On my mind

Dear Baby Elephant,

I need to record this before I forget all about it.

Last week, mommy made you a 'tent' in the study with 2 chairs, my blanket and pegs. We were reading in our tent using our flashlights. You chose the super bright one and gave mommy the black one which gives of relatively dim light haha! So I had to keep asking you to shine your torch on our book so I could continue reading to you.

I explained what we could do while camping and while I moved on to reading the children's encyclopedia to you, you kept repeating the word 'camping' to yourself. Haha! I could almost hear the fascination growing in your head as you looked around, felt the breeze of the fan blowing and cuddled with mommy under the cushions. I had told you that it would be cold if we camped outdoors and would need to keep ourselves warm in the tent. Also, that we usually sit n crouch a little in tents as they aren't high enough for us to stand up in.

So then we continued reading about nature, plants, manmade inventions and animals and mommy forgot all about the time, until grandma and Aunty A started calling you out for dinner.

I crawled out of the tent and told you we could set up camp another day. That was when you started crying... You refused to come out of the tent! Argh!!! So I sat down and talked to you a little more from outside the tent and after you calmed down a little, I switched on the room lights and told you I needed your help to pack up. You started crying again and when I unpegged the blanket, you started sobbing uncontrollably.... Not the insistent, insolent or whiny type of cry. It sounded to me like a genuine cry for help.., because you loved the experience of 'camping' with mommy and having attention lavished on you. I would have continued our camping but there are things that need to be done everyday. There is a time for play and a time for other things like meals, baths and naps. Be assured that mommy knows how you feel even when we don't do everything you want right there and then.

Mommy loves you, my baby elephant!