Xmas and NY

The boy had holidays for 18 days and that is a lot of work for the wife.

For Christmas, we drove to Hyderabad to visit Ia. Lovely roads!

The boy was thrilled to see Ia. They played, fought, made up and spent a lot of time in her tent. Apart from the usual places to eat, we visited the Hyderabad Kids Fair at Hitex. A lot of children's products and services. We picked up a reusable book from 1leaf. He loved the sunroof in Ia's car and wanted to buy a Honda City.

The boy was sad to leave.

The last week of 2017 whizzed past. We met friends in The Local and Windmills Craftworks and the boy loved it.

For the New Year program in our apartment, the boy participated in a dance.

Paw Patrol is his latest craze. He can sit and watch that for hours.

Some of the amusing things he says :-
"You are going to be in trouble"
"The hospital is not helping, I am asking the rocket to take you to God"
"I am going to buy 4 cars. Honda City, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche. When Honda City gets dirty, I will drive the Lamborghini. When Lamborghini gets dirty,  I will drive the Porsche. When the Porsche gets dirty, I will drive the Bugatti. When the Bugatti gets dirty, I will wash the Honda City and drive it"

New Scooter

Thanks to the grandparents!

First a pink one was delivered when the website showed a blue colored scooter. The boy's heart was set on the blue and we returned it to Flipkart. They sent a green one next! Whatever happened to WYSIWYG?
That was returned and we asked for a refund.

We went to a toy shop near home and the boy chose this.

Puking

It happened 2 times in the last week. Start crying citing leg pain or ear pain around midnight, start coughing and then throw up the dinner.
And in the morning? No mention of any of the pains.

Scissors

The boy has learnt to use them. Rubber band, paper, packaging etc, he wants to cut them all.

Class Monitor

The boy has been made the class monitor :-) For someone who throws so many tantrums, I wonder how he is going to control others!

LKG Term 1 - Report Card

And the boy's Term 1 Report  had the following to say :-

Montessori Work Record :
"He looks forward to working with the EPL material. He has worked with stringing beads, pouring of grains, which has helped him develop fine and gross motor skills, hand eye co-ordination and working within limits.He likes working with sensorial material like brown stairs, pink tower, cylinder blocks which has helped him develop his pencil grip. Working with Sensorial material has also helped him understand the concept of long and short, thick and thin and dimensions.He has a clear understanding of numbers and quantities. Working with materials like cards and counters and spindle box has helped him in recognising the numbers and associating the numbers with quantities.He has started working with the language material. Working with vowel centre boxes has helped him recognise the first and the last sound to form three letter words and to associate with the respective picture cards."

Academic Report :
"He enjoys colouring different pictures and worksheets related to the theme. He looks forward to the story sessions and comes forward asking questions about the stories read. He has a clear understanding of the concepts covered in class like day and night, hot and cold and few and many. He enjoys expressing himself through different mediums of art"

Children's Day

And the boy was thrilled!

He woke up early, did not throw a tantrum, drank his milk eagerly, wore his favorite t-shirt and was ready much before his usual time.

The van was early and they were going on a field trip to their branch school.

Yesterday, back from school, the boy proclaimed that it was the World Kindness Day and promised that he would not throw any tantrums!