A Simple Life 7

This is the last "A Simple Life" installment. It's got to do with white clothes, fabric markers and one bored Mommy.

Little J's gotten into a Little Mermaid obsession. She loves The Little Mermaid. Primarily because Ariel exposes her belly button to the world. My daughter is at the same time scandalised and fascinated. Packrat downloaded some of it to show her. And as with all Disney franchises, The Little Mermaid has many spin offs to it.

Today, Packrat puts on one the sequels. I have to sit through it while carrying Muffin because Packrat, whose usual job is to sit and watch stuff with the twins, decides to run some errands. Half way through, I decide it's a terrible sequel. Ariel doesn't seem to do very much more than swim around and want to sing and King Triton for some reason does not allow singing in his undersea kingdom.

I get bored and start examining closely what Muffin is wearing. And he is in white pyjama pants and a white onesie. Very dull. Like the video. I remember I bought some fabric markers a while ago because I wanted to involve the twins with Muffin and I thought a great way to do so was to allow them to decorate his clothes.

Both children descend upon the markers but are puzzled that I haven't provided them any paper. They stare agape while I write Muffin's name across his belly. When I hold him up and tell them they can draw on his back, they are hesitant until I start doing it and they follow suit. Soon, the little Muffin is squirming because both his siblings are clamouring over the little canvas which is his back. Made worse by the fact that I actually stipulate that they are not allowed to draw on his pants. Of course, Evan doesn't listen and tries to push his luck. That results in me drawing a nice line down his favourite pyjama pants and the minute half a whine escapes his lips, I point out to him that how he upset he is, is probably how his little brother is feeling.



















By the end of it, Muffin has a beautifully graffiti-ed top, very much like our MRT train. And if I stared hard enough at it, a dog pops out at me. See if you can spot it in the third picture.





















Everyone had a great time including Muffin. He kept screeching and screaming in excitement as the twins pulled out marker after marker. To the point that he got over-hyped and had to have a good cry before he fell asleep.

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