Chess Match
http://instagram.com/p/dqoRZgGsXl/
Father and son match... better to play the real chessboard than the chess app on ipad.
School and a Mixed Bag of Emotions
"You can’t imagine your life with kids, until you have them, then you can’t imagine your life without them." ~Author Unknown It's been a week since two of our three sons flew to Manila to attend their classes. Even with the (remaining) 9 year old son at home, doing his usual stuff alternately watching tv, tinkering with his Legos, cutting/ folding/ creating things with paper and playing with the iPad, and making a ruckus all by his lonesome, the house is, weirdly, quiet. I often find myself introspecting... about the nest almost empty now and other similar thoughts. And I struggle to stop myself from wallowing in a mixed bag of emotions. It's not a bad thing, except, I could waste hours doing that. I thought I was totally in control and could dismiss the situation as another milestone, like seeing your child lose his first baby tooth. Nothing a warm hug or an ice cream could not fix. On the contrary, that hug at this time just exacerbates the yearning. It ...
With the kuyas away for school, it's nice that the hubby gets to spend a lot of time with bunso, and that you're documenting that :) This is one argument for proper birth spacing too, while your older kids leave home, may naiiwan pa rin :) hehe
ReplyDeleteyes vera, we are now realizing that having the youngest son 7 years after having our first two keeps us from having the empty-nest blues. hihihi.
DeleteThis is a great father and son bonding.. :)
ReplyDeletesqueezing in a lot of this as much as hubby's busy schedule would allow. :)
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