Play-Doh!

When Yesmin was younger, I bought her a "Play-Doh" table, thinking it'd help "contain" the mess. Let me tell you, IT DID NOT (I recently donated THAT table!). I seldom encourage her to play with Play-Doh after that. Thinking back, I had fun playing with "Plastercine" when I was a child...and I believe my mom didn't like us playing with it too, because they are a hassle when come time to clean up! :P

When it was Lucas' turn, I gave up thinking playing with Play-Doh is a mess. I'm glad I did. I mean, why not? They are encourage to use their imaginations, and they are able to play for a long time, without whining "I have nothing to do" or " I have nothing to play with"!!! The kids have so much fun playing with it! Plus, we are lucky to inherit some molds and cutters from our neighbor, so we're able to "stretch" the time EVEN longer!

This morning, we didn't have anything to do. Lucas hasn't been playing with Play-Doh for a while now...so, he brought it out to play. He sat there for 2 hours or so ( plus the occasional walking to me asking me to get the Play-Doh out of the mold), just shaping, and making "noodles" and "cookies" for Tai Long's birthday (the villain in Kong-Fu Panda ~ don't ask me why Tai Long and not any of the heroes...he has a thing for villains most of the time! Wired )! When he was done, all I had to do was take out my vacuum cleaner (Thank God for the person who invented vacuum cleaners!) and suck up all the bits and pieces....ALL CLEAN! =) By the way, Yesmin has been "upgraded" to using clay instead!

I still can't believe he played with it for SO LONG!

The green and pink noodles

"Noodles"

The "train" that he MUST make every time he plays with Play-Doh

Trains, trains and more trains...

When we had only Yesmin, everything was in the pink and red shades. After having Lucas, blue colors started to invade our house too! I still remember Nd (Lee) and I saying to each other how weird it was to be buying blue colored stuff! Fast forward 4 years later, this is WHAT is invading our formal living space~which we convert into their playroom! ;P






I had been cleaning and re-organizing the room, especially since their birthdays and Christmas is not far away. We needed to clear out some space before those special occasions, and I have been sticking to the rule of them picking up after they are done playing at night. The floor space was cleared over the week days, as I had ordered him to clear off the previous configuration of the train tracks, so that I can vacuum. By Thursday or Friday, he wanted me to built him the configuration on his Imaginarium Spiral Train Set (since Thomas is so expensive, his cheapskate mom got the cheaper, more affordable brand + the occasional Thomas tracks/trains to make it look more "grand" =P). Between housework, and Yesmin's homework, I told him to try building himself some other simple configurations...after all, Lucas IS a child that needs to learn to be more independent. He came up with his usual circle configuration.

By Saturday, he was tired with just the circle. Since dad and Yesmin were home too, he went on and bug dad to built him the more sophisticated track. By the time I done taking my shower, Nd(Lee) , with the help of his assistant engineer~ Miss Yesmin Chua, created not only the Spiral Train Set, they also incorporated the other parts of Thomas' set! I gotta say, he's on hell of a lucky guy. They brought out the Playmobil figurines(thanks to Uncle Phil and Aunty Shoo Mei) , Yesmin's doll house, some Pokemons...and their wild and carefree imagination! Both he and Yesmin had so much fun playing together! =)