Seth is the first friend that K has. The boys first met about one and a half years ago, in the void deck below my home. Seth was with Lay Keng, his mom, taking a walk about around the estate, while K and I were doing the exact same thing.

That was also the first time that the moms met one another and realised that our boys are of the same age, barely a month difference. And we found many more things in common with one another; we are staying in the same block, are stay-at-home-moms and Christians. Naturally, we clicked and the boys also warmed up to each other really quickly, considering they had a common affinity for observing ants at that point.

Ensuing our chance encounter with one another at the void deck, we met up frequently, sometimes twice a week for the boys to play together, while the moms would enjoy the fellowship with one another. 

Seth's personality is a compliment to K's. He is this sweet natured, unassuming little boy, while K is that sociable and chatty friend that will always be asking Seth questions. They shared lots of discoveries in their nature walks together, laughter and enjoyed plenty of squeals while they amuse one another in their play. Don't need to guess who will always be the one who will be clowning around amusing the other, and the one who will always insist that they exchange their toy cars when they meet. For sure there will be times when either one will end up crying over their little squabbles, but both will be quick to forget and will be back playing happily with one another once more.

As K moves on to a new environment with school, I am certain that he will be able to make many friends along the way. However I do hope that he doesn't forget about his dear friend Seth. And I will be sure that the boys will still get to meet during the school holidays.

"A friend loveth at all times." – Proverbs 17:17

"A friend is one who strengthens you with prayers,

blesses you with love and encourages you with hope."

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I expected that this day will come.

The day that K finally embraces his gender stereotype and play with toy guns. I am really not surprised, since infancy, he has always been given to wear gender specific colours like blue, sleeps in a room with blue bedding and been provided with toy vehicles, tools and sports equipment. Well, at least he still plays alot with his cooking set, cash register and household cleaning set.

When he turned two, he became rather fascinated with swords and kept asking me to buy him one during our trips to the toy store, and did not stop asking for it until I finally got him two foam swords. After that, we spent some of K's play-time being swashbuckling swordsmen and playing dead.

I suppose I made the mistake of subscribing to the kids channel on cable when he was about 1 year old. It was through cartoon network that he discovered the concept of super-hero about 6 months back and lost all interest in Mickey Mouse thereafter. It did not help that his dad got quite fascinated by Ben-10 as well, and purchased the whole series of the cartoon online for him. I made sure that I was the wet blanket and reminded K, "You know Ben-10 is not real right, He is a cartoon and it is all pretend."

The fascination with toy guns started from the beginning of this year when we visited an extended family member's house, and he was exposed to my cousin's collection of Nerf toy guns. This interest is also further exacerbated by his dad who spends alot of his time at home with PS2 RPG games.

It was last week when he had to be dragged out of a shop bawling, as I refused to buy the toy gun that he badly wanted. Dh then exclaimed that he has to be the one that buy K his first toy gun, which he did earlier this week. Our experience at the toy store and K's introduction to toy 'gun-play' was almost akin to a modern rite of passage, as from a toddler to a preschooler.

I am definitely concerned about the influence of violence through this toy. However, putting a stop to it is not an answer, when dh totally approves of it. I try to manage his child angst to healthier levels but setting rules in 'gun-play'; no shooting people or animals, no shooting furniture or things in the house. So he is limited to aiming his gun at walls, toy figurines and matchbox cars.

Look on the bright side. He just might follow his father's and uncle's footsteps and become a marksman when he goes to NS. I used to think that super-hero/warrior play don't start till they are about 5 years of age. Just as well let him get it out of his system, maybe by the time he turns 5 years old, he will be into microscopes and board games?

Anyhow, I already told dh that he has to handle it all, if we ever get any complaints from school which concerns any of K's potential aggressive tendencies. In the meantime, we are still doing lots of pretend-play with his cooking set and cash register.

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Two and a half more weeks before the next milestone; school.

Once K starts school, there will be less opportunities to meet his friend Seth and less visits to the play gym. So I took this opportunity to lug my DSLR out with me and captured these shots of them enjoying themselves. It’s a challenge to capture 2 active boys with a camera, probably will end up with mostly blurred shots with a compact digital cam. But the fast shutter abilities of the DSLR makes it much easier and makes it so much more fun to take photos.

The boys had so much fun in the ball pit

Snack break

All game to pose for the camera

I am so thrilled with my new toy

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