Yearbook 2016-17

Krishnaashtami

There was always this saying --- People should look up to you. :D

Little Picasso part ll

I have a budding artist at home --- my almost-5 year old son. If I exhaust all the toys or if I don't have anything handy to keep him occupied, all I need is a blank paper and a pencil. And, my little Picasso will start exploring his world. I had posted about the beginning of his skills here. This is an extension of that post right after 2 years.


Here's posting some of the scrabbles from recent past:


1. Life-cycle of a butterfly (without any suggestions from me)   

2. Hand-made greeting card for Dad's birthday (with suggestions from me ;)

 

3. I liked the fan and the chair here.  

 

4. A pirate sailing boat. (You noticed that danger sign?)

5. Illustration for the "Elephant and the tailor" story. Red highlights by me. By the way, in case you don't know already, he lovesssss elephants. 

6.  Too much happening --- I see a submarine/fish, a flying alien, pyramids, and so on.

 7. The crowded world --- Drawing by Sid, labels by me. (The showstopper - that nude girl in the lower-right corner :D)

 8. A fairy princess. I want to show this to his future girl-friend/wife when he grows up.

 9. That's his to-do list.

1. Buy shoes for me.
2. Play in the play area of our apartment.
3. Eat dinner. (That's chapati and curry.)

 10. This is the latest obsession. Pulimurugan. If you didn't get this picture, I will help to explain. That's Pulimurugan with his knife cutting a rope tied between two trees.

 

That's it for now. Hope to update more in the coming years.  

A questioning era begins...

What else can you expect from a 4-year old!!!

My Sid is all curious these days. He always has a question in mind. And, when that gets answered, the next question is ready to be asked. And, the funniest part is that he thinks that I know all the answers. Here are some of his masterpiece questions that I can remember in my ever-so-busy schedule:

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Sid: Why do cows give us milk?

Me: The cows don’t give us milk. We just take it from them.

Sid: But why?

Me thinking: Because human beings are mean.

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While we were having a discussion on man-made and natural objects…

Sid: Who created me?

Chuckling me: Dad and I.

Wide-eyed Sid: Really? How?

Caught red-handed me: Mmmmm… You came out of my tummy, so I created you. That’s it!

Sid: All of the babies are created by their parents?

Me: Yes (Ahh, that was an easy one to answer.)

Sid: But who creates the babies in Mumma’s tummies?

Me: God!

Sid: Then, who created God?

Me: :- | 

Me wanted to say, “Humans.” But then, that would have triggered an altogether new series of questions.

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Sid: What is “boring?”

Me: Something which is not interesting.

Sid: What is “interesting?”

Me: Something which you like doing. For example, you like drawing, so you are interested in arts. You find drawing things interesting.

Sid: Yes, OK. Eating oranges is also interesting.

Me: Huh!

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I’ve been telling Sid that if I don’t work properly, if I am late to office, or if I don’t attend meetings attentively, my manager will scold me. So, one day, when Sid and I were leaving for school and office, respectively, I noticed that I had forgotten to wear an earring.

Me mumbling to myself: Ahh, I forgot my earrings… It’s fine. Let it be.

Sid: Even if you don’t wear an earring, will your manager say you are beautiful?

Me: Whhhhaaaa!!!

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While Sid was watching the Ganesha cartoon on how Lord Ganesha got the elephant head...
Sid: Why does the Lord Shiva always have a snake around his neck?
Me: That's his pet animal, may be. 
Sid got his snaky toy: I too want a snake pet.

And then, when Lord Shiva was refused to enter his home by Ganesha, Lord Shiva starts tandava in all rage...
Sid: Why is he dancing?
I kind-of expected this: Because he is angry.
Sid: We don't dance when we are angry. We dance when we are happy, right?
Me: Lord Shiva is a little different, you see. 

And then, when they show Lord Vishnu (in anantashayanam) and Goddess Laxmi (sitting behind Vishnu) under the ocean and Laxmi inquires to Vishnu about Shiva's rage ... 
Sid: What is this mermaid saying?
Me: LOL
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The next one is not a question from Sid. But an answer. An apt one. Would like to end with it:

While Mumma and son were in a train journey and Sid was busy amusing a few co-passengers with his conversational skills…

An Uncle: What’s your name?

