It was a pity i had mild diarrhoea this morning, cos it meant that i couldn’t join P, Christian and Calista on the Sunday family outing..P brought the children to take the bus to Liang Court, and they went on the Singapore River Cruise, something P had been meaning to do for some time.
I was updated through photos, and they certainly had lots of fun at a kiddy carnival, throwing hoops and winning prizes. They finally got onto the boat hours after they set off from home, and i decided to drive to Marina Bay to join them for lunch and drive them home.
On the way home, Christian surprised us by asking “Daddy, why is the water in the river green, but the water from the tap white?” P and I praised him for asking a thoughtful question (we had earlier many many months ago chastised him for asking questions which showed a lack of thought).. I was rather pleased, cos this showed he had observed and thought about it.
P launched into a long Socratic-style exchange with Christian, asking him if he really thought that tap water was white.. or whether it was colourless.. before asking him what he thought was in the river. The leading questions worked, and i was glad to hear it all from the back of the car, where I was cradling a sleeping Calista.
Ah, my children are growing up. I anticipate tapping on Mr Google’s knowledge frequently to answer their million questions, soon.
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