Rhea has started to hold onto things with her hand from yesterday. Its so cute to watch…she will grab her monkey rattle and have it very close to her face and she will stare at it for the longest time…its like she is spending all her energy inspecting the toy to find any defects. She has also started sleeping in her crib. We moved the crib from Sean’s room to ours on Tuesday and she is doing pretty well so far with the transition. She is hardly getting any ‘mat time’ these days because the moment mummy puts her down, Sean cheta appears from nowhere in a flash and is all over her. He means no harm and is trying to play with her but she’s still so small that its safer to have her perched up in our arms than down on the floor.
Sean is enjoying his summer vacation. He followed the space shuttle Discovery launch with a lot of interest and enthusiasm. Aji explained to him in great detail about the astronauts and their trip to space and earlier expeditions to moon etc. Since the launch got postponed couple of times due to bad weather the first thing he would ask everyday after he woke up was ‘Have the astronauts gone? Is the weather good today?’. We had some very interesting conversations with him.
Me: Sean, where do you think the astronauts are going?
Sean : To the moon (I clarify that this trip is to space and not the moon)
Me: How are they going to go there?
Sean: Astronauts are going in the space shuttle. I want to be an astronaut.
Me: Are you going to go on the space shuttle?
Sean: Aacha (appacha) and Aamchi and Dada and Mama and baby and me will go on the space shuttle. [Maybe when he grows up taking a vacation to space will be a reality].
Sean: Baby, you want to be an astronaut?
He is a little disappointed that she isn’t sharing his enthusiasm about all this and we tell him that she is still a baby and does not understand. I have to also assure him that she would definitely be interested when she gets older. He continues,
Sean: Dad, you want to be an astronaut?
Aji : I would love to.
On the day of the actual launch Aji happened to wear an orange T-shirt. Sean said – ‘Dad, you wearing the astronaut clothes???’. He had seen the astronauts in their orange suits earlier on TV. We had to wake him from his nap to watch the launch when it finally happened but he wasn’t upset at all and perked up immediately.
It just amazes me how his little mind works and how he analyzes every bit of information we share with him. It is interesting how he applies that in his thinking process and his conversations thereafter.
We’re hoping we can continue to nurture and fuel Sean’s new found interest for the space and beyond. It seems like a small step in the right direction now and we hope that it will culminate in a giant leap towards what his future holds.Meanwhile, we are still in the dark about what milestone Rhea is planning to attempt in the next few days…shall keep you all posted.
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