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Tummy ache

In the morning, as soon as Sanju wakes up he needs milk.So the routine is first I give Sanju his milk and then after 10 min take him to to bathroom for all other activities. In that 10 min, usually he is out of bed and starts to play with something or other. Today morning, after giving him milk, I went to run some errands.When I went back to bedroom, he was still on the bed(TV was on). I asked him what happened, he replied with an innocent face 'Amma my stomach is paining'..and then a smile...I asked him, 'Oh where baby', then he lifted his shirt and said 'come, touch here '...As I went to touch him, he started giggling and laughing.....
I sent a silent prayer that he should not learn that he can use this as reason for not going to school....i know those days are not far.

Updates - @ 2.5 years

I want to give an update on his developments as he has turned 2 and 1/2 years as of Feb 20th 2011.  
• Can say
    o 1-14,
    o 7 days in a week without any mistake
    o 4 seasons in a year
    o 12 months in a year (Usually forgets June,Oct and Nov)
• Can sing a,b,c,d, till Z and then end it with 'now I know my a,b,c next time wont u sing with me' .
• Rhymes he can sing
    o Baa baa black sheep
    o One two buckle my shoe
    o Johnny Johnny yes papa
    o Hickory dickory Dock, mouse went over the clock
    o Inscy Wincy Spider (can sing this with lots of help)
• find all the games relevant to him in iPhone and and also use them
• match the Shadow and real picture of 26 animals and also name them correctly. It is funny to hear him say hippopotamus.
• Identify the colors in rainbow.
And many more.....

Neither me nor my parents can remember when I did these things. For sure, I didn't do it even when i was 4 years old.

It's for you

Now-a-days Sanju has these sweet words on his lips...'It's for you'.  He uses it pretty nicely. Below, I have narrated small game we played yesterday and see how well he has used these words.
Yesterday, he plays the role of Chef. Looks like this something they are playing at school.
Yesterday he took one of  his stacking cup and then it went on like this
Sanjiv:  'Mummy, you want coffee, juice,tea'.
Myself:  'coffee, please'
Sanjiv: enacted mixing milk and sugar (he doesn't know there is an important ingredient to make coffee)
Sanjiv: 'Amma, coffee, its for you'
Sanjiv: giggles
Sanjiv: Nice ?
Myself: 'Very nice'

Sanjiv: 'Thanks amma'...

How bad of me, I didn't even say thanks when he gave me the coffee and he said thanks even for an appreciation. I am proud to say that I am learning these etiquette's from him. He is the best teacher I have come across as he doesn't fail make a positive impact on me daily....

Amma 'you don't know'

For past few days, when ever Sanju wanted to show us something, he says 'Let me teach you' . I thought he picked this line from us, as we tell him 'Come let me tell you, how this works'.
But today morning, I was taken back when he said 'Amma you don't know, let me tell you how to use this puzzle'.
I have seen few parents initially feeling very happy/proud when they hear kids say this. They take this to be funny. But later on it irritates them a lot and even feels insulting esp when their kids say it in front of others.
I definitely don't want to go through this cycle.
So, immediately I replied back saying 'Kanna, amma knows how to use it but I am excited to hear it from you'. The point is, I want him to know that we encourage him to share his knowledge but at the same time, he should also know that we know about that already.

Note: I am actually thrilled to know he knows how to play with simple puzzle and can handle certain gadgets without any help

Adventurers news letter

'Adventurers' is name of Sanjiv's class.
I get two newsletter for the school, one for the school and another for the class.
Let me try to post one of the news letter from Sanju's class as it has featured him and me. :)-

Here we go....click on the link below to view the news letter. Let me know whether you are able to access it or not.....
News Letter Term1 - Issue

I just realised that even my office has such news letter and I have hardly read them...Maybe I should read them as well.....

Carousel ride

For the first time, Sanju went on the carousel ride. He loved choosing which animal to ride on and also enjoyed the ride (but I had to be with him and to tell the truth I also enjoyed it). It was really a good merry-go-ride. In between the ride, he wanted to change the animal he was riding on. First he choose to ride on giraffe, but then the operator told me that giraffe doesn't go up and down. After requesting him to choose another one, he made up his mind finally on zebra, then he wanted to ride on rooster. But for this time he got to ride on only zebra. Lets see what he will ride next time.

My Bunny celebrating rabbit year

My Bunny...This Rabbit is always lucky for my family....

Lion dance to welcome rabbit year

Celebrating my b'day....

This is long due update....Snaps from my b'day celebration on 15th Jan mid night....

Making the wish on behalf of amma......

I think this was some 4th time he was blowing out the candle

Sanjiv ready to go to school

I am waiting for this day when he will be big enough to go to school on his own.....

No bed for me......

Sanju found this new place to rest...Finally me and Murali can get some space in our bed...

Anger management

Do you want to learn how to manage someone who is quite upset with u or angry with u, come to my home. Sanjiv can teach you exactly how to handle such people.
When Sanjiv does something wrong like writing on the wall or purposely drop something, I get pretty upset and will show angry face or scold him. Immediately make an innocent face and will give me a kiss. If that one kiss doesn't cool down me down, he will give 'n' number of kiss until I give up my anger and smile back at him....

Styleeeeeee......

 

Look at my hair style....How colorful it is !!!!!

 

You know how i managed to get this hair style ?....See below to know what I did !!!

Screamed at top of my voice...so to make me sit for the haircut, they bribed me with hair color....heeeeeheee

 

Chinese new year lunch gathering

Sanjiv's school arranged for potluck lunch to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was nice to meet the parents of other kids. Kids(except my son) enjoyed the variety of foods spread for them . We had a good mix of Indian, Western and Japanese food. What was missing was Chinese food.....heeeeheeeeeee....anyway we had good food...In the photo what you see as foil roll is from our home....Sweet paniyaram on sticks nicely wrapped in aluminum foil sheet....






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Sanjiv's art work at school

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Chinese new year celebration

This year Sanjiv celebrated Chinese new year for first time in his school 'EtonHouse preschool'.
Below are some photos from the celebration. But you will hardly see him in any photos as he refused to participate. He got scared on seeing so many people and loud music.

K2 Students performing

Performance by Sanji'v classmate

Performance by his teachers



You can see everyone except Sanjiv on the stage for group photo...

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