Sports Day

The boy had his school Sports Day in a playground in the vicinity.  Children from the Playgroup, Nursery (both the batches), LKG and UKG attended it – atleast a majority of them. The boy looked a bit lost I thought. In the running race, after the whistle was sounded, he stood his ground taking in the sights while the other children ran.  In the potato picking race, somebody else picked up his potatoes. He finished the beading race – the children had to run to the centre, where a bowl was faced, finish the beading and run to the finish line. The competitive spirit had already kicked in for some parents. Another 16 years to go!

Walk to school

The IL’s got in last week and the boy is thrilled. The first thing he gets up in the morning and checks if the grandfather is awake. If not, his question is - "Can I go and disturb thathatha?"
He walked to school for the first time – the whole way.
New sentences he picked up - “Good job”, “Very cute!” 

Kitchen love

One of his favorite activity is to sit on the kitchen ledge and watch tea, dosa and chapatis being made. “Amma make ball ball!”

The  boy opened the bathroom door, turned on the hot water tap and was fiddling it. After sometime, scooped a mug of water from the bucket, poured it on the floor, spilling some on his leg and came out crying. The water was hot. We had told him many times not to do it on his own. 

At school he did good without the diaper. Told the teachers “susu” when he wanted to pee.

No Diaper

Over the past week, the boy has been very cranky in the night when it is time to sleep. He dozes but then gets either wanting to go to Ah’s house or go for a drive in the car. 

Yesterday we didn’t send him to school. Today, for the first time he has gone to school without wearing a diaper.

New sentence he picked up – “I said yes!”

Time

It is hard to get some time to your own. The moment the boy is up, he wants one of us around him all the time. The moment I head towards the door to leave home, he starts crying. I have resorted to sneaking out and jumping over the balcony if required.

The boy has a very bad cold and one of his eye is watering because of the cold. 

Peppa's Busy Day and Dora's Puppys Big Surprise are the latest additions to his list of books.

Diwali

Diwali, and the boy was so excited to see the sparklers. Usually we have a no crackers Diwali rule but this time we bought sparklers, chakras and flowerpot. He did not show any sign of fear and was dejected when the sparklers were over. Back in Ah’s house, he was so captivated by the Lakshmi pooja that he started saying the prayer that he learnt at school.

Waste from Art

We attended a Waste from Art program at school on Saturday. The theme was Diwali. I enjoyed it and many parents attended it. We made a lamp holder out of a discarded PET bottle and painted it. The boy loves painting (a lot of mess associated it with though) and took this opportunity to paint the pieces of PET bottle that we had cut out. 

Lamp holder with PET bottle

Yesterday, the boy got a haircut. He did not make any fuss and this time and sat in the chair propped up high. He did get uncomfortable when the haircut apron was wrapped around him. This time the clipper was set so that it was not a close crop. Towards the end, he started crying but the hair dresser managed to finish it.  The lunch was at Panchavati Gaurav Thali in  Elements Mall - Bh and my birthday treat. After lunch we went to the book shop and the boy started pulling out books for him - mostly the bright looking ones. We managed to leave without buying anything. Back home, we put up Diwali lights and he was thrilled when they were switched on

Cranky time

The boy is very cranky in the morning. Getting his teeth brushed is becoming a big challenge. Because he gets upset, rest of the morning is a morning of nerves and being on the edge. It is a rush to get to school.

On the bright side, he has learnt how to answer the intercom.