Now that mateo is more than a year old, he’s been showing off more and more tricks lately. He’s been deliberately playing hide-and-seek with us, waving goodbye when he’s about to leave the house, saying a few more words like fish, cat, and sometimes even guitar, and deliberately asking for food with his hands. He’s certainly come a long way but if there’s one thing he never forgot, it’s his love for his wooden horse.

You see, every once and a while, when he gets bored with all his plastic and rubber toys, we bring out his favorite wooden horse. His face would just instantly light up and then he would ask us to carry him on top of his wooden rocker. He would then just rock the horse so lively and enthusiastically that sometimes we even get scared that he might actually fall off from it. He loves it so much we sometimes consider buying him some equestrian clothing to complete the whole look. I guess deep inside, he just has the heart of a horse-lover.