Sid: Siddhanth.

Confused uncle: Siddhanth? That’s a new name.

Uncle: Are you a Hindu or a Christian?

Confused Sid: What?

Uncle trying to clarify: Do you go to a temple or a church?

Now confident Sid: I go to a school.

I couldn’t help but laugh right on their face for such a non-secular question.




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Update (7/31/2016): Proud to say that this post has been picked by Blogadda for the Spicy Saturday collection. Thank you Blogadda, all the readers, and last but not the least, thank you Sid. Love you!

http://blog.blogadda.com/2016/07/30/spicy-saturday-picks-best-creative-writing-blog-posts

Sid is still a conversationalist

Yes he is! Now, all the same in English too. Jotting down some comic conversations.

Some profound discoveries from Shri Shri Siddhanth:

* TV programs have ads while CDs don't. Errr, yes CDs do have ads but only those anti-smoking ads.
So each time that "Smoking kills" ad comes on TV, my son asks, "Which movie?"

* With DVD-Player, we can pause a movie for natural breaks. But what if it's a favorite show on a TV channel? Easy, we can press the Mute button.

* The cows who give us milk are all sister cows and those who don't are brother cows.

* Mosques are built to use the loudspeakers. God, spare this child.

Some silly conversations:

Me: Why didn't you finish your tiffin box today?
Sid: That's because adinde taste korchu horrible aayirinnu. (That's because it tasted a bit horrible.)
Me (wide-eyed): Endu aayirinnu? (It tasted what?)
Sid (thinking I didn't get the meaning of it): Enikyu adinde taste ishtamaayilla. I didn't like its taste.
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Sid (in a spirit of knowing English): Amme, enne kalikyaan let cheiyo? Can't translate this.
Me: :-X
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Guess what does he call the two support wheels of his cycle? Those are "Stabilizers."
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Some English words that he uses frequently:
Pretend
Forgotten
Enikyu know aanu (I know that)
Njaan think cheyunnu (I think that...)
Alright (in exactly that US accent)
Oh dear!
Keep noku (Keep looking)
Sparkling
That's silly! OR Silly me! OR Silly Amma!
Oh goody!!! :D



I think that's it for now. Got loads more... Will keep updating.

Sid's 1st yearbook - 2015-16

I blinked my eye and a year had gone by... Oh my, what a spectacular year...! My little Sid's first year in school. 

Some days in school were delightful. And some days were literally pushed to end. Celebration days were always welcome. Whatsoever! 

I happened to ask him which he likes more: his class or the day care. For which he replied: Day care. Because that's when mumma comes to pick me up. Awwww... 

Here's presenting an yearbook with all the school (and related) photos.

1st day to school: 

This smile faded off once he reached the school.

My cute little Sid

Rakshabandhan:

He got his first set of sisters --- Twins. Chinmayee and Bhramari.

Krishnaashtami:

The gopis are again Chinmayee and Bhramari. Present relationship status: It's complicated! 

Mother's day out:

So, the mothers had to come in ethnic wear. Forgot to take a mumma-son photo. However, here's a cute video:

Winter play: 

 

Fancy dress competition:

Dr. Siddhanth, at your service!

Diwali mela:

Where I got a chance to put up my stall. :)

Treasure Hunt race:

Sid won the 1st prize. 




 

Republic day:

Daddy's little Bhagat Singh!

Annual function dance:

Boy, it was a grand one. And Sid performed like a rockstar.
Kudos!

His performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l67yBUF5nOw&feature=youtu.be

1st stitch: 

Yes. We didn't miss this. We had a tiff with a notorious kid at school. We got pushed, we got hit on the back of our head, we got stitched, we got healed. And, we didn't waste our precious tears for any of these. We only cry for significant stuff, like who should press the lift button, who should drop him to school, and so on.

Recitation: 

Random nursery rhymes
  

Misc: Somehow, I liked his typical Sid expression in this photo. Amidst the girls.

Pool fun: 

Towards the end of the year:

 

 











And, last but not the least - 

Year end party:

 

Cheers to the year. Thanks God for the wonderful year.