Warming Up

There's a plan hatching in the house - to deliver the lil one to a childcare centre up on the hill, behind our place. It's a small little semi-detached house on Jalan Pari K, with a lovely outdoor playground and there's no air-conditioning in sight - a boon in these times of H1N1... But for Mr Anti Social, this plan must not be made known to him. Instead, we've had to sneak it up to him. For the past week, grandma's been casually walking him up to the place, and "accidentally" stopping by to chat to the teachers. He cottoned on quickly and wailed each time. Today, the whole family trooped up the "hill" (okay it's a slope!) with him. At first he wailed, but once he saw the miniature kitchen in the yard, he was enthralled and busied himself "washing hands" at the sink. We stood by hopefully, eagerly, waiting to catch signs of him being sociable. Alas, the minute the other kiddies came out to play, he scurried out of the kitchen's window in an attempt to escape human contact. Sigh! But at least he didn't cry. He likes the outdoor play area for sure, and he EVEN held onto a teacher's hand briefly. but after half an hour, he was ready to say "GO!" still, he didn't forget his manners, and waved goodbye to the teachers. We'll have to keep doing this for a while, and then harden up our hearts to leave him there. Arggh. Grandpa's already voted himself out of the game. He can't stand hearing Val bawl. No such luck for the rest of us! Wish us best of luck!