There are so many little moments to treasure throughout the day, and often if I don't stop to write them down, they will be gone forever. So, I will take a moment to write down the latest moments to remember.
A few minutes ago as I'm sitting on the front porch watching the kids and doing my homework, I asked Josiah (5) if he would throw his trash away and go wash his spoon. His response was, "Can I achoo first?" I didn't respond initially because I wasn't sure what he said. Then he walked over to the yard, stood facing the sun, and waited about ten seconds until his sneeze came. Then he proceeded to pick up his spoon and trash and do as I asked. It made me laugh; what five-year-old thinks to go stare at the sun to make himself sneeze? This one, apparently. :)
This morning P'Aphae, the head nanny of the boy's house, made some coffee for us. I grabbed the creamer, sugar, and a cup, proceeded to fill it with glorious caffeine, and started reaching for the baby's formula to add to my coffee. Thankfully I was awake enough to realize what I was doing and quickly corrected myself before I had a nutritious, formula-filled cup of coffee.
Two nights ago when I showed up to the boy's house for my regular night shift with the baby, the nannies and kids were sitting around a bowl of what looked like roots, peeling and eating them. They asked me to join them and told me they were eating sweet potatoes. Of course I agreed as I always enjoy a new social/culinary experience. It was so nice; us nannies were all at ease and enjoying the company of the three eldest boys before bed as we peeled sweet potatoes, ate them, and laughed and joked together. Most of the conversation was in Thai, and although I didn't catch everything, the spirit of the moment was easy to interpret, and I enjoyed myself thoroughly.
Baby Non has gotten into the habit of conversing with me after his 4am feeds. He is 2.5 months old now and has really begun to enjoy the sound of his own voice. It is really quite adorable when he decides to chat it up, although I really wish he would choose a better time than 4am.
2 comments:
These are great moments. Thank you for sharing them with just the right amount of details that I too felt like I was there and smiled as I read them.
Those are great moments, I really liked how you described the peeling sweet potatoes moment, it sounds like it was very peaceful. Hmm, formula and coffee... it could be the new breakfast fad for sure :)
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