Pushing the boundaries

如果前个月我喊累，那过去的一个月我只能说“更累！” 不是因为出门。6月反而没有出远门，周末天气都不好，尤其是月底的天气多云又多雾。即使没有下雨，看到天气阴凉的，也懒得出去。累，是因为靖恺爬得快，手动得多，靖恒的喊叫声也跟着多起来。靖恒的玩具到处都是，又不让靖恺碰，有时我真不知道该把靖恺放在哪里。累，就不多写了，由照片代劳吧。

Expressions:


'Some of the things I do'


Electric hair:


Most colourful ride I have seen:


'What me and my brother are up to together':


'Huh huh... get me outta here!'


'Opps! Caught in the act!'

'Phew! Nothing to worry about.'

'What's that?'


The day Jethro 'had a great fall', Ethan was 'All the king's horses and all the king's men':


'Let me read you a story, Jethro. Jethro... Jethro!'


'Hey, Hey, Hey!'

'What did you do? What's this string?'


A building built by Ethan:

A show directed by Ethan (with audiences, did you see?):


'Yes?'

'No?'


The car gets interesting:


Beyond the barriers...

Lies a land to be won by warriors,

By all means I will tunnel,

With or without a struggle,

And with my new motor skills navigate...

To win spoils for my hands to touch and my mouth salivate.


Roman toga - or a very loose gro:


Jethro's first biscuit with Ethan trying to pass on his vast experience:


Armed Forces Day:


Fascinated by a balloon:


I am so spent this month. Pushing the boundaries does not just refer to Jethro making efforts at acquiring new mobility, but also to me stretching my own limit at multi-tasking: household chores, keeping an eye on Jethro and Ethan, responding to Ethan's agonizing cries over Jethro's quick-as-lightning hands, scolding and soothing, all at the same time. So I am tired, and the photos shall speak for themselves.
This month too, is a month of cloudy weekends (and some weekdays) with a foggy ending. So I have not carried out my May resolution of going out more.
Came across this beautiful paragraph from a blogger. Sharing it with you parents and parents-to-be (some omissions made to avoid complete copy):

"This is a truth about being a parent that nothing and no-one can prepare you for: ... it is a continual experience of loss, a never-ending stream of moments of goodbye. ... from the moment your children come into your life you are losing them. ... the person your child is today is a person you will never meet again, a person that you will, in some ways, forget, as he / she is replaced by new people, bigger ..., faster ..., ... with more words, ... with more independence, ... whose primary purpose is to move continually away from you."