Liveliness (5 Feb 2010)

Sorry, it's been awhile since we last posted. Recently, we have been quite busy with the normal routines in our lives, what with the 2 elder girls going to school and the younger one turning 4 months plus...we started thinking about what it means to have kids. Kids give a sense of liveliness to our house:

a) screaming and shouting when they fight for toys, or when one act as a door to prevent the other from crossing unless she said "abre!" loudly

b) repeating that "meimei never said sorry for hitting me or taking my toys" or "cheche hit me" over and over again

c) asking for milo or snacks every 5 minutes or when you just sit down

d) insisting loudly on having milo before sleeping

e) repeatedly asking to go to the playground or watching Dora or strawberry shortcake every hour

f) squealing loudly when throwing everything on the floor

g) dismantling the alphabet elephant puzzle every time you do it up and then laughing out loud at the mess

h) playing games on the disney web page with volume turned to maximum

i) jumping on the bed and sofa and climbing everywhere

j) taking turns to scream and shout, just so that you cannot get any rest

But liveliness is also when

a) they shout excitedly "daddy" or "mummy" and then running to hug us when we each come home after being out /away from them

b) playing and sharing toys with each other and laughing at each other's antics

c) laughing excitedly when they wear their raccoon mask and you asked where the raccoon come from, and then they took of their mask, and you said, "hey, it's you!"

d) hugging or holding on to you whenever they want, which is all the time

e) holding hands and playing and laughing with each other

f) enjoying all their food and desserts

g) helping to keep their toys and putting all the dolls neatly on their beds

h) pretending to sleep, covering themselves with their blanket all the way to their head and then can't resist laughing when you look at them

i) watching them fall asleep;

j) reading to them their bedtime story, or praying together before they fall asleep

k) running and shouting excitedly when we walk outside, thinking that you are chasing them, squealing when you shout "I am coming"

l) trying to climb that difficult rock wall at the children's playground and exclaiming loudly that they finally did it on their own

m) showing you proudly their drawings, which is a present for you, though you do not know what they drew

 

Ask me in 10 yrs times whether it is all worth it to have liveliness in the house.... ;)