This is THAT phase

San loves to look at the 'stars' and the 'goods' that she gets for her writing work from her teacher in her school notebooks. Daily, she shows them off to me, very proudly. Yesterday was another such day. While she was admiring her work, she noticed something on the pages that she hadn't noticed before. She came to me and said, "Look, Mommy! With the stars, teacher had been giving 'this' to me all the time and I never saw it. It's so nice! What is it?" "It's your teacher's signature, San.", I said, breaking her heart.

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She's growing. Growing taller and louder and smarter and getting really girlish (and tomboyish). It bothers me at times. It bothers me when people see her, talk to her, pinch her cheeks, hug her, and ask too many questions about her. It bothers me when people are around her. Well, it's just the Mommy thing. My kind of Mommy thing. Sigh! I hope I get over it soon.

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San is in that phase where kids love to show off. Show off their skills, their colors, their toys, their house, their friends, just everything. It's cute, but not all the time. It's harmless, but not all the time.

It's also that phase where kids love to point out what other kids have and they don't.  It's also that phase where they threaten you with their tears, their screams, and a lot of other drama. It's that phase where they know very well what works for them and what not. It's that phase where they question everything, argue about everything, and think that they know everything.

Phew!

D is for dance, R is for riddles

Finally, San's school's annual function is done with. After long sessions of dance practice at school, the kids performed really well on the D-day. It's wonderful to see all these kids perform on the stage without any stage-fright and nervousness, something that they aren't even aware of. It was a pure delight to watch San dance and we're a step prouder now! All fluffy! Hoho! :-D

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Kids are a reflection of us. I've been reading and hearing about this since long. I'm seeing it now, clearly. Sigh! I wish I could handle my patience better and so that San learns the same.

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There's a new thing that San loves to do now: play riddles. The simple ones. Guess the object/animal/vegetable/fruit, basically any noun, by its first letter, color, and one more helpful clue. So this is what happened today:

Mommy, I'll ask you one puzzle and I'm sure you won't be able to guess.
Okay, ask.
It starts with T, it's an animal, it's white in color, and it's found in the jungle.
(I thought hard for some time and I couldn't guess.)
Ok, I give up San. What is it?
See I told you that you won't be able to guess. (Does a little happy dance here.) It's a Tiger, Mommy!!
Huh? No, San. It's all wrong.
It's right! It's a white tiger!

Kids, I tell you! :-D

Life is good

So we're finally done with the Republic Day dress-up! We were actually done the last week, but I, as usual, am late to write about it. :)

San dressed up as the mighty Mangal Pandey, and she was good! Took me some time to convince her that it's okay to dress up as a boy and put a mustache, and that nobody would laugh at her... phew! Actually, it's the rifle that did it. She loved carrying it. :-p All's well that ends well!

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It's good to see your child develop. Some good things, some not-so-good things. Some great speech, some not-so-great words. They need to be reminded daily of a few things that they forget on a daily basis, like how to brush their teeth, how to talk politely, what not to say/do. And it's great to see them go to school everyday, happily. It's great to see them care for plants, chase the butterflies and birds, and their efforts to feed them. It's amazing how they forget their illness and beam at the sight of their friends or favorite cartoons. It's cute when they care for you just like you do.The life goes on, and so does the learning, both for them and us. 

AND it's funny when you can't think of a title for your blog post and give it some random title.

Dress-up dilemma

Almost a month again, sigh! Why can't I update regularly? Why?

Anyway, whys aside, San took her first off from school today, owing to a sore throat and loss of sleep. She's very happy about this off and proudly told me that she'd be declared absent in her class today! Yup, that's as good as winning a medal for her. ;-)

She has grown up, she talks grown up, and she expects us to behave like grown ups. What does that mean? It means that we need to talk sense and kiddish stuff doesn't work much now. That aside, she's enjoying school a lot. They need to go dressed up as a freedom fighter and recite a few lines (dialog) as a part of the Republic Day celebration next week. I'm still thinking who to dress her up as. Any ideas (apart from the very commonly done Rani Laxmi Bai)? :-)