Parenting & Family Life

Only when you have wrong expectations. It is so easy to know what is right action but sometimes so hard to do it. Ayden is having rough morning. Well he was having good morning until we took him to his soccer match. He got shy and didn’t want to play. I spend 45 minutes encouraging him. Getting frustrated. Getting embarrassed. Getting angry. I wanted to leave. I don’t know what is right behavior. What should have I done. Is it too much to expect your child to do what they wanted to do. If you don’t push your child will they never get out of their comfort zone and never grow. If you push too much will that cause them unnecessary anxiety when they will naturally grow up at their own pace. ...

Ayden: I don’t want to lose my Pokémon cards Amer: ok Ayden: Pokemon cards are very important Amer: how so? Ayden: they have all the information about Pokemon. They are not like credit cards. They are better than credit cards.

Ayden: After we die if plants are eating our body how will we go to heaven Amer: Our soul goes Ayden: And we get a new body Amer: Sure Ayden: Can we get different skin Amer: Sure what color you want Ayden: Pink

Ayden deciding his career: “There are so many cool job, I want to be fireman, goalie, dad, police officer, monster truck driver.”

Ayden: Baba, American flag is better than Texas flag. Me: How come? Ayden: Because it has more stars!

Driving to Ayden’s first Monster Jam show earlier this, as AT&T stadium got in our view, he is getting excited. His heart was probably beating faster and he could probably feel it. He said the cutest thing ever, “Baba, my heart is growing bigger.”

Last year, Ayden got into Minecraft thanks to Evan Storm’s channel. So we bought Minecraft on PS4 and started to play. I preferred to play in 1st person perspective but Ayden preferred 3rd person. But he didn’t know how to ask me change the perspective. So he would say, “Be the people that Evan’s be.”

Tonight, I was reading Puss in the Boots bedtime story to Ayden. Story begins with Old Miller dying. Ayden asked me if people die in real life. I am not ready for this conversation but I also didn’t want to lie. I said yes and hoped we can move on quickly. Ayden’s eyes turned teary. In crying voice, he asked, “Why?” “It just the way it is.” I said. I watched him as he processed this new information about life. He has seen dead worms, read stories with death in it, but never connected that with people. ...

Last year, we took Ayden to monster truck show. We didn’t know how loud these trucks can be. So we bought ear protection headphones for him. He was still feeling a little scared. Later he came up with idea that sound of engine comes from the tires. He would keep telling me that monster trucks tires are loud or they made it louder after he put on his headphone.

Other day while putting Ayden to sleep, he looked like as if he was intensely thinking. I asked him, “Are you thinking something?” “Yes” he replied. “What are you thinking?” I asked “I don’t know what car to play with in the morning, baba!”