Sai Pi at the Salon

Of all the 3 girls, Sai Pi has the least hair.. very thin and fine and taking forever to grow to a decent length. I've been reluctant to cut her hair, but now that her hair is past shoulder length, I thought it would be good to give it a proper trim. I had wanted to cut it to chin length but at the last minute, decided on a wishy-washy, neither-here-not-there shoulder length. Given that Sai Pi has so little hair, I probably could have cut it myself but instead I brought her to the salon where Tai Pi and Pumpkin have their haircuts. Her sisters have experienced salon treatment and now it is Sai Pi's turn. She looked so full of bliss when having her hair washed, you'd think she was at the spa.

Ah, shiok...

Snip, snip...

So pretty...

Kids at Work

As any working mother can testify, it is not easy balancing work and kids. It gets worse when the kids learn to use the telephone and call you ever so often at the office. The calls get heavier in the evening on days when I work late and do not stop even when I'm on my way home.

The calls typically go like this:
Pumpkin: "Where are you?! When are you coming home?!"
Me: "Daddy just picked me up. We're on the way home but we'll take some time because Mummy's office is far from home."
Pumpkin: "OK, bye."
One minute later...
Pumpkin: "Where are you?! How come you're not home yet?!"

So when the office organised a bring-your-kids-to-work day, I jumped at the chance to show the girls what it means when Mummy is at work. They were brought around the office and introduced to various office equipment, went on a plant tour where they saw chocolate milk being manufactured, and Tai Pi also sent an email to Kong Kong from my laptop. In between, they had ice cream, did some drawing in the meeting room and played hide-and-seek among the cubicles.

I have not asked the girls what they learnt about Mummy's work (maybe nothing at all) but at the very least, Pumpkin now knows how far from home my office is and why it takes Mummy so long to get home. And I learnt there's one thing more distracting than having your kids call you every 5 minutes... having them right there in the office with you!!!


Look, Mummy's office is so fun.... there's ice cream to eat and white board to draw on... wah, work is so fun!!