Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Little N and her Big Brother's Friend

Big N had one of his favorite friends, S, over for a sleepover this past weekend. The two of them ran around the house, played games with cars and airplanes, watched a movie, discussed horse power and the merits of F-16s vs. F-17s and which car or fighter jet leaves which one in the dust, etc., etc. You know, boy stuff (although, I must say, each one feeds off of the other and they've both turned into super geeks by the time they are ready to say goodbye to each other).

It was great to see the two kids having fun, but even better to watch Little N.

She chased the boys around as much as her little legs would let her, squealing when she found them and purposefully heading off in their direction when they moved yet again. Finally, when they settled down to watch the movie, she seized the opportunity to stare, uninterrupted, at ... her big brother's friend!

Oh, the adoration on her face! She looked and looked. She ignored me when I called her, preferring to lean on the sofa Big N's friend was sitting on, neck and face upturned. I said, "Do you want to give him a hug?" (She's into hugs, big time). She ignored me. Of course. But kept on looking waiting for him to look at her. He, unfortunately, was engrossed in Star Wars playing on TV.

Then it struck me - this is just the beginning of a future full of Big N's friends traipsing in and out of the house for little N to gawk at. Sigh!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

how cute kids could be..just kept smiling throughout the post...imagining a cute little girl on the sofa....

Anonymous said...

:)

Anonymous said...

very cute!

Anonymous said...

BIG FAT HUGS for her. What can I say about S. Gah. Must take after the Father.

Terri the terrific said...

And you'll be there for her first heartbreak, Sujatha, when the boys impatiently tell her to go play with her own toys instead.

But that's not going to stop her from trying :)

Gauri said...

Oh yes :-) Am going through that right now. But Abhay manages to inveigle himself amidst all the fun and ruckus that Aparna and her friends have.

And it is fun to watch too :-))

Sunita Venkatachalam said...

LOL I've always wanted to have a big brother just for this reason, to be able to gawk at the hunks who came home :)

Anonymous said...

awww! your baby girl's first crush!! tho thweet!

timepass said...

So cute!!! She has many more such instances to come across LOL

Tharini said...

and the other way around...*double gasp**

Sujatha Bagal said...

RG, Anjali, N, DG, timepass, :)))

PH, Little N hugs you right back. :)

Terri, don't make me cry now. Boo hoo.

Gauri, hmm, that's interesting. Big N seems to be too old to want to do that. Let's see what happens when Little N's friends start coming around. :)

P, me too! Me too!

Tharini, double gasp , indeed!

Piscean Angel said...

Ohhhhh, that's sooo cute. :) I rem. gawking at some of my elder brother's friends when I was older ... but don't rem. my antiques when I was little N's age. How old is she, btw?

Sujatha Bagal said...

Angel, I'm jealous of anyone who has an older brother! :) She's 15 months old.

And thank you so much for the link to my blog. I really appreciate it. I look forward to reading more of your posts. :)