This serving breakfast business is a hit now at home. From serving mummy, then mum and dad...kids had taken it to granny's...they stayed over at Ah Ma's home on Monday night, so they begged Ah Ma to be served the following morning. Ah Ma always get her laundry done at 6am and she cannot tolerate undone laundry. It is her MUST do in her list. However, Ah Ma is always accommodating especially towards her grandkids. So she agreed to their pleas but Kong Kong is very meticulous and cannot bear mess...so how can they get to serve "breaky"??

This remains a secret to Kong Kong. The girls pretended to snooze. The moment he stepped out the house for work, Ash and Nat jumped off the bed and busied themselves in the kitchen to prepare "breaky" for Ah Ma, Koo Koo and Ee Ee. The older generation was beaming with joy and delight. The young were elated they succeeded in their plan to serve.

Now they came up with a breakfast roster for the family - Mon and Thur will be kids serving "breaky". Anything that's self-motivated will be easier accomplished. I am glad they came up with this rather than been forced to follow a roster. I never fancy drawing a duty roster for house chores. I believed in initiative and community spirit whereby all contribute at home to get the place in order; and with cheerful hearts. Like any homeschool mum, I tried duty roster for a while but found it too rigid for our family...too bound by "whose duty?" However, this child-initiated effort is to be commended. Hm, now Mon and Thur I am "forced" to stay in bed till breaky is ready. What a blessing?!

Service does require deliberate effort to want to bless. It does requires the recipient to freely receive the blessing too. I was reminded of the story of Jesus washing the disciples' feet. Humility from both ends.