Random musings

Naomi has always been someone who needs constant affection. Even as a baby, she would push Daniel out of the way, and find a way to sit on Mommy's or Daddy's lap. She is also someone who expresses affection with loads of hugs and kisses. She is like my little " cuddle-ball ". Sometimes, when they are sitting on the couch watching TV or something, she will loudly call out for me and say, " Mommy, come sit with me ". I find myself saying that I'll be there but sometimes I don't find time to sit with her. Mostly, because they are watching something on TV that I have watched more than a dozen times, and it drives me crazy to keep watching it. And, also because I have other things to do, like check out irrelevant news on the internet or read all the silly stuff that someone is posting on Facebook or check my cell phone for the latest updates.  The other day when she asked me to sit with her, I actually stopped what I was doing and went and sa...

The kids watch a show called " Daniel Tiger " on TV. Sometimes, I watch this show with them, and I think it's pretty good because occasionally they teach kids (and grown ups) about how to deal with negative emotions. They don't expect a person to not feel negative emotions like "anger, "jealousy" etc, but give them reasonable ways on how to handle those emotions. It was another one of those days, when the kids were getting ready to watch one of their shows on TV. Typically, I end up giving both of them one choice on which show they can watch. Naomi decided that she wants to watch " Strawberry shortcake ". Daniel gets scared of some of the shows on TV, and he was scared when he heard that Naomi wanted to watch that one. So, he wailed and ran upstairs and locked himself in the bedroom.  Naomi went upstairs to tell Daniel that he can come downstairs, and they can watch something else. Daniel was so happy when he heard that. He hugged her...