Happy fifth

Dear Mahu,

You are the dearest of  all. And today would be the last day, I can say you are a four year old. This year has been so wonderful, getting to know you better and to love you more. I don't even deserve your love, so abundant and expressive. The way you introduce me to everybody, makes me feel like a celebrity. 

 I want to hold you a lot, before your speech becomes clearer, before your baby voice matures and before you want to break away. My dear, along with that, I hope we will continue to run, swim, play, sing and dance, cook, read, travel, experiment, chat our time away and make a whole bunch of memories. 

I hope I am able to keep up with your grit, perseverance, interest, creativity and focus. Your clever and witty answers will always be cherished. Your patience and skill to teach. I have so much to learn from you. Your curiosity, observations and wonder are so wonderful. I am not at all worried about what you will do in your life and hope to have your company as much as possible. Dear son, whatever happens, never ever panic. There are always better things to worry. You just continue to be yourself, keeping yourself physically safe, fit and responsible. I hope you don't get fixated too much with comforts. We are yet to do things in a way that we are flexible enough to  take on life, however tough situations become. You must travel a lot, in your own company, soaking up the place's air and vibes. Know the history, and appreciate whatever life offers in the moment. Always, live in the moment like you do right now.

 My dear, from babydom to toddlerhood to a preschooler, you are growing up way too soon and I am not getting enough of you. Please don't grow up so fast.

And as I always say, always remember that I love you a lot, please. I really hope I am of some use to you.

Ganesh Interview - Part II

Q. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A. Scary goose (the skeleton frame), Chimpanzee

Q. What brings you most happiness?
A.  Scary goose

Q.  What are you scared of?
A.  I am not scare of anything

Q.  What is the funniest word?
A.  Sussu, Potty, Bum

Q.  What is the hardest thing to do?
A.  Cut plastic

Q. Easiest thing?
A.  Playing

Q.  What makes you mad?
A.  Veer, Saxophone

Q.   What would you do when you have a lot of money?
A.   Buy matchboxes, But an i-phone with temple run and angry birds

Interview part one - Ganesh

This is inspired from Amber from Crappy pictures

Ganesh Interview:

What do you think I dream of?
You go up up up in the sky
Then go down down and down
Me: Where down?
Him: Just down
Then go left and then right
Me: where in the sky or in the down?
Him: left and right means the sides. Left side means left hand side and right side means right hand side (with respective hand actions)

What do you think which dress I like?
Golden

What do you think I do after you sleep?
You go for a walk, watch TV and sit on the computer. (He nailed this one :))

What do you think I do with my friends?
You play.
What do I play with them?
Hide and seek.

Introducing Mahesh

It is way too late, but introducing the younger one of our household - Mahesh. As tiny as he was at birth with 2.8 kgs, we knew that he will soon catch up with not just the weight, but the milestones as well, on time. He would wake up and tilt his mouth on left and right sides and his milky was readily available. In case of a few seconds delay, he would wait patiently, tilting his mouth on both the sides anyway. Thank you my sweetness for that.



I knew right from the moment he was introduced to me by the doctors, "Its a boy", displaying his little penis first and then only the face, that we will laugh a lot together. There was hardly anything in him to see, a tiny little blob that he was.

Ganesh peeped him from the side and said, amma, he is your child, and was worried about me, if my pain has subsided and if I need any massage to be soothed. We all settled together in no time. Mahesh patiently went through his ears piercing, even went for an outstation leisure trip and Annaprashana.

He does all the stunts like Ganesh and started sitting at seven months . He knocks at the neighbor's door as well. :)
My child, hope the fun and laughter never ends here and you grow up well and healthy. Not so soon though.
Its so true when they say, they are "blessed" with a child. We truly are.

Just a quote

I like being a mother, but hate being pregnant.

A Request

My father has been working on getting a permanent CBSE affiliation of Sri Sankara School in Kalady, Ernakulam Distt., Kerala for almost four years. The school was setup to provide quality education at minimal fees from the underprivileged students. The permanent affiliation is renewed once in three years, based on the audits conducted by CBSE on its specified standards.

During the initial settling years, he worked on standardising on qualification and quality and further on the salaries of the teachers. Gradually he moved onto standardising the infrastructure in terms of CBSE specifications (Classrooms, Auditorium, furniture, Labs, Staff etc.). After multiple audits, the affilliation was granted. As the school is run by the Mutt, there are very tight budgetary constraints. The school requires funds for books in the library, sports equipments and playground equipments for the primary school.

Request you all to donate generously for this cause. My father will get an Sec 80G exemption certificate as well. When the money is transferred, kindly mark the details to my father at ksvenkat46@yahoo.co.in. The account details are:

Sri Sankara Educational Trust
Union Bank of India, Kalady Branch
SB A/C No. 338602010018242
IFSC Code: UBIN0533866

Concertino

Ganesh's interest in percussions is still going strong. So while he is at it, Shiv thinks that he should be going to some class where he will be allowed to just sit and watch, may be for half an hour for a couple of times in a month. While enquiring for him at Purandara Bhavan, I got to know about other instruments and vocal classes. Because of their stringent age criteria of seven, I considered joining Hindustani classical for myself. When I communicated this to Shiv, he said, "I wish you join the Mridangam classes and teach him."
Me: I thought I will sing and he will play mridangam. ;)
Shiv: What? May be I should join the mridangam class and start teaching him.
Me: PLEASE. I don't think its a nice idea. People coming up with age criteria for starting, there must be some sense in it.
Shiv: Hmm
Me: Why don't you join voilin class and we can all perform together. JUST IMAGINE (with the dream-come-true-sparkle-in-the-eyes tone)
Shiv (Embarrased with the thought itself): Leave me alone for sometime.