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Monday, April 25, 2011

Our Easter Weekend

Being approximately 57 days away from my younger son's EDD, the fear that there will be less time to spend with baby Vader is growing. While I'm aware that less time doesn't mean less love for the boy, it's still a worry nonetheless. He's also becoming more interactive and able to enjoy the places we bring him to, so I feel even more drawn to spending more time with him.

The Easter weekend that just passed, we had the privilege of spending close to three full days with him and I absolutely loved it. I relish spending time with him because it allows us to show him even more, who Daddy and Mummy are as parents, husband and wife and as individuals. I know children observe and learn more than we aware of. One thing I've noticed just the past week, is that when I tell Daddy what baby Vader was up to when he wasn't around, baby Vader turns to watch me. It's as if he understands our conversation and is checking if I'm recounting the events accurately. One day, I'm expecting him to interrupt and tell Daddy that Mummy forgot something or that I'm telling it all wrong! I wonder how much more he's aware of that he's not letting on. Amazing.

So over the weekend, we brought him to church on Good Friday and Easter Sunday and were able to explain the significance of this event to us. We've since discovered how he's been watching us while we read to him from his bible (at his request), sing church songs to him and show him how to bow. All along when we attend mass every weekend, he would be a silent observer (ok, mostly silent, not always though). This weekend, he's taken to shouting "Amen!", "Pray!" and "Bow!" while performing the respective actions at certain times during mass, it looks random, but we're not really quite sure because sometimes it seems there is some timing to it. However, we've also realised that as he discovers how much more there is to see, to learn and to play in his suroundings, he's begins to get restless easily, especially when the masses over the Easter weekend are a little longer than normal masses. I hope he learns to enjoy the true meaning of mass and to focus over time. I know this might take decades...... even as an adult, sometimes I catch myself drifting away. Having children certainly makes me learn how to be more attentive and focused, even in church. I am thankful.

Apart from church, we brought baby Vader to Ikea and Borders for the first time! I was so glad, because he doesn't get to go out much and sometimes, I feel like we've not done enough ...... many times when I hear about how other parents bring their child out almost every weekend, I admit I feel envious of their families and sorry for baby Vader.  I think he actually enjoys seeing Daddy and Mummy being out and about, having and sharing our meals with him, shopping for stuff and of course, being let loose in a child friendly bookstore. He loves his books and was picking out way too many books for us to buy, so we had to choose those that were age appropriate and tell him he'd get the rest when he's a little older.


At Ikea while Daddy and Mummy ate lunch.


His spoils from Borders.

Well, he can't read yet, but he enjoys being read to from these type of books, on top of those with a thousand flaps he can fiddle with. Vader told me that baby Vader picked out the Star Wars Little Library, while I was in the ladies. I wonder how much influence Vader had over his choice hahahhahah!





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