Happiness is being with you

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts

Happiness is…

Kids spending time with their granny

…seeing both grandmother and kids happy to spend time together eating cake on an afternoon. All of the laughing and enjoying themselves while savoring some tasty treats in air-con comfort.

…enjoying watching the kids acting silly and appreciating their presence in our lives. Making various facial expressions and laughing to their sides ache while trying to outsmart each other.

At the park together

…watching the sunset together at the park and seeing the clouds pass by.  Having fun just being together with each other.

…observing  the flora and fauna around you while enjoying the gentle breeze blowing against your face.

The boys playing at the playground

… going up and down and up and down while playing on a see-saw with your brother. Laughing gleefully as you get shaken back and forth.

…not having a care in the world and enjoying every single moment of play with your siblings.

A yellow bloom

… being privilege to have the chance  to sit and pause and enjoy the beauty of the flowers around me.  To  indulge in macro photography and fine tune my photography skills.

…  being able to take time out to de-stress and re focus when it starts getting chaotic at home.

Potted plant at the flower dome

…being able to enjoy the simple pleasures in life and taking note of the beauty that surrounds you. Looking at the splash of color and also how everything comes together to make the perfect arrangement.

What is happiness to you?

Faith Formation: First Communion for Monkey Boy

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts

Monkey boy in deep concentration

2nd June 2013 is a special day for Monkey boy. Today is the day that he will be having his First Holy Communion. His teachers have been preparing him since January to receive this sacrament. Finally he is able to fully participate in the Eucharistic celebration of mass.

This is the 2nd sacrament which he is receiving. He received the 1st sacrament of baptism when he was an infant. At that time he was still too young to understand the importance of receiving such a gift however now at 9 years old he fully understands the meaning behind Communion. The meanings behind each gesture during the Eucharistic celebration has been clearly explained to him during Sunday school. We as parents too were given a refresher course on the meaning of Holy Communion during the two short camps which we had to attend alongside our kids.

Gathering around the table

As the Shepard who cares for his flock so does GOD for all his followers.  Each time we go to mass we are asked to partake in the breaking of bread which was done during the last supper. It is a symbolic gesture which the priest does that  converts the bread into body of Christ  during the Eucharistic celebration.

Monkey boy will be wearing a white shirt, black pants and black bow tie. I’m sure that he will be looking very smart and hope that he has a great first experience receiving the body of Christ with 30 of his other Sunday school classmates.