A Family Day

Last Thursday, Craig's Dad had the day off work, as usual. In the morning, Craig and his parents went downstairs to the second floor apartment directly below their own just around lunchtime. Craig liked playing with the draw-string on Aunty Bess's hooded top.


He even had her pulling faces by twisting her ear.


Then, he went to Aunty Suprana's room to play her drums. She has a collection of them.


Craig had lots of fun with the drums.


Craig's Mum then read a story for him from one of the many books belonging to Aunty Suprana that were in the living room. She's just moved in the apartment that's why there were so many books unpacked in the background of this picture.


Then, Craig's Mum tried to feed Craig some lunch and work out how many calories her father had in his lunch at the same time! Sometimes, she's very busy.


But, Craig wasn't hungry and like most children his age doesn't like being forced to eat.


Then, one of Craig's Mum's cousins who lives on the ground floor came up for a visit with his son. This "Uncle" calls Craig Doe-Ray-Me, because Craig's Dad's Chinese name has a character that sounds a little like doe as the first character (surname). Craig's parents tell Craig to call the "Uncle" Bad Uncle.


Actually, Bad Uncle is quite a nice guy and his son, who is almost two, is a beautiful boy and just about the most polite child his age that you could meet anywhere.


Not long later, Craig was playing by himself. He began playing with a pen. His Mum tried to give him a remote control (he usually loves remote controls) and her mobile phone ( his Mum's mobile phone might be Craig's favourite toy).


But, it didn't work. Craig still had the pen in his hand after dropping the phone and putting the remote control down. You can see Craig's Mum's right hand moving quickly to stop the pen going near his face.


Meanwhile, Aunty Suprana was playing with Bad Uncle's daughter. She's four years old and also a very polite child.

It really was a family day.


Then, the polite little boy and Craig went into Aunty Suprana's room to play the drums.


There was wild talk of them forming a band but that might not happen soon. No matter, everyone had plenty of fun.