“Who is Moto Moto?” I asked my two children. “Daddy lah” said Annabelle and Clarisa.

“What’s Moto Moto?” I asked them again. “Hot Hot”, they replied. Hmmm……

They been watching the animation movie Madagascar 2. If you watched that movie, you will see the female hippo, Gloria being infatuated with a big male hippo named Moto Moto. My children immediately associated Moto Moto to me when they saw the part where MotoMoto and Gloria danced together. You see, I loves to dance with my children and with their mommy, so I guess they may have remembered about me when they saw the movie scene.

I watched that movie and saw MotoMoto. Well, he is big and flirtatous, the “good side” of him. But he is also blur blur…. not a good side of him. Anyway… MotoMoto sounds okay lah… I dont want to be called Motorola.

Now he wants to play with his daddy. Of course, most of the time I would have to initiate it. Sometimes he does not want to play but most of the times he would agree to it. The most successful tactic would be to tell him that daddy wants to go for a walk outside the house. That would surely get his interests. And off we go for a walk. When the other two saw us, they too would join in the walk. Playing time is not so much of playing, just walking together and maybe playing with shadows.

Barnabas has grown to be a chatty toddler. He loves to talk. Or let me rephrase that. He loves to imitate what he heard.

Though the pronunciation is not perfect, he is learning very fast. We are amazed at his vocabulary;especially when he wants to express himself. Well praise God for him.

Well, he is still a bit shy with me. Okay, maybe shy is not the correct description. Unattached may be the better word for it. He still plays with me, enjoying my presence, always asking me to help him find or open something. However, he still shy to give me a kiss or say I love Daddy.

Oh ya, he prefers to call me Papa instead of Daddy, which is okay with me.

Annabelle watched some portion of a horror movie last night. Mom was watching the show and Annabelle was there too. The other two were in the room listening to their Mom telling stories. Told Annabelle not to watch the show, she obeyed.

Later that night, when it was sleeping time, Annabelle was crying. Her mom told me that she is afraid because of what she watched on the TV. I prayed for God’s protection upon her, to take away the scary images that she seen on the TV and to grant her peace in her mind, heart and spirit. Also prayed for the blood of Christ to protect her and angels to encamp around her. Thank God that she can sleep after that. All thanks be to God.

Ahh…what joy to see the smiles on your faces, my children. True joy and happiness or shyness portrayed when all of your smile. It is indeed a pure delight to see your smile. Yes, I am talking about you Annabelle, and you Clarissa and not forgetting you Barnabas. Your smile that makes your daddy feels so delighted. Your smile makes your daddy feel that the challenges in bringing you up is worth it. Your smile that brought a smile on daddy. So contagious are your smiles.

So children, keep on smiling and your daddy will smile with you. When daddy’s heart is heavy with other matters, your smile brings comfort and makes daddy know that there are more important things in daddy’s life. Daddy loves you all, Annabelle, Clarissa, and you too Barnabas.

It is interesting to see my children show their loves to me and their mother. I would always ask them whether they love me or not. Their answers would depend on whether I’ve been “good or bad” to them. If I’ve been playing with them and they are happy, the answers would always be “Yes, I love you Daddy”. But if I’ve been disciplining them for the wrong things they did, the answer is obvious, “No!”.

I really enjoy the affection shown by them, especially my two girls. Annabelle and Clarissa would at times give me a hug before they go to school. Hahaha… that would happened only if they are in a good mood to go to school.

Barnabas has been a bit distanced from me. Not sure why…. maybe I did not give him lots of attention. He would not want to kiss me on the lips but instead would put forward his cheeks for me to kiss. Only after I “pestered” him, would he kiss me on the lips….with an open lips.

Clarissa is now 3 years old. She is very active full of energy. However, when her energy level is depleted she will feel tired and sleepy. Once we gave her milk, she will be full of energy again and will want to go and play again.

She is very independent or at least want to do things all by herself. Of course we have to guide her at first but most of the things she will take the initiative to try out all by herself. And she will be angry if we want to help her. And when she realised that she can’t do it all by herself, only then will she be willing to let us help her. Her size is still small and petite. Though she can be independent, she can be shy at times. If you look into her eyes, she will try and look away and smile sheepishly.

So far, I have yet to find out how to show her love. Her language of love is not Words so it is a bit difficult for me. Using words does not seems to work on her as effective as giving gifts or spending time. Will try and find time to speak her language of love.