I usually do not notice how chatty and vocal as well as physical and adamant my children can be. I don't really know if it's just because they have me all the time to listen and attend to them and vice versa. Is it perhaps because they always have each other to communicate, interact and have activities with; all five siblings and they so happen to love spending any given free time together? Well, perhaps all that and simply put, Allah's gift of profound linguistic ability and "aqal", something that separates us from animals....Wallahu'alam.
Two weeks back my 4th was attempting and struggling to carry his younger sister up above the window sill level to observe something out of my bedroom window. Amidst all the struggle, he managed to blurt out, "Ummi, she is too heavy for me to carry her!" To which I said, "It's okay, just put her down". To my surprise, he continued to struggle and managed to do it, "It's okay, I can try...urghh...I did it!"
So the little one peered out the window and was delightfully screaming, "There, there, twuck, twuck!" He eventually put her down safely and said. "I'm so tired now!" He flopped down on the floor and his sister gave him a big hug that nearly toppled him!
As I watched them I asked him, "You're tired, but thank you. I think she liked what she saw".
Still flat on the floor, "Yes, I had to carry her because she's too small. She needed to see the truck". Wow, "needed". Emphasis and all.
And the little one patted the brother's head (as one of her 'thank you' gestures) and said, "Twuck, there", pointing out the window. Sweet.
He's three and a half years old and she's nearly 2. I hope I'll still have more of these moments in the years to come....
