Ach-u-pdate

@School:

• Writing