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.

Dine out

We went for dinner to NoodleHeads – B’s birthday treat. The boy ate the flat noodles after folding each of them. Once I proceeded to wash his hands and mouth ( I had to hold him in a weird angle at the basin) he proclaimed with a loud sigh - “tired!” Back at the table, he decided to take tissues and wipe all our chairs. He asked me to get up so that he could clean my seat. I had to stop him as he started to move towards the adjacent tables.

Quick weekend trip

A hard and tiring drive to Guruvayur over the weekend. The wife’s cousin’s son’s (R) rice feeding ceremony. The boy gets jealous when we talk to or carry R.

We also met relatives. On the drive he learnt about paisa, toll and singal (signal). 1 rupee is 100 rupees for him – the wife gave him three 1 rupee coins during the journey which he lost and wanted more. The return journey took a long 13 hours instead of the usual 8-10 hours because of heavy traffic.

Dusshera camp

The boy's 2 week Dusshera camp comes to an end. During this time, he has picked up a prayer (he says it loudly once in a while and I think it has Om shanti shanti shanti at the end), learned to do a yoga posture, learned many other things which he has not demonstrated it to us yet and talks a lot. A good decision to enroll him.