The Resemblance of We

Our "Sponge Bob"

Time really flies, doesn't it? I still think that my children as babies, but tonight, when I see them sleeping peacefully, I do realize that they are growing up fast. Giving birth to them was just like yesterday, but hey... Attar will turn to 5 years old and Puan will be 2 years old next December. Day by day, they start to resemblance of we. Time do really flies, at least for me.

Physically, Attar resemblance my husband. He got his eyes, nose, cheek bones... even his "Joker" smile. If we compared the childhood photograph, Attar and him,you will find those similarities. But not as a character, he definitely just like me, a sanguine - choleric one.

He is an easy going child, talkative, makes friends easily, a leader in his playgroup class and always cheerful. Even though he get a high fever, he can still run around  the hospital and does not care at all about the fever! It seems the world is his personal playground. Sound just like me. My husband call him "Sponge Bob" because his characters are so "Sponge Bob", a famous cartoon movie character. I can predict that he will be a famous boy among girls in the future. Lol.

His sister, Puan, is a copy-me physically. Her eyes, ears, nose, even her skin color  are the same as mine. Her smile is still the same as my husband. She is a Mini-Me, that is what my big family in Padang call her. I must stay four days in the hospital for giving birth to her spontaneously. Really something to remember.

The Little Princess

But  as a character, Puan resemblances his father, a melancholy - sanguine one. Even though she is one going to two years old, we are as her parents, can see that she is a perfectionist. For example, she will re-brush her hair if she thinks her hair not just like she wants. Puan needs time to get a long others, a moody girl. Sometime using her cries to achieve what she wants.

It is amazing, isn't it? How our children resemblance we are. Every day, I thank God for giving me this opportunity: having children. Learning their characters is my way to deal with them. Each of them are unique, so we also need a unique way to raise them well.

We hope so.

- Amelia -