Obsession No.1 – Make Tight!
K has this extremely irritating habit to want his watch to be worn tightly on his wrist. It has to be of a specific tightness, tilted at an certain angle. Without that, he will be annoying me with his, "Make tight! Not tight enough…it is not the right way." I have been on the verge of throwing away his watch countless times.
The other 'Make Tight' obsession is with his sports shoes, he will always insist that the velcro buckle on his shoe to be pulled and attached very tightly. It's evil but I sometimes hope that that he will get to experience some cramps on his feet and realise that it is not wise to do that with his shoe. No amount of nagging works, so sometimes it is best that he learns the hard way.
Obsession No.2 – The GPS
DH recently got a GPS unit for the car and K is thoroughly obsessed with it. He wants the GPS to be used regardless where we are driving to. Even familiar places like his school, home, Nana's place. It doesn't matter even if we are familiar with the route to the location, he needs to see where the car is heading to on the map.
I thought it was all for the novelty of having a technology item to play with in the car, but a recent experience made me realise that this bossy little guy is pretty serious when it comes to using the GPS.
We were heading home one afternoon after lunch when we were approaching the usual expressway exit that we usually take that leads us back home. The GPS system often has recommended routes to take, and it did not go with the expressway exit that we took that afternoon. It listed Exit 4 Bukit Panjang, while I took the Exit 3 Dairy Farm. When I turned into Exit 3, K exclaimed really loudly, "Mummy, why you turn into Exit 3, it is Exit 4!" My jaw dropped when I heard that remark from him.
When we made the exit and approached the junction for us to turn right into our estate, the GPS system showed that we had to make a U-turn to re-route to the expressway to take Exit 4. He looked at the GPS and said, "There is a U-turn on the GPS." Then I asked him, "Do we need to make a U-Turn?" He answered, "No need, turn right." Looks like we will rarely get confused with navigating around Singapore with my GPS 'assistant' in the car!
But I still blame the gene pool for his obsessive traits, since we have some OCD individuals in the family.
"I want a beard, because I am going to be adult already!"
I had to remind him that even if he is a big boy now, he will have to grow into a bigger boy, then a teenager, before becoming an adult.
Haha! I like the remark about ‘beard’ – Kai also made similar remark about beard and growing up to be a ‘man’ like daddy! 😀 And wow! He is absolutely good with directions and the street maps!
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I think most boys their age are like that…daddy is their favorite role model
haha he is so cute! and very smart, Mal likes to ‘navigate’ when I drive too esp when we r heading over to my parents’ in law place…he will remind me when to keep left to exit KPE in order to join PIE. wonder is it a boy thing, hmmm
Thanks Rachel. I really do think that it could likely be a boy thing…especially for those boys like Mal and Kyle who are fairly strong in their spatial awareness.
*cough cough* hahaha.
Sadly, Kel and I are horrible with directions so I doubt any of our kids will have the GPS genes like Kyle..
Daphne, sometimes our kids may exhibit qualities that neither ourselves or our husbands have. So very likely your kids will surprise you with their abilities, kids these days are very bright. Don’t know if it is due to the DHA that we take during our pregnancy or in their milk.
Wow he is good with the GPS! I actually think it’s a good way to keep your kid occupied during long car journeys! 😀
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Yeah…don’t know if the novelty of the GPS will wear out soon though.
Oh, we have a GPS in car as well, and my ZX always requets to turn it on as your K does. 😀
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