Second

Gareth is the second to be added to our family. He's 6 years old this year, and a whole different ballgame compared to his older sister. You know how in school, we used to be taught that molecules are moving all the time, even in solids, but especially so in gaseous form, and they are just flying all over the place, bouncing off whatever they come into contact with, like a wall, objects, etc? We were also taught that molecules move faster when they are hot, right? Well, picture a molecule that is superheated, and enlarge it a gazillion fold: tada! You have my son!

Only he's not powered by heat. The boy's fuel is sugar, in all its glorious forms. People tell me there's no scientific basis to the phenomenon known as "sugar rush", but well, if that's the null hypothesis, spend half a day 10 minutes with my son after he's had a slice of cake, or egg tart, or mango pudding, I guarantee you'll reject it right away.

You see him above in his Captain America costume. He's crazy about superheroes right now, and I must confess, that's partly my fault. I'm a big superhero comics fan, and I started introducing him to all these characters, and even make him memorize their alter egos(seriously, he even knows the Falcon's real name!) and test him afterwards. Then Marvel has to come up with all these super duper awesome superhero movies, I mean, they have to share the blame too!

Anyway, he's got quite a collection of superhero toys and accessories now, with this:

being just a sample.

He's not overly obsessed about superheroes though(at least, I keep telling myself that). He's crazy about Lego sets, especially those with superheroes(waitaminit...), and he loves to play soccer too. I started playing with him from young, as evidenced by this photo:

and now he's attending a soccer school regularly. I have wild hopes of him blazing a trail in his subsequent schools, and then country, and maybe even internationally!(a man can dream) What's more, his favourite EPL club is Tottenham Hotspur, which happens to be my favourite club. What a happy coincidence!

He's a real source of energy in the house. You know the saying,"Don't try to run before you can walk"? Well, that's got nothing on my son. He never walks, only runs.

Love him deep deep.