<h3>Idris' Day out</h3>

Ever since his sister came into being, his life has changed tremendously. Hardly any more outings (on account of his mother still in confinement) and at home he is no longer the centre and only attraction. He has been showing his displeasure at being taken down from his throne by always disturbing his baby sister. Lately he has even started to get physical with his sister. No amount of scolding, rotan and threats have been effective. If anything, he enjoys the attention he's getting albeit a negative one.

So the favourite uncle and aunty has taken it upon themselves to perhaps make him less bored so hopefully he will be less naughty. We brought him out yesterday after breakfast. Brought him to Bishan Park for some football action. An open field and a ball was enough to put smiles on his face. He played football with his uncle while his aunt became the self-appointed ball picker. Its evident Idris has been watching too much soccer on ESPN as he tried, with much poise and seriousness to execute scissors kicks and slides repeatedly, much to our amusement.



And we think he is intrigued by goalkeepers coz he keeps throwing the ball and kicking it despite us telling him many times not to touch the ball and just kick it. (the aunt tried to do the same as Idris but ended up kicking the air hehe) At such a tender age, and only the occassional playing on a field, we were very surprised to note that this little 3-year old fella could actually dribble and could dribble across the field before passing the ball to his uncle. Perhaps in a few years time, his uncle will bring him along to his fortnightly soccer sessions with the rest of the Ba'alwie mosque guys.



We had a fun time at the playground too. He had fun at the swings (how come newer playgrounds do not have swings anymore) and so did the uncle and aunty. And after that, he asked to go see the monkeys at Pierce Reservoir, so off we went. We had a fun time watching the monkeys frolick and scratch themselves silly. Idris started giving names to them and horror of horrors the cheeky boy named one after his sister and then laughed out loud. We so wanted to tell him "No you can't do that" but by the time we both lauighed our heads off at his ingenuity the moment to correct him was gone - long gone.


We brought him back to our place for his afternoon nap but he was just sooo excited by the activities of the day that he coulnd't fall asleep. We though he was very tired and were preparing to send him home after maghrib when he suggested we go Causeway Point instead. As much as we would like to indulge him, that was too much in a day. So we told him that if he wanted more outings with us, he'd have to stop disturbing his sister. He promised readily but we weren't 100% convinced.