小孩子的味儿
Elkan and I are reading this book ‘能闻出小孩子的味儿的乌龟’ (A tortoise that recognises the scent of a child) Without reading the book, I can already guess what ‘小孩子的味儿’ (The scent of a child) is.
I love 小孩子的味儿. I am sure if the 乌龟 (Tortoise) comes to my house, he will be very happy. Elkan and Elias (and of course Samuel) are full of the smell of a child.
I love it that at age 11, Elias still loves dressing up in Chinese traditional costume to go to school for CNY. Despite the costume being a tad too small for him.
I love it that Elias was super excited about making little ribbons for a hamper which their class was wrapping for the residents of Bishan Home.
I love it that Elkan was so excited about his ‘plan’ to convert all his coins in his coin bank into notes, that he requested that I blog about it.
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I liked what was written on this page in the book. This girl Angie, said this about her mother – that the mother likes boys who are like mini-adults. (Precocious, I suppose). Then there was an interaction between Angie and the mother. The mother was furious with Angie for not reading the ‘assigned’ book.
Mother:”The reading class’ teacher is a well-known professional – she said that these books are worth spending our whole lifetime reading”.
Child: “Mum, a lifetime is a long time. Why are you in such a hurry for me to read the book? I will live at least for 80 years, why can’t I read it later? Why don’t you just let me read books that I like now?”
This passage describes so well how I feel about the lives of children nowadays. Why are we in such a hurry for our children to grow up? I love having the boys being boys.
As I was writing this, Elkan came tripping out with his bolster on his head, asking me to tie it for him. He said that he is a 蓝头巾, and that if Elias comes out with his red bolster, he will be a 红头巾. It was so amusing, I took a picture of them below. I love them, my little boys, my 红头巾,蓝头巾. May they forever remain childlike. Life is so much more wonderful when we live as children.
红头巾, 蓝头巾
