In my "pre-Sophie" days, I was quite a perfectionist, thinking that we must always achieve excellence and keep things in good condition. I have learnt that it is alright for things to be faulty, ugly or plain imprefect. Of course, it "helps" when things sometimes got "destroyed" by Sophie the very next day it was bought.
At the Singapore Flyers, Sophie was given a set of stickers (leftover from 2008). Initially, I thought of keeping them for her until she was old enough to use them "properly". Then I realised that the value of those stickers is not with its designs, condition or even correct use, it is the way they can intrigue Sophie and allow her to figure out how they "stick" and "unstick" onto different surfaces. So... Sophie had quite a fun time taking out the stickers and pasting them everywhere... I also had a great time watching her, especially since they are F.O.C.
stickers used to be very precious to us... kept it like precious gold. Now Phoebe just stick it anyhow... very wasteful... but they're really cheap these days... so I also allow her to stick in anywhere she likes :p
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