PTM and Dr visit

We had our first PTM and the boy was excited about it. The teachers were happy with his progress. The boy volunteered in a Show and Tell event about importance of water(we did not prepare him for it). A big step considering his history in the previous school.
The boy loves coloring, music, activities and story time. He is not a big fan of reading which explains his reluctance to go to school in the last 2 weeks. His latest concern is that there will not be water and diesel by year 2020

The boy still complained of stomach pain and we took him to Dr S, who did not find anything wrong. He asked us to continue keeping him off processed foods and milk.

Auto Expo

And the boy loved it! He went bonkers. His current favorites are the German trio - Merc, Audi, BMW and the Lamborghini. Vitara Brezza seems to have gone out of favor.

Hand painting

...by the boy

Of behavior and words

A lot of talk and some tantrums. And it has not been easy.

The boy is loving the school but insists on doing the revision/homework - which is a good thing. Except that we as parents, are not sure whether we are teaching him phonics right. We would rather let the teachers do that. That...the boy does not want.  He insists on learning at home.
The boy also had a small potty accident at school.

At home, he has stopped using the stool to stand to reach the bathroom sink. The boy is growing tall.

The talks continue. Some of them surprise me. Gen Alpha?
"Have some patience, OK?"
"Put both your hands on the steering wheel please when you drive"
"I forgot what I did in school yesterday. You should have asked me yesterday. When I grow older, may be 8, I will remember" in response to my question of how was school yesterday.
"When you do something, you should always think", this came up suddenly when he was sitting on the potty seat.
"Should I reduce the volume of the fan instead of speed?" when his grandmother remarked that the fan was loud.
"I saw 4 Mercedes, if I see 2 more that would be good"
"If I say please you should agree!"

The boy's tantrums are strange. One was against me eating lunch. He just didn't want me to eat lunch and went on crying. Another one was for drinking water from the bottle, he wanted me to fill it immediately.

He is a bad loser. Game has to be played according to his rules.

Not sure where he picked up the latest habit from - every sentence is started with a heavy breath. The kind of breath that the people who have wheezing take?

Amazing Zone

My brother's family is in town and we had a get together. With 3 children, there was a lot of chatter and let's do this and that. We ended up going to this newly opened place called Amazing Zone in Hosur. Decent and there were many excited children and adults around.

The boy had his share of games and loved the bumper cars!

Sick

And the boy has not gone to school today and yesterday.

It started with a cough and in the night, the fever developed. The boy says except his butt, everything else is paining. Thankfully he has an appetite. The wife took the day off yesterday and today is my turn. Last night we gave him Crocin, he no longer has a fever and is much better today.

Yesterday he threw a tantrum asking me not to go to work and today the tantrum was asking the wife not to go to work.

"Do you want to a digestive biscuit?", I asked
"Let me think" - the boy
"There is nothing to think, you have not eaten anything since morning"
"BUT I STILL NEED TO THINK!... Ok, give me dosa"

His birthday gifts are keeping him busy for now.

The boy turned 4!

The birthday party went well thanks to the wife who printed the invitations, ordered  food, booked the communication hall and got everything ready. I took the day off and once we picked up the cake and food, made 3 trips to the community hall in the top floor to get everything ready. There were around 15 children, mostly from the apartment and some from the boy's old school.

When Ah started playing with the boy's friends he got upset (talk about being J!) and threw a tantrum.

The concept of return gifts - I wish the whole materialistic gifting would stop. We are just adding more clutter to the world.

The neighbors surprised us in the morning

The stage is set

The boy's train cake