Sit down Chinese wedding dinners are always a sumptuous and long affair. They give speeches, they present the food with much fanfare and they overfeed you. But sit down Chinese wedding dinners with a toddler in tow is a different matter. All those things become irrelevant, in that two to three hours or so, when you are busy minding the child to behave.
Many many moons ago when my schoolmate, Vivien, was getting married, we brought M1 along, a toddler then. It was her first sit down 8-course dinner. We had to be prepared in case there was resistance. So, all forms of entertainment was brought along: toy, book, Magna Doodle, etc.
We took our time to settle down at the table. The Magna Doodle was whipped out first and immediately, there was action. M1 was furiously poking at the surface. Curious, I looked over and asked, “What are you drawing?”
“Holes, mummy, I am drawing holes!” and proudly lifted up the Doodle to show me. How clever is that? Drawing holes. Even I have never drawn holes before!
All in all, we had a good sit down dinner experience as M1 thoroughly enjoyed the food with a discipline level that was totally amazing. Not once she fidgeted nor wanted to leave the high chair. The Doodle was spared further pokes while the rest of the tools were really quite unnecessary.
It made us looked forward to more wedding dinners then!
Before the birth of the iPad and iPod, we used to bring the Magna Doodle along whenever we go out for meals. Great tool to occupy the wondering minds and highly recommended for little ones!
Angieneering 
I remember that wedding! And I thought M1 was the smartest girl ever. She must have been only 2, I think. I remember her dotting the paper with the pen and saying that she was drawing holes. So cute!