When Curiosity Strikes!

I was busy preparing some dishes when I heard silence. Normally, the tv would be on and my little angels would be playing and strutting their voices up, wrestling their way to get the best seat in front of the screen while sometimes arguing over patty things.

Sometimes, they would test my patience by coming to me while I was handling the hot pan with a sweaty forehead, just simply to show me how much their fingers hurt or how much their knees bruised (with own inflicted hand drawn red ink).

Being the mom, I normally offer my sympathy while telling them the bruise will be fine after a few minutes. All they have to do is be strong, it's just a small cut. Sometimes, when the patience has gone to its limit, I would just say, this is just the ink of the pen and go and clean yourself....Being the 'Jackyl and Ms Hyde' sometimes you do get burn out with all kinds of demands.

You wanted to be the nice and caring and understanding mom, but at the same time you are just a human being. There are times where you feel like you do not want to get disturbed and have silence surrounding you. You wish you can have a sip of tea while reading your favourite book and watch the birds fly outside the window. But that seems quite hard to get now. The only time where I can get total relaxation is when they are gone to bed, and by that time you are also in need of dire sleep. And there it goes, the same routine, day in and day out.

Lately, my patience have been tested to the limits. Maybe its curiosity, being in their tender age of four and five plus, everything they see belong to you is all great, new and exciting! The first victim was all 25 of my magic colours that I kept in my small drawer... have gone! Then I discovered 'creative art work' on the wall and on their faces. Okay...fine. I asked them to keep them back. After a day, they were missing...again! Fine!

But, that's not it! It didn't end there! I discovered my lipstick and make up kid dissappearing from my compartment and hey...I caught them hiding behind the sofa with colourful blotches all over their faces! And clothes! Okay...Okay...fine. I was a bit fiery...but I was still sane! I took them back and warned them!

I thought they learned their lesson...but I was wrong! The next day, I found most of my small drawers empty! My kimono clad bear key chain which was a gift from my sis from Japan was missing (and they were the front door keys) and my cd markers, white board markers...in fact most of my stationery were gone! Fine....I could trace them back...which I did with some...but some are still missing until now!

One by one....and then there were none! This best describe my life in the past two weeks! Not only my stationery and make up kid have become their 'testing ground', some of my brooches and earing collections have been missing too! Oh No....I found out they took some of them out from the box and transfered them to a small purse that I got for myself. Ok...enough is enough. This was tooo much.

With a mom's 'power' that I automatically have :), I 'rocked' the house with my made-up 'stern' voice and ordered all of my belongings were handed to me spot on! Huh! Like a hurricane, they handed me my stuff, and huh...how I learned my lesson!

Since then, all of my stuff are stuck on top of the cupboard....until they grow up...maybe...or until they are high enough to pick them!

Hmmm.....Indeed, once they tried to climb a dust bin and reached for the stuff, but I discovered them before they could do anything!

Hmm...why are they too smart or too curious? Well, we do want them to be smart, don't we? But this? Huh!

Mom...I love all your things....they are all beautiful...my eldest came to me the other day.

I pretended not to hear....