Yesterday was Teachers' Day and Joash didn't have school to attend. After I put his sister down for her morning nap, Joash did a very surprising thing. He took the miniature cups and eating utensils out from his play box and started to imitate EVERYTHING I did while I was making soft-boiled eggs for their breakfast previously!
He started out by cracking open an orange toy egg into a bowl, placed it on the stool and began to beat the egg. Then, he placed the bowl on the bookshelf, pretending that it was the microwave oven which I used and mimicked the motion of setting the timer, complete with the beeping sound effects. After he took it out of the 'oven', he even warned me that it was hot and asked me to blow at it and eat it slowly in the exact words I usually say to him!
So that's how our roles were completely reversed for that hour. To play along with him, I, too, was acting like the way he does everyday. He proceeded to pretend he was preparing dinner for me. The stool became the stove. He was truly a replica of me as he kept telling me to be patient and wait while he was 'cooking'. He 'made' carrots, jelly and juice for me and even offered to cut them up when I commented that the pieces of carrots were too big to chew.
What happened next was incredibly astounding. Joash asked me if I wanted more food. I told him "yes". He actually exclaimed that we ran out of carrots and he went to pick up his bag and announced that he was going out to buy groceries! I stared in utter amazement as he waved goodbye to me, skipped to the kitchen, pretended to speak to the store owner, thanked the 'aunty' and came back to the room! Just to tease him, I asked him if he had paid for the item. He went, "Oops!" and hurried back to make the purchase. It was doubly hilarious when he gave me some imaginary change and said, "Give the money back to Mummy."
I am so impressed with Joash's ingenuity and I thoroughly enjoyed myself being involved in his creative game. It makes me much more conscious that I have to be a good role model for him to follow. I must remember always that there are little eyes following my every move. May God empower me so. *grin*
He started out by cracking open an orange toy egg into a bowl, placed it on the stool and began to beat the egg. Then, he placed the bowl on the bookshelf, pretending that it was the microwave oven which I used and mimicked the motion of setting the timer, complete with the beeping sound effects. After he took it out of the 'oven', he even warned me that it was hot and asked me to blow at it and eat it slowly in the exact words I usually say to him!
So that's how our roles were completely reversed for that hour. To play along with him, I, too, was acting like the way he does everyday. He proceeded to pretend he was preparing dinner for me. The stool became the stove. He was truly a replica of me as he kept telling me to be patient and wait while he was 'cooking'. He 'made' carrots, jelly and juice for me and even offered to cut them up when I commented that the pieces of carrots were too big to chew.
What happened next was incredibly astounding. Joash asked me if I wanted more food. I told him "yes". He actually exclaimed that we ran out of carrots and he went to pick up his bag and announced that he was going out to buy groceries! I stared in utter amazement as he waved goodbye to me, skipped to the kitchen, pretended to speak to the store owner, thanked the 'aunty' and came back to the room! Just to tease him, I asked him if he had paid for the item. He went, "Oops!" and hurried back to make the purchase. It was doubly hilarious when he gave me some imaginary change and said, "Give the money back to Mummy."
I am so impressed with Joash's ingenuity and I thoroughly enjoyed myself being involved in his creative game. It makes me much more conscious that I have to be a good role model for him to follow. I must remember always that there are little eyes following my every move. May God empower me so. *grin*
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