POWERFUL FEELING OF BEING TWO

For some reason I woke up yesterday feeling so powerful. I couldn't understand the feeling until I realized it was actually my birthday! whatever that means. Yay! it was my second birthday! I felt so powerful perhaps because of the surprising early morning 'happy birthday' song by Nonyelum's choir group led by my adorable mom with my daddy and great grandma as members. Maybe because it was my day, maybe not, maybe because of milestones I accomplished. Maybe not. Regardless of the reason behind the feeling, I am sure I exceeded all my milestones and that alone could not have been more fun without growing older by a way of adding another year! Yes! a day to celebrate just me, I guess that's what birthday means. Sometimes it seems like a trap growing old, but actually its not as am beginning to take control of different habits like communicating, expressing myself, being in charge picking up nature's call. Maybe that was the actual reason I felt so powerful. Most stuffs around me is making more sense.

 

I feel as if I am in a race with nature's time, because it was just some months ago I was lying as a helpless chunk of cells waiting in nature's confinement for the right moment to jump out from my lovely mum's natural bag of water, but as every day passes by things seems to be changing so quickly and the stuffs I'm picking up gets more interestingly amazing. I get fascinated so easily, I guess that's what this stage is all about.

Sometimes I feel like a professional life image grapher, because I have mastered what my parents called 'the relevant body parts', putting words together to make sense, counting numbers in sequence, ABC's, sing and most times mumbles my favorite songs (Baba Black Sheep, Old McDonald). That reminds me of what I think was my first meaningful sentence: 'Bia nodu ana' meaning; come have a seat. I like talking to random kids and saying 'hi' to people at the grocery stores. Although just a handful of what I speak is understood, but at least I am proud I am communicating. Its easier when you are not juggling bilingual *winks*, but I am excited and privileged that I am. Cant wait to be fluent in both Igbo and English language then move on to other languages. I sometimes mispronounce Daddy as Dari, sometimes Mommy as 'Mimi' but guess what? that was few months ago. Things changes so rapidly, now I am a pro. Actually, I sometimes like to call my daddy by his costumed nick name developed by my mom; Chi-jokx! my daddy have a flush of intense emotional smiles each time I call him Chijokx although it sounds like Chi-dox each time I say it but he understands.

Before I turned one, I learned swimming and how to blow bubbles but I hope to have an improved swimming skills now that I am two. My parents are teaching me lots of interesting stuff like table manners, courtesy, praying, how to bike unassisted, but in all jumping on sofa or on the mattress is
something I love most and wish I would have the liberty to do that anytime I wish. I like colors, I like being dressed in pink maybe because I am used to having many pinky stuffs but yellow colors catches my attention more.It seems to be my most preferred colored at this time. Perhaps it has to do with my active life style. I like being outdoors like theme parks, malls, playgrounds and I'm always running around even indoors for no reason, its just fun to be an active 'yellowite', by the way yellowite was made up. I slide down the stairs several times a day but now my parent gated it, *oops*. Anyways, talking and playing with my toys most of the day, rocking the swing and playing with my classmates are some of my daily routine. I guess that is why I like color yellow :)


Now that I am two, I understand why I felt so powerful and looking forward to accomplishing other batch of milestones. I plan switching to a new exciting but non traditional preschool that centers on creative soft skills. I like creating stuff. Can't wait to meaningfully explore the world I am privileged to be a part of. My birthday was funfilled as I took the celebration to school so that my classmates and teacher could celebrate with me. Seeing my parents at school again after all the morning package I became more emotional. I always feel important and powerful but yesterday's was extraordinary. My family and friends rocks.





                                                                             Thinking out loud for AdaChijokx in words.....