I took this photo this morning, and I like it a lot.

ZZzz…on the way to school…

My kids, like most kids, can be as sweet as angels or naughty to the extend of pulling my hairs off. Yesterday, Justin made a fuss at the temple when I brought our new car for prayers. It’s a norm in Thailand to do so, and SIL suggested that we do the same.

Justin wanted to visit one of the temples where cremation ashes are placed, but considering that it’s the 7th month of the Chinese calendar, I’m a bit pantang. I brought him and Isabelle for a walk just near the building, and those photos of dead people really creep me. Sorry, you can call me coward, but in this month, I will try my best to stay away ok?

However, Justin was not satisfied. He still wanted to see more and kept asking me to walk over to the other side. Just imagine me carrying a 12kg Isabelle in my arm, holding Justin in another hand and walking under the hot sun at 12pm. I kept telling him it’s not a place to go, and we already visited some part of it. But he insisted. He kept crying and screaming and pulling me away. He cried and cried until the monk also looked at us liao. Sigh…

I brought him back to the car as I know that he’s tired. But what do you know, he vomited! He has this tendency of vomiting if he cries too much, and luckily I managed to hold the mess with a small towel and my hands. Gosh, hubby’s new car was almost gone. I could see hubby’s angry face in my mind and how Justin is going to be scolded if he messed up the car!

But the monk was great. He comforted Justin in Thai, and asked us to kneel for prayers. Funnily, Justin stopped and only weeped. He gave the kids some pasteurized milk and snacks too. Right after we got in the car, I tried to talk to Justin again about the reason he’s not allowed to go in there. But he insisted that he had done no wrong, even if I told him he’s not allowed to scream at temples. After that, I beh tahan and scolded him as my patience level was over the limit!!!! I think I scared him, SIL and also Isabelle in the car. However, he fell asleep a moment later.

I’m glad that the monk is very considerate. He told SIL that Justin must be tired and thus he’s cranky. Thank god he didn’t lecture my noisy boy at the temple.

After a nap, Justin was feeling better and he’s my sweet little boy again. After some hard time with him, I realized that he can be very determined now. Reasoning with him might not work anymore so I wonder if I should just let him try things out by himself and learn about the consequence? I can’t stress myself out like this all the time, if not I will need more that best acne treatment and anti wrinkle cream for ME.