It was drizzling one of the mornings and we were out in the park on our Saturday morning exercise routine

Me: so is it ok running in the drizzle?

HuaiHao: yes it is. It’s like… loving life

Me: I get what you mean. It’s like without the rain, the run might be a bit daunting at times right

HuaiHao: yes, but now with the drizzle it’s like you have a life. You have it you know

On another night , at bedtime with HuaiHao and I asked HuaiHao what wish he would like if I turned into a fairy

He said, a grandma

I asked him why and he said because he didn’t have one from the time he was born

I asked him what the feeling is like and he said, “ it’s like fire in my bones that cannot be extinguished “

What’s that ? I probed

He says , “ it means I can’t do anything about it”

I tell him that grandma lives on in grandpa’s love and hugs for him and get him to feel again when grandpa hugged him

And through me and ah yi he can also get an idea of what grandma is like

So I asked him what does he want a grandma for ?

And he says, “ just to be here”

April went by in a flash and one of the things we did in early April was to celebrate archer’s birthday

I love these drawings HuaiHao did . They perk me up and convey a sense of his wittiness, especially the eyes

And I just had to draw like him too to write him a reminder to learn his spelling

On 2 afternoons Qinzhi had to stay in school , I didn’t cook lunch and took HuaiHao out for lunch. And it was good because we had some time to chat about the big and little things in daily life

And we finally brought out our ice cream maker to make strawberry ice cream! HuaiHao was on it most and had loads of fun!

Then on a Saturday in mid April we headed to Golden Peony to celebrate dajiujiu’s birthday and HuaiHao had a chance to try classic Cantonese food that were flavors of yesteryear. So glad HuaiHao had a chance to savour this at such a young age!