Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

[Right after school, taken today]

A few quick updates on our little guy:

– Vai is Kindergarten 1 this year. And as his sister is already off to school by the time he himself gets ready for the school bus to pick him up at 10.35am, I have more ‘alone’ time with him. Which is something that I treasure because being the second child, he has his sister around most of the time.

– He hasn’t had much afternoon naps over the past year. And now that his big sister needs to wake up at 6am on school days, they both go to bed at around 8.30pm (and he wakes up at about 8.30 the next morning)

–  Still automatically walks over to our bedroom and sleeps next to me in the middle of the night.

[Waiting for school bus to come]

– An affectionate little guy. He likes to cuddle up. He can say, ‘Love you, Mommy’, and gives me a kiss on the cheek. He likes to hold my arm or put his arms around me when he sleeps.

– One with a soft heart. He could sob and cry when he’s feeling sad about something.

There’s a time in Hong Kong when he went out with Daddy and Anya. They had some french fries for snacks and he said he wanted to save a piece for me. He said, ‘I’d like to bring one back for Mommy to try’. And so he carried that one piece in his little fingers. When he was close to reaching home, he accidentally dropped it on the ground. He stood there, feeling sad, but Daddy said, ‘It’s okay. Just pick it up and bring it back with you anyway.’ (To us, what matters is the intention and the heart). And when I opened the door, with that piece of french fries still in his hand, he quickly hugged my legs and sobbed, saying, ‘Vai wanted to give you this, but it fell on the ground’, and he sobbed again. I was very touched by that. God bless your loving heart, Vai.

[At Hong Kong International Airport, 1 Jan 2011]

– Still a cheeky and playful little guy.

– Likes to protect and help when his big sister says she can’t do something.

eg. When Anya was about to slip and fall (due to the wet floor after some heavy rain), he’d go and hold his sister’s hand, and say to her, ‘It’s OK. I hold your hand now so you don’t fall, okay?’

Or, when Anya was feeling afraid to go to the bathroom all by herself at night, he’d automatically go and accompany her.

– Still is very into cars and Lightning McQueen. But he’s willing to accompany his sister and watch the movies that she likes.

– Usually automatically kisses my tummy as well after giving me a kiss (eg. when we say good bye to each other)

[Feeling all nice and warm during winter in Hong Kong last December]

– Brushes his own teeth and cleans up all by himself upon reaching home from school (ie. Takes off uniform, washes up his hands, feet, towels himself dry, and puts on his home clothes)

– Likes to eat cereals (daily!)

– Loves pasta

– Likes sweets and candies (but is only given a quota of two / day by mommy, for his teeth’s sake)

– Likes to ask for food (again) although it’s already time for bed.

– Weighs about 19kg.

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We love you, Vai!

And we just know that you’ll be a great big brother, just like how you’ve been a great little brother to Anya.