My Boys

Some interesting stuffs I found out about my boys recently.

Little Jayden falls to slumber when I sing him songs while holding his hands. I'm very pleased to learn about this, really. It's nice knowing that my son likes to hear me sing and my songs soothes him (or bored him? haha ... ) Either way, I have the power. Power to soothes him down and lull him to sleep. Daddy can sing to him, cradle him and swing him for an hour and he will either be (a) whining or (b) not sleeping or (c) whining and not sleeping. Well, unless he's really exhausted, I reckoned. I'm feeling really proud, as you can probably tell already.

And as for Ivan, I realised that he's taller now. Much taller than the last time I recalled him to be. My son grew up overnight without me realizing it. Hmm, did I miss out anything? As a bigger boy, I’m seeing a mini-me in him. Not the face, nah, he looks more like daddy. I’m referring to his characters. Especially the annoying ones. (You know how it’s like when you see another you, another irritating you and how you can't stand your own attitude?)

My selective memory tells me that I was a cry baby too. I was also stubborn and strong headed and sarcastic. Hmm, okay okay .. I’m still those mentioned but definitely not a cry baby anymore. At some point in my life, I have learnt to stop crying unnecessarily but this is another story for another day. So, Ivan has some of my irritating and annoying characters. And, seeing it on my son, I could tell that I have probably been quite a pain in the neck, especially when I’m in my sarcastic mode. Something that sounds like a casual joke to me will probably end up hurting someone else’s ears and worst of all if I start to hurt feelings.

*ouch* Now, before I try to change my son, I will need to set a good example myself. Hm … there’s a good point to ponder over this coming holiday.