The Understanding Boy

Asher and Aron had been taking turns to fall sick since January. While Aron just recovered from the flu recently, Asher started to have running nose, followed by coughing. 2 nites ago, he had a very bad cough through out the nite and couldn't sleep well. MIL had put the blame on my birthday cake which Asher had taken - the pandan kaya cake. She said it must be the coconut and the egg content in the cake that worsen the cough. She said to Asher : See, because you took the cake, that's why you had so much coughing.

Yesterday, after the nap, I was looking for some snacks for the boys. I found some marble cake on my dining table and asked Asher if he wanted to have some. To my surprise, he said "No" softly. "Why*", I asked, knowing that he likes to eat cakes. He said "Asher has cough". "So do you want some biscuits*", I asked again. "Yes", without hesitance.

Another surprising thing that I discovered about Asher. Asher had been playing a few sets of 12 pieces jigsaw pu**le for quite some time. Last week we bought a few more sets of jigsaws for him and Aron. This time its the 40 pieces sets. I thought it would be very challenging for Asher to complete. When he got home, he just patiently played those 6 sets of jigsaws on his own, without help from anyone. He could sit there for an hour, very focused, and completed all of them, even those that Aron had messed up without putting them back.

Well, today, while Asher had not fully recovered, Aron started to have running nose again, and coughed a few times in his sleep. I just wonder when will the virus stopped passing between my 2 boys.