Its fun to play with a child. Joyce rewards us with gigles and drools during a game. I and P used to play peekaboo with Joyce and she enjoys it endlessly but we used to get bored shouting "Kande Kande" meaning "Saw you". So we started the adult version of peekaboo, the hide & seek. We hide and make all kinds of noises to lead her to us. We enjoy it and she does when she finds us till then she is shouting "Mumma Mumma" to all and sundry.
We also play the Mumma elephant and little elephant when both of us are on all fours and I follow her around in the house. I dance to the nursery rhymes and when she laughs, I am not sure if she is laughing at the awkward kind of poses I am striking or if she is actually having fun.Who cares anyway.
P and Joyce wrestle on the bed and this was basically invented to keep her on the bed, away from the laptop while I am working but most times they are having a ball.
Between the 3 of us we can play some good football. OK, maybe it doesn't qualify to be called football, maybe the kick, lick, throw or roll the ball. I amuse myself by kicking it around the house because I have never played football in all my life.So I enjoy it as much as she does.
My mom loves all of Joyce's toys. She remains more amused at the dog who is doing a sumersault than Joyce. I have also seen her pull along Joyce's toys and Joyce is found following the toy around the house.
A couple of days back, I was in a meeting room for a conference call. The meeting room over looks 2-3 acres of land with a stable, 4 horses & 4 foals and a fence around almost an acre of land. It was drizzling and the 4 horses kept galloping around with their younger ones following them closely behind. The mother horse kept dodging with the foal running back and forth. They are animals but the bond the mother and the little one shared was obvious. I could see that they were having so much fun.
With one ready to laugh at the drop of a hat you feel like the world's greatest entertainer. With one ready to follow you, makes you feel like a world leader and with one ready to amuse you with every little new jig, you feel very privileged. Even if the 'one' is a tiny tod. And true for probably all living beings.
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Haven't read your post yet.. Just came by to tell you - 'Yes' (to you know what!)
How true !! Nice post Sunita :-)
A meeting room overlooking acres of lush green land with horses and foals ...... wow !!!!
How cool is that !!
Oh, I'm always colouring in Moppet's book with her crayons - she prefers permanent markers herself (!) - and making things with her blocks. It's great fun! :-)
So true Sunita ..looking at their smiles and laughs , gives so much of satifaction and 'feel good' feeling.
I make poses and sind nuresery rhymes to him and he giggles and its so much so much fun.These days he even tries to immitate.. :)
We play volley ball :-), unlike football ,since he is still learning to walk.
Bloghopped here, that was a nice peek at your playroom and yes I was wondering with that kind of meeting room who listens to the conf call!!
yes, it is fun to play with our children :)
Although my kids are not as small as yours, we do play cards or scrabble or such indoor kind of games.
For me, these are the real stress-busters!
yeah.. long after Sonny boy's slept off after 'shory time', Amma is still stuck on shory... :-)
What a dream of a conference room! Do you guys manage to keep your mind on work?
he he thats so cute, i enjoy reading all ur posts about joyce so much and more specially now :)
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so so cute...
very nicely written- a doting kid makes one feel so special and gifted
u work near the cyrus horse farm or something?
I think the whole joy of parenting is in letting go and become children again. It is so liberating and fulfilling. Enjoy!
i dunno about parenting...but playing with kids is fun..one can spend hours just watching them, playing with them and when they start talking everybody in the house starts talking the baby language even with each other. have you guys started doing that?
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Beautifully said and very true!
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