Thank you Iba for waking up in the middle of the night to make milk for me.
Thank you Iba for washing me clean in my bathtub.
Thank you Iba for cleaning all my poo poo and pee pee every day, many times a day.
Thank you Iba for scrubbing my dirty clothes clean.
Thank you Iba for keeping the house clean so that I don't fall sick.
Thank you Iba for smashing apples and pears for me so that I can swallow them nicely.
Thank you Iba for bringing me out to play with so many aunties and ah ma.
Thank you Iba for making sure that I am safe when I cry for help.
Thank you Iba for loving me like your own child!
Love, Leonidas
We have moved to grandma and grandpa's house at Boon Lay. That's right... the place that you visit every Sunday. It's no longer Sunday is go grandparents' house day, now it's everyday is stay at grandparents' house day! You sure didn't get used to it initially. Cos everytime you go to grandparents' house, it's always play time even after your bedtime. Suddenly, it seems like play day for you everyday...but no! You need to get back to your routine as you always do after Sunday. In grandma and grandad's house.
Yup, your day now is filled with your uncle and aunty, grandma and grandfather's cuddling and gaggles. They bring you out to swim, watch your excitement when it comes to mealtimes, challenge you to start crawling and put you to sleep after a long tired day. You are sure spoilt with love by all of them. Grandma and grandpa's house is now much more full of life with you around. You bring a smile to their face early in the morning, and another smile after they come home from a long hard day's of work. What greater blessing can you be to us all than to be able to see a baby so full of joy and laughter each day. We have all learnt to talk in a more amiable way, lightening up our tones, because how else would you talk with a baby around?
It is indeed such a great joy to be able to delight in the simple things in life. It is so good to know that life is about new discoveries, learning to take things one step at a time, just by observing the life of a little child growing up. Watching Leonidas grow up also allows me to see an earthly depiction of my own growth in Christ. When Paul talks about how babes in Christ first starts out with milk and later onto solid food as the child grows, so it should be with our own growth in the Word. We should not be drinking milk through our many years as a Christian. A Christian grows and learns new skills as he feeds on the Word of God. We will soon let Leonidas try some porridge next month!
