Daddy is finally back. The last 2 weeks flashed by quite fast. Mal missed Daddy during the first few days that he was gone, but I think he soon gotten used to it.(I will be sad if Mal only misses me the first few days that I am gone!) Maybe because we reassured him that Daddy will be back soon and he also got to speak to Daddy on the phone everyday.
Telling Mal that Daddy will be back in 2 weeks’ time sounds rather vague, meaningless and abstract as he still hasn’t grasp the concept of time. I thought this will be a good opportunity for him to learn something. So, we printed a March calendar from the internet so as to show him when exactly daddy will be back. It became a nightly ritual for the past 2 weeks for us to write down what we did for the day before he goes to bed. I would let him stick on his favourite Mickey Mouse stickers for some of the days which really helps to cheer him up during the first few days that Daddy was not around. As the days went by, Mal got better at doing this. Instead of me prompting him, he would rattle on by himself on what he did for the day. I had to censored some of the stuff he said as I had problem squeezing all the nitty gritty details in the calendar! (you can see from the calendar above that I ran out of space for the last few days)
This is becoming so fun and meaningful that I am thinking of making this a nightly routine. It is like starting a diary for him…unlike this blog, which most of the stuff was written by me, the content of this calendar diary will come solely from him. As he will narrate the events for the day while I helped to pen them down. hmmm…should I give myself more work??
we woke up at 6 plus to see Daddy off…we went to the runway to see the planes took off … it was so cool to see the planes blast past us and they did a few rounds above us before embarking on their journey. Mal was dressed almost like daddy in his flight jacket 
(thanks to Auntie Jessica for the pic)
