me and the boys
In our jobs, we are lucky that only one of us needs to travel for business at any given point in time. And this time, it was Ian’s turn. He had a trip set for India for 10 longs days and I thought with two helpers, surely I could manage the house and boys fine without the MOTH (man of the house!). Needless to say, Benjamin doesn’t have a clue about dadanot being around as long as there was enough milk, sleep and play. However, Michael and I took the bigger hit. In general, Ian had always spent less time in quantity with Michael, but this week, Michael showed that the bond he had with dada is much deeper than quantity in time:
- when he was unwilling to go to bed and I was “forcing” him onto the little bed, Michael said “I want Dada to put me to bed!” (that’s because a much more patient dada usually will be willing to sing many songs and chat before a sleep comes!)
- we had a walk over the weekend and towards the end of the walk Michael was getting tired and wanted to be carried back. With my substandard back, I couldn’t quite do the duties and Michael then asked “where is dada?”
- today is day 8 and Michael got a cold (probably from the ever changing weather of Shanghai!) and was a bit cranky. At bedtime, he said “I miss dada”…
Michael was always very close to us in very different ways (mommy knows everything and dada fixes everything!) but with Ian being gone for so long this time, it is incredibly interesting to observe how a little 2.5 year-old expresses his emotion and compassion for his father.
Well, we miss our dada and can’t wait until he is back. Two more days to go.
Til then, photos and love from Shanghai,
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| Our Boy’s album – May 2010 |
p.s. we went to today with Michael and Benjamin and Benjamin LOVED it! I have never seen those eyes open so BIG and WIDE!!! He must inherit the therapeutic (or should i say shopaholic!??) genes from his mom…more about why we were at the toy store in the next blog!
