Daddy Foong is finally posting something on the blog. (Can go buy TOTO liao. Win already don't forget to share with me.)
The FeebZ had a fieldtrip last week, and I got to go and hang with her, so I thought I'd share some thoughts on that with everyone, and hopefully this will also be a reminder to myself one day (or many days) of why we do what we do on this parenting journey.
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| On the bus! |
We went to the Jurong BirdPark with her class, and I was firstly pretty relieved that I managed to take leave to go with her, because I think most of the other kids had at least one parent/guardian with them. I can't imagine how sad she would've been if she'd been the only one without mummy/daddy around!
As the day went on, I began to realise 2 things - firstly, just how much fun I was having just being with her. If I were to be honest, I was actually a bit apprehensive about the whole thing before I went (this is my first solo outing with the FeebZ, usually the wife does it or we go together). Was she going to be whiny and complainy? (It was a really warm day.) Was I going to be there just to make sure my daughter didn't go missing or get eaten up by vultures? (I wasn't and she didn't, thank God.)
But she didn't whine, she didn't complain. In fact, she was incredibly happy. Much more so than I had ever really seen her before. And that was the second thing I realised, which made me understand why I was having so much fun:
She loved having me there with her. She loved being able to hold my hand and bring me around. She loved being able to point things out to me as she observed them happening. She loved introducing me to her teachers and friends. She loved that Papa was willing to do silly things to make her and her friends laugh.
She was so incredibly happy because Papa took leave from his work to be there with her. And ultimately, that's all that really mattered to her.
And I suppose that, in the end, just being able to spend those fleeting moments with her is all that really matters to me too.
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| Waiting for the Birds of Prey show to start! (She was terrified of the fake dead cow in the field lol) |
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| RAWR I'M A LION (eh wait wrong place leh) |
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| Photo op with her centre's principal, Ms May (who is AWESOME, btw... I mean, if you can make a living out of being with seventy preschoolers everyday, you've got to be a saint of some sort. Or deaf.) |
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| I owe Ms May $2 for this photo cos she helped me pay first. I better remember to return her the money. |
