Friday, 24 July 2015 He is now playing football

Besbes (Kareem) loves playing “bou” (ball) in the garden. He walks while kicking the ball forwards till it stops-usually at the flower bed when he says “goo”. It seems that he is always scoring goals. We have to play according to his rules so when it is “ma tè” then it is his turn to kick the ball. He always stands near the end of the rockery facing the patio while the other person stands on the patio. This is one of his rules. Sometimes he changes position and waits in the patio sitting crossed legged on the bench! I think that is when he is tired but still wants to play. He takes little rests.

It has been a great achievement that Kareem can walk, run, kick, know the rules and create his own. Everything takes time but when he does it, everything is a great achievement that brings lots of genuine happiness to all of us especially when he laughs. He has the most gorgeous laughter. It is like  lovely music of a clear bell.

الآن يلعب الكرة

بسبس (كريم) بيحب يلعب "بو" أي كورة ف الجنينة . هو بيمشي بالكورة وهو بيشوطها مسافات بسيطة لغاية ماتقف –وغالبا ماتقف ف وسط الزهور وساعتها يقول "جو". وبكده هو دايما بيحرز أجوال!  واحنا علينا نلعب طبقآ لقواعد اللعبة ال هو اخترعها فمثلا لما يقول "ما تيه اي my turn" يكون ده دوره ف المشي بالكورة. ودائما يقف عند طرف الجنينة حيث السور الحجري واللاعب الاخر يقف ف الطرف الاخر عند الممر. ولكنه أحيانا يعكس الوضع ويجلس متربعا علي كرسي ف انتظار الكرة. اعتقد انه يفعل ذلك عندما يكون تعبان اي انه يأخذ استراحات قصيرة.

انها إنجازات كبيرة ان البسبس يستطيع ان يمشي وجري ويشوط الكرة ويعرف القواعد ويخترع قواعد اخري للعب. كل شئ يستغرق وقتا معه ولكن كل تقدم يحرزه يجلب سعادة غامرة حقيقية لكل من حوله وخاصة عندما يضحك. أعتقد ان ضحكته هي ألطف ضحكة –كأنها جرس جميل

20th April 2017 : Speaking

Dib Dib Dib

The sound of his little feet on the wooden floor in the morning is like lovely music to my ears. I sit in bed just listening to his feet outside my room hoping that he would come in.

He normally gets up about 5:30 am and go to his parents bedroom before coming to my room to wake me up around 7:00 to “go work” . But sometimes he comes early and cuddles next to me. Nothing can put me in a bad mood like being woken up early. Kareem is an exception. No matter when or how he wakes me up, I find myself happy and cannot stop smiling. 

He can say an understandable "morning" and "good night" now. In fact his speech is improving a lot everyday and he is full of chat. I still have to listen carefully as he is now making 4 words sentence and a sentence rapidly follows another. The difficulty comes when he says something and while I understand the words, I cannot comprehend the full meaning of the speech. This is because I am still stuck in the context of previous speech while he has already moved on to another new idea/context! He now asks why about everything. I when you ask him why he replies "because" and then give a reason.

I remember the days when he was saying a word or two and I was wondering when he would be able to make a sentence. Now he is the greatest chatterbox! 

Teacher's card at the end of the year

I was looking at old cards and photos and came across this card from Kareem's teacher at the end of 2015 . Such lovely words. 

Dear Kareem

I have truly loved seeing you grow over the past two years. I will miss seeing you  smile everyday but I know you are going to have an amazing time in year one and I promise I will come and find you in September  to see how you are getting on. 

Much love and hugs

S xx