A Simple Life 2

It's been blissfully cool lately with the rains. Instead of contributing to a growing carbon footprint to stay cool with air-conditioning, we've taken to sleeping with the fan on and the windows wound down in the car.


I never realised how we'd been depriving the twins in a bid to always keep them cool and 'sterile' in a non-polluted car environment.

In their 3 years, we've apparently never driven with the windows down while they were in the car. This morning was the first time.

And the utter joy they felt was heartwarming and ticklish for us.




















Incidentally, they've been learning in Chinese class about wind and rain. They are sent home with flash cards and craft they've done to illustrate the words.

But there is obviously much to be said about experiential learning. Yesterday, they stood with umbrellas in the rain and it is unlikely that they will ever forget that 雨 is rain and 下雨 is raining and when it is raining, 雨伞 (an umbrella) is needed.

And this morning, in the car, Jordan was shrieking excited that 风来了 (There's wind!). This phrase was just a phrase she'd learnt in class till this morning when she was flapping her arms in the wind, apparently like a bird.

It was a reminder for us that we sometimes are so infatuated in the stuff around us that makes life easier and more comfortable for us that we forget what sheer joy there is in the natural and the simple. And at the same time, so much we could show our kids, by example and by experience if we just expose them to it.


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