I'll blow the house down!"

So, David, what must you do when a stranger knock on the door and asks you to open it?

David: Take the key and give it to him.

Papa: No!! You cannot do that.  You cannot give our keys to strangers.  When there is a stranger at the door, tell Claire.  She will know what to do. 

Let me continue the story.  So, now the third little pig finished building his house and was baking in his house when he heard a knock on the door.   "Little pig, little pig, let me in."  "No!" said the third little pig. "You are the big bad wolf.  I will not let you in."  "Then, I'll huff. And I'll puff.  And I'll blow the house down!"

David, do you now know what to do when a stranger knocks on the door?

David: Take the key and ask Claire to open the door.