Self tattoo!

Homework

And the boy started getting some homework. He is very happy to do it.

Skating on Monday and Karate classes on Wednesday have started in school.

Birthday

The boy turned 6. He wanted a Lego themed birthday. The wife set to work. Decorations, caterer, return gifts, cake, all the bells and whistles.

The children had a good time. A lot of adults did not turn up and we ended up eating left over food the whole of Sunday :-) We had planned for 15 children and an equal or more number of adults.

The boy was happy. He excitedly opened all his gifts. The next day morning he didn't go for his football class and started building the Lego blocks.

The boy knew the Lego blocks are expensive so he was clearly told not to ask Lego blocks as gifts. Whoever asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he got around it by saying "I am fine with any gifts but my birthday theme is Lego blocks". Very subtle? As a result of that he got a number of Lego block set as gifts.

Ah came yesterday and told the boy to play with only the Lego set he gave as the rest were not good.

The boy gingerly asked Ah - "This Lego set would have cost you a lot"
Ah - "Don't worry, Mama paid for it"
The boy - "Oh! Then it is ok"

Homework

And the boy started writing down his homework.

Shopping

Took the boy shopping to Phoenix Mall.

He insisted he will not get bored and there was a promise of buying pastries.

The boy managed to hold on for a couple of hours before hunger kicked in and insisted on having a cake.

Class 1

And the boy goes off to Class 1. Just like that.

Time flies.

First time in a school bus, t-shirt tucked in, belt, shoes, backpack and all. Thankfully he has 2 friends from the apartment.

It is a strain on the wife. We have to be up by 530 am to pack his breakfast and lunch. The school is 10 km away.

The bus picks him up between 710 am and 715 am. School gates close by 815 am, he leaves school after 3 pm and he is home before 4 pm. In bed by 730 pm. Any delay in sleeping, it shows up in the form of crankiness the next day.

I do feel bad that he has to wake up so early and go through bumpy roads to get to school. So far he has been enjoying it. Although he keeps comparing his current teacher to his VNM teacher. I believe has to get used to being uncomfortable. If required we may have to move closer to school.

The food boxes have been coming back empty except for 1 day when the boy said the dosa was soggy (the wife asked him the meaning of soggy but he didn't know). And this is not the first time he is taking dosa to school. We have specifically told him to use the loo before he boards the bus and not to sit in the last seat.

The boy is excited and looking forward to skating, football, karate and music classes. And starting of this month, we also restarted his weekend football classes.

Swimming

And the boy has managed to swim with hand floats. He is not scared of water or the deep pool. It is not the ideal way to swim - his head is above water, he paddles with his arms and legs and moves forward.