Don’t mess with kids…

My kid is fond of coloring books. He loves getting a new coloring book and finishing it off as soon as possible.
So this other day he was working on one of his books and we were about to begin with our dinner. Just as he finished he decided that he would also have dinner with us.

Are you really happy?

When was the last time you were really happy? Not the usual happy but really really happy. And not happy because its your birthday or something. Happy for something totally out of the blue.

Recently, the road of my street got laid after being in pathetic condition for ages. As soon as the road is ready to be driven on, all the kids of the street take out their bicycles and start driving on the road enjoying it to the fullest. Those kids includes my 3 year old who drove his bicycle for the first time on the road.

I should have clicked the pic of all those kids to really show how happy they were. Honestly, I don’t remember the last time I was this happy for such a small thing.

As for the adults of the street – everyone is cribbing about the quality of the road. See the difference?

PS: Every day when I reach home, the first thing kiddo says is that he wants to drive his bike on the road even if its really chilly and dark. All he wants is to enjoy the road till its in good condition.

Where are my brothers?

Another of those conversations between my dad and my kiddo:

Dad (trying to get my kiddo to eat something) : मेरा 1 ही बेटा है और वोह भी कुछ नहीं खता है (I have only 1 son and he doesn’t eat anything)

Kiddo (very seriously): बाकी कहाँ गए? (where have the rest of them gone)

Kids!!

Be careful

As much as I luv writing posts on my blog I luv reading them as well. And recently I stumbled on this particular post which kind of shocked me and forced me to write this post.

Before reading this post I had no idea that mobile usage can have adverse affects on pregnant women and their babies (unborn and born). But a simple search for keywords mobile usage and pregnant women on Google would list you loads of articles giving the effects this combination can have. And its not just the pregnant women who suffer, even children below 7 years of age can suffer due to mobile usage.

I am not saying do not use mobile phone at all as they are now a very important part of our lives but we can always have some moderation with their usage. Always remember prevention is better than cure.

यह पैर मुझे दे दे ठाकुर

My dad and my kid were having a conversation. Here is how it went.

My dad: तेरे पैर बहुत सुंदर हैं, यह मुझे दे दे (Your feet are really beautiful, please give them to me)

My son (very seriously and trying very hard) : निकल नहीं हो रहा है (I am unable to take them out)

None of us were then able to control our laughter.

Can I go to sleep?

Daughter of this friend of mine had a habit of hearing a story from him every night before she went to sleep. So this other day, he started telling her the story. But as he was very tired, he fell asleep in the mid of the story. He woke up all of a sudden after some time only to realize her daughter still sitting right next to him.

She asked ‘Dad, if the story is over can I go to sleep?’

He replied with a smile ‘Yea, its over. You can go to sleep.’

Kids!! Sigh!!

Papa… Mumma chai….

Everyday my kid wakes up at around 530 AM. Yes, thats earlier than even my alarm clock’s sound and the first thing he does is wake me up by saying ‘Papa Papa…Mumma chai…’

Basically what he means is ‘Dad get up and make bed tea for mom’.

And my wife cribs that he cares for me more than her…

Pichkoo Sauce

When I reached home yesterday, an interesting conversation took place.

Wifey: सारे किये कराये पे क्या फेर दिया?

Kid: पान्ठा (thats how my kid pronounces परांठा )

Wifey: किसने फेर दिया?

Kid: नन्हू ने (नन्हू is how my kid refers to boys little older than him)

Wifey: कौनसे नन्हू ने

Kid: मोटे नन्हू ने

All I could do is watch both of them and smile

PS: If you have seen the Pichkoo sauce ad, you would be able to relate to this conversation better.

One Face, Many Expressions

Need I say more?

One One One, गन्दा गन्दा गन्दा

Till last Saturday my idea of a Parent Teacher Meeting was a holiday or at max a trip with my parents to the school where the teacher would be pouring out complaints against me to my parents (I was a very naughty student you see, then who isn’t)

But this Saturday was my first visit to the Parent Teacher Meeting as a father. And I was wondering what would the comments be about my kid. Would they be good? Would they be bad? Was he already as naughty as I was? Was he good at studies? Was he behaving himself? I had no clue. In fact, this was the first time I would meet her teacher. My wife has met her but not me.

And when I entered the room, boy what a hot teacher she was. I wish I was her student. Lucky fellow my kiddo, already getting to play around with hot chicks (good he can’t read this post)… hehe…

Coming back to the comments about my kid:

• He sits on the same chair every day. If someone else sits on that chair, he asks the hot teacher to get him his seat. I guess that is because we have taught him to sit on his chair at home whenever the entire family is seated together for tea or anything else.
• He knows all the animals and means of transports. He recites them very quickly and then starts questioning the hot teacher regarding the same. That credit again goes to me and wifey who keep on teaching him the same whenever we see any vehicles or animals around. Who says teaching has to be inside a closed room always.
• He is not like usual kids who spill water and then jump into it for fun. When he sees spilled water, he says गन्दा गन्दा गन्दा (Dirty Dirty Dirty). This is something we have to cope with as well while feeding him anything. He stops eating if he feels something is stuck on his lips or around his lips.
• He repeats everything thrice. गन्दा गन्दा गन्दा (Dirty Dirty Dirty) is one example. And in fact his hot teacher now has a habit of repeating everything thrice. So to teach him ‘One’, she says ‘One, One, One’. Way to go kiddo. You are the first one in the family who has actually started teaching the teacher and that too a hot one. Lolz.
• And the final comment. He only plays with girls. I don’t understand why that was a problem. He is a guy and obviously would love girls and thus the behavior. Whats wrong with that? Actually the real reason is that all the kids around him close to our house are girls. There are no boys, so its not his fault.

So the PTM was another of those ‘kids!! sigh!!’ moment and left me and wifey with smiles.

By the way, on an engagement party afterwards, while eating kulfi (a form of ice cream) he said ‘aaichh cleam, yummy yummy’ (Ice Cream Yummy Yummy). We couldn’t help but smile on that.

And if my wife sees this post, she would definitely count how many times I have mentioned the hot teacher.