Not knowing where to go to again, I brought Renee to Compass Point as I've promised to bring her to the library today. We spent quite a good hour in the library and she had took to my telling her that it's not right nor nice to take sooo many books at one time. But a while later, she kinda forgot and began to take more & more books! I hope she'll kick this habit out soon...
We seem to have many companions at the library this afternoon hahaha. First, it was this little boy, aged ard 1+ to 2 yrs old, came to sit down with us at the bench table when his mom went off to get him some books. He got fascinated with my reading to Renee that he kept 'intruding' and repeating what I told Renee hahaha. His mom apologised for the 'disturbances' a few times(cos she left him there with us a few times!). Good thing Renee was in a very friendly mood today and she was ok with the 'dee dee', even shared 'her books', guided him, etc, when she normally prefers 'jie jie' lolz. I'm fine with the boy's participation but the mom had to bring him out of the library shortly 'cos he bent under the table, got his head stucked and cried his lungs out! He stopped for a mere few seconds when Renee pacified him and told him to "don't cry, stop crying" but he wouldn't stop thereafter, so....keke, quite cute.
Then came another girl, about 2-3yrs older than Renee, joined us at the table and though initially quiet, she began to take over some of the books Renee had selected. I gently asked her "where's your mom?" and she just answered me, with a finger pointing behind her "there, with my brother".
It wasn't that I minded her sticking around with us(though Renee was getting alittle frustrated with her always taking her books away the min she put them on the table). I was ok with it till she started to lean really close to Renee(almost taking over her 'position') and gave me all the answers whenever I asked Renee about the things we saw from the books, and I meant "ALL". So I asked her again "where's your mommy" and she replied not very nicely : "there lah" and gently I asked : "why don't you go join your mommy?" and she replied "Don't Want!" - I give her the benefit of doubt that she may be unhappy with the fact that I stopped her(nicely though, she's still just a young girl afterall) from continuing to answer on Renee's behalf that she responded this way...
Finally, Renee requested for a ride on the 'Barney & friends car' and I meant a 'Real Ride'! She asked for a coin when normally all she wanted was just sit on the machine and 'pretend play' there.
When she was younger, my sis, Li had put her on the same 'Barney & friends' car(different mall) and she had cried the moment it started moving and my sis was angry that she's wasted her 2 dollar coins hahah but today, she even offered to wait a while' for her Barney car ride 'cos a younger girl was on it.
In my memory, she's had one 'real ride' last year when we met up with her ex GUG playmate at Paragon and with her friend, she was more willing to try even though she clutched at the handle so tightly and thereafter, she still stucked to 'no mobile rides' but today's the beginning to more rides to come in the future(daddy said must control her on this, only one ride and I agree...).
We seem to have many companions at the library this afternoon hahaha. First, it was this little boy, aged ard 1+ to 2 yrs old, came to sit down with us at the bench table when his mom went off to get him some books. He got fascinated with my reading to Renee that he kept 'intruding' and repeating what I told Renee hahaha. His mom apologised for the 'disturbances' a few times(cos she left him there with us a few times!). Good thing Renee was in a very friendly mood today and she was ok with the 'dee dee', even shared 'her books', guided him, etc, when she normally prefers 'jie jie' lolz. I'm fine with the boy's participation but the mom had to bring him out of the library shortly 'cos he bent under the table, got his head stucked and cried his lungs out! He stopped for a mere few seconds when Renee pacified him and told him to "don't cry, stop crying" but he wouldn't stop thereafter, so....keke, quite cute.
Then came another girl, about 2-3yrs older than Renee, joined us at the table and though initially quiet, she began to take over some of the books Renee had selected. I gently asked her "where's your mom?" and she just answered me, with a finger pointing behind her "there, with my brother".
It wasn't that I minded her sticking around with us(though Renee was getting alittle frustrated with her always taking her books away the min she put them on the table). I was ok with it till she started to lean really close to Renee(almost taking over her 'position') and gave me all the answers whenever I asked Renee about the things we saw from the books, and I meant "ALL". So I asked her again "where's your mommy" and she replied not very nicely : "there lah" and gently I asked : "why don't you go join your mommy?" and she replied "Don't Want!" - I give her the benefit of doubt that she may be unhappy with the fact that I stopped her(nicely though, she's still just a young girl afterall) from continuing to answer on Renee's behalf that she responded this way...
Finally, Renee requested for a ride on the 'Barney & friends car' and I meant a 'Real Ride'! She asked for a coin when normally all she wanted was just sit on the machine and 'pretend play' there.
When she was younger, my sis, Li had put her on the same 'Barney & friends' car(different mall) and she had cried the moment it started moving and my sis was angry that she's wasted her 2 dollar coins hahah but today, she even offered to wait a while' for her Barney car ride 'cos a younger girl was on it.
In my memory, she's had one 'real ride' last year when we met up with her ex GUG playmate at Paragon and with her friend, she was more willing to try even though she clutched at the handle so tightly and thereafter, she still stucked to 'no mobile rides' but today's the beginning to more rides to come in the future(daddy said must control her on this, only one ride and I agree...).
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