You're my brother and I love you forever,
It doesn't matter if you never learn to go poopoo and peepee on the potty,
You can still share my pillow forever
And we will all love Raja forever
Because he's so special
and we love you Raaaaaaaaaajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
15 January 2011
I dont want to see your shining face away from me,
I want to see it shining bright in the sun at me in loving harmony
Jesus knows us
and loves us in loving harmony
And I will be with you brother
I want to see you close by me forever
I want us to always stay by each other
and we will always love our parents
and all the other love we give other people
25 March 2011
They also got Pillow Pets this year from Madhu Mamman - they still love these things! Sleep on them every night.
Sometime in 2010, before I got pregnant, Raja was ready to transition out of our bed to sharing a room with his big sister. So we got their bunk bed ready, and put them to bed together in the same room for the first time. They eagerly went to bed and we could hear Raja yapping away for what seemed a really long time. When I went to check on them after a while, they were on the same bed, both fast asleep. Jaya had her pillow clenched over her head, and Raja was asleep with his mouth open, as if he fell asleep mid-sentence. In the morning, Jaya told me, "Mommy, Raja just wouldn't stop talking my head off! So finally I just had to block my ears and go to sleep!" What's funny is, outside of immediate family, Jaya is usually the incessant talker. Raja is much less vocal around other people, but at home, or one on one, that kid can converse for hours. Literally. The two of them sharing a room has worked out beautifully. It is so easy to put them to bed, and they rarely resist bedtime. They talk and read and always end up in the same bed, which we don't mind at all - I love that they will have memories of laughing and chatting and reading marvelous books before sleeping.
Jaya gave lots of talks in Primary this past year, as well as singing in her first Primary program during Sacrament meeting. She amazes me, because she doesn't have an ounce of stage fright. She speaks directly into the microphone, with a big smile on her face, making eye contact and is just pleased as can be to be up in front of a roomful of kids and Primary teachers. One Sunday morning when she was practicing her Primary talk before church, she turned to me and asked, "Can I give this talk in sacrament meeting instead?" I don't know where she gets it from, as it took both Marei and I being adults to be able to speak in public comfortably. When the Primary did their annual program at church, they sang numerous songs they had practiced, which Jaya gleefully participated in. At the end, the congregation was asked to sing the closing song along with the Primary. The chorister asked that we sing the 3rd verse, which Jaya apparently did not hear, as she sang the first verse - which you could hear loud and clear above the sound of the entire group singing the 3rd verse. Jaya also started taking ballet and was in her very first ballet recital, as well as her first powwow, and we love watching her dance. She is just so graceful and loves to make up her own choreography.
Jaya also lost her first tooth! And got her first visit from the tooth fairy, who brought her toothpaste and wrote her a letter.
Raja has a great sense of humor. As shy as he can be around groups, when it's just family or close friends, he loves to make people laugh. He'll do crazy things like bang his head against the wall, and then turn and say, "Sorry Wall!" Or get inside a barely large enough cardboard box, and then demand, "Send me to the Post Office!" He also decided to name his baby brother Diaper-Q when he was in utero, and told stories about Diaper-Q, Potty Boy (himself), and Toilet Girl (Jaya).
Next post - all about the newest Wild Thing!
