Well, you see, they have both expanded their "roaming coverage" lately. They used to just hang out in the living hall and dining area. Before I knew it, they started to invade the kitchen one day and few days back, Xuan appeared at the door to our Study while I was surfing the net. I must have given her that "What are you doing here?" expression, and she quickly turned and you guess it! She crawled right into the master bedroom, chuckling away as though we were playing "catching". Our entire home is now Neverland to my 2 "Peter-Pans" (aka the twins or rascals). But above all, their favourite hang out place is the main door/gate. Its what I call the Hot Spot. Whenever a door/gate opens (could be my neighbour's), the Peter-Pans would crawl to the gate at full speed just to see if they can catch a glimpse of the world outside Neverland, and hopefully catch an adventure ride (to be carried) out there. When I sometimes ignore their request to take a short walk, that's when a challenging series of tug-of-war begins, causing my sanity to hang by a thread and patience tested to the extreme.
I have, over the past few days, concluded the Art of Exercising Patience as a vicious cycle that goes like this:
- All peace at home;
- Rascals cry when not getting their way;
- I coax them by talking nicely to them;
- I pacify them by giving them hug or carry them;
- I compliment them for being cooperative (which normally doesn't last long);
- I plead with them to stop their nonsense;
- I beg for God's mercy;
- I threaten to whack them;
- I YELL AT THEM;
- Everyone calms down once the gate open and we go for a walk along the corridor;
- I feel guilty for not being patient with them;
- All peace at home again; and then it starts all over in no time...
Do you think they'll be more cooperative now that we "share similar outlook"??? "FAT HOPE!!!", my conscious pea brain reminds me. *tsk*
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