Mamma's Musings...: May 2015

Me (while showing pic of a white kitten): Oju, who is it?

Ojas: Happy!

Me (showing pic of a goat): achha, who is this one?

Ojas: Happppy! *confidently*

Me (showing pic of Happy) how about this?

Ojas: Kaat! (translation: cat)

Me: :o

If you are wondering, who is this "Happy" guy, Happy is my sister's dog, Ojas met 5 months back and still remembers fondly (or fearfully!) .

Also sheep roars, cat barks, tiger meows and dog quacks in his kingdom. And we, we never correct him, its more fun this way. Every time I ask, "Oju sheep kashi karte?" I wonder, if sheep is going to bark today or roar! Not just our entertainment channel, he is our source of information as well. For a good part of the day, he can be found near window and giving running commentary. "Mama, Aunty gaya", "Mama, Champa (Samyak) aa gaya." , "Mama, Aadi bah pay (playing outside)". So now thanks to my little guy, I am always up-to-date (rather up-to-minute) regarding what our neighbours are up to.

He pretty much taught himself colors. Few months back, he came to me with a blue block babbling something which sounded like red. I corrected him that it's blue. And showed more blue things. For next few days, he came to me with various objects and demanded to know the colors. And now with him we also see and call things as lallow(yellow), back(black), baun(brown), geen(green), aujon(orange), lel(red) and pink. And you know, what his favorite colors are? Pink and yellow!

When he was a baby, we used to think that he has a bit of temper. But he took a U-turn after he turned 18 months and is a perfect gentleman. He will use all peas(please) and thaanku (thank you) and charm everybody with his dazzling smile. And I am far more liberal with him compared to how I was with Shreyas. When we go to grocery store, our conversation goes like:
Oju: Mama lallopop (lollipop).
I: *Ignore*
Oju: Peas (please) Mamma.
And usually Mama gives in..And yes, he never forgets to say "thaanku Mama" later. Also, thanks to his very social big brother, we get too many birthday party invites and now he is also turning into one party animal. Around a month back, while going out I was telling him that we are going to a birthday party. His eyes lit up and he started jumping up and down saying kak (cake), chip (chips), pizza. Now, time to time he keeps inquiring that when is next party..

He also has a good sense of rhythm and seems very interested in music and dance. And you know, what his favorite toys are? Kitchen utensils (specially my pressure cooker). Sometimes I literally have to snatch it from him in order to cook food!

He loves talking( talking is anyways our family pass-time!) and has a pretty good vocabulary for his age. His current favorite word is "what? (In various tones)" Which he uses atleast 50 times a day. He is pretty comfortable in crowd of jumping, screaming older kids (a.k.a Shreyas and friends) and is developing sense of humor. And now here are some pictures from last year:

And some from his birthday party. We had a car theme because I could not find anything to have 'bartan' ( kitchen utensils) theme!

Thank you sweetheart for coming in my life and filling it with so much joy, music and laughter. We all love you very very much. Stay the same!

Much love,

Mamma

My dearest Shreyas,

You turned 7 today! Many changed happened last year. To count a few, We moved to new home and you moved to new school. You made atleast dozen new friends and we became TV-less household. You started sleeping in your room and started with Taekwonddo. You lost 3 teeth and gained quite a few inches in height.

I asked you yesterday, "How was your last year?" And you said, "It was the Best. Ever. "

I hope sweetheart, that you will be able to say the same, year after year. And with that, Mamma wishes you 7 things in life:

- To have heart full of compassion and love. For the world and for yourself.