A day with Nathan

I get to spend a full day with my young hunk yesterday, Thursday. They are on school holiday and since we don't have a nanny, me and my husband had to take turns on looking after him. After my husband went off for work, I just did a little bit of my house chores, while my son was busy doing his stuff like drawing and writing and making paper aeroplanes. After the chores, I sat down with him, he was still busy on his drawings but upon realizing I was sitting in front of him, just staring on what his doing, he immediately stopped and looked at me and asked, "Mama, do you want me to tell you a story?". I replied, "Of course, what's the story about?" And then he went on and on and on and on ... giggling, laughing, full of energy. I noticed every time he made me laugh, he would even try harder to be funny. I just sat there just listening and watching him, I can feel his excitement because he knew he had my full attention. I was actually looking him straight in the eye while he narrated his story.

It really struck me. I never really knew how big-a-deal it was for Nathan to have my full attention on him. He was rather a very good boy that day, everything I asked of him, I don't have to say twice ... he would immediately follow without any tantrums, arguments and negotiations. I think its his way of saying "Thank you Mom for giving me your time today!" I was teary eyed last night while I was telling this to my husband.

We always run like crazy people everyday that sometimes we overlook the needs of our kids. We look around in search for things that would make us happy like buying expensive junks, yeah, it will just make us happy for awhile but at that moment, just meeting Nathan's eyes really gave me unequal amount of happiness right through the deepest part of my heart. I am really glad we had that day and from now on, I will strive to be like that every single day.