This evening, Joshua was teaching night class so I had to fly solo again. After the kids were fed, we were playing in the living room. Since Jayna is super-glued to me, I cannot leave to wash the dishes unless I put her in the sling. She refuses to sit on the floor (or anywhere else for that matter) without me right beside her. Since I was tired, I didn't want to exert myself too much so I 'resigned' myself to sitting on the floor with her while Joash was entertaining us with his crazy dance steps.
After a while, Jayna took a fancy to the coffee table and started grabbing onto it's legs and banging the table top. I was sitting behind her when suddenly, I saw an opening to sneak into the kitchen without her noticing as her back was facing me. And that was what I did. I fully expected Joash to come to the kitchen to find me and thus expose my 'absence' from behind Jayna.
To my surprise, when Joash came running to tell me that it's raining, he gave me a cheeky grin and put his finger to his lips when I mouthed the words to him, "I know it's raining" silently. He could read the situation well and went straight to the living room to entertain Jayna till I was spotted by her while wiping the dining table. Needless to the say, she started to wail for my attention. (And I do mean wail.)
I'm utterly amazed by how intelligent Joash is. From experience, he knows that Jayna cannot bear to be apart from me. He also remembers that I often request for him to help me entertain his sister though mostly unsuccessfully as Jayna only wants me. He remembers, too, that I would mouth my words usually when I try to put Jayna to bed which means he should by all means cooperate with me whenever I do that. Somehow, he managed to process all these information and acted appropriately without ANY verbal instruction from me! God is good, indeed, for fashioning Joash into such a splendid boy!
After a while, Jayna took a fancy to the coffee table and started grabbing onto it's legs and banging the table top. I was sitting behind her when suddenly, I saw an opening to sneak into the kitchen without her noticing as her back was facing me. And that was what I did. I fully expected Joash to come to the kitchen to find me and thus expose my 'absence' from behind Jayna.
To my surprise, when Joash came running to tell me that it's raining, he gave me a cheeky grin and put his finger to his lips when I mouthed the words to him, "I know it's raining" silently. He could read the situation well and went straight to the living room to entertain Jayna till I was spotted by her while wiping the dining table. Needless to the say, she started to wail for my attention. (And I do mean wail.)
I'm utterly amazed by how intelligent Joash is. From experience, he knows that Jayna cannot bear to be apart from me. He also remembers that I often request for him to help me entertain his sister though mostly unsuccessfully as Jayna only wants me. He remembers, too, that I would mouth my words usually when I try to put Jayna to bed which means he should by all means cooperate with me whenever I do that. Somehow, he managed to process all these information and acted appropriately without ANY verbal instruction from me! God is good, indeed, for fashioning Joash into such a splendid boy!
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