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

Routine

The boy has been slowly settling into a routine. Wake up at 7, milk and biscuits, get ready, cycle to the gate, get into the van (after telling he does not want to school, asking me to follow him in my car many times), back home around lunch time, lunch, play, early dinner and in bed by 8.

Some days  are cheerful and some days are...well.

Nevertheless he loves school and has been slowly making new friends. The wife packs him 2 snacks. We have stopped his afternoon nap so that he can sleep early. I don't get to see him much nowadays, only during the weekend.

He has developed a keen eye for spotting the Maruti Vitara Brezza and in his words "I am a good at expert it!"

Ambulance is still a challenge to pronounce - "Ambulams" and recently he said "cerfi ticket" instead of certificate

For some reason he wanted our car decorated for his wedding and he was very upset that when we got married, we decorated our car and he was not around!

He has been slowly adding 1 Rs coins to his piggy bank and that has also give us parents blackmailing power - any tantrums / bad behavior, 1 Rs is taken out of that.

The boy's birthday is coming up and he has already started going around telling the parents in the apartment complex what he wants. 

Crayons for the different age groups

By Faber Castell

First plant

The boy planted  the seeds, was very excited to see the plants emerge and​ waters it everyday.

A return gift​ from a birthday party.

First day at school!

The boy was excited! More so when he found that he will be eventually going to school in the school van. I guess he felt that it puts him in the league of big children - Aa and Ah.

He proudly showed his new uniform to whoever he met in the apartment complex before we boarded the car.

The initial days (6-7) were warm up days of one duration each for the boy to get used to the school, the teachers and the children. Everything was new for him.

On the first day, he played, painted but wanted the wife around. There was some sobbing. After the school, I dropped them back at the wife's office and went to work.

The children have to hang the school bags on this wall.

The next day the parents could only stay for 10 minutes and had to pick up the boy at 1030. This time there was some crying but he quietened down later. After school, the boy went with the wife to her office.

The 3rd day the crying started before entering the school but he settled down later.

On Friday, he was normal. The boy sprained his right leg at a birthday party and it did look serious. There was no swelling or redness but he was in pain, especially in the night. We took him to Dr S who advised to rest it and if necessary put on a crepe bandage.