Toy Story

Since young, Son No 2 has always shown strong attachment to his toys and other belongings and he generally takes very good care of them... well, as good care as any 7-year-old can give.

Every night he sleeps with his most treasured belongings all around him. Topping this list is his perennial favourite, the cuddly jaguar (see right, with a baby tiger and 3 baby jaguar figurines).

Son No 2's fascination with the jaguar began with the cartoon, "Go, Diego, Go". In the cartoon, Diego's pet is a baby jaguar.

This particular soft toy is actually the second jaguar that he owns. He lost the first jaguar at Cheow Yang when he left it behind after his chicken rice lunch one day. Seeing that he is upset by his loss, his Faidu then looked for a replacement jaguar for him in Singapore. Three cheers for Faidu!

I remember for his 6th birthday party last year, I went to some lengths to look for a cake designer who agreed to do the jaguar design (left).

Besides his jaguar, Son No 2 also sleeps with a box full of his precious things. These are the things in the box (from left, in the picture above):

• a multi-coloured pen which is a gift from his teacher, Ms Lee
• the gold medal which he won for his race during his Sports Day
• a small picture which he drew and coloured in Singapore
• his Game Boy with his favourite game, Pokemon
• his cow-shaped piggy bank from Hong Leong Bank

In another smaller box, he keeps the tiny figurine of Yoda (right) which apparently can protect him with his light sabre at night.

Honestly, if I allowed it, Son No 2 would have even more things on the bed at night.

As it is, he sometimes furtively hides some other toys under his blanket before he sleeps. I got wiser and now do spot checks.

Well, there must be a stop somewhere. He already has little space to sleep because he has 3 bolsters. Yes, 2 adult-sized and 1 medium-sized bolsters. He likes his bolsters and all his toys around him when he sleeps because he then feels warm and cosy and protected.

Hmm... just like when it was in his mother's womb, ya? :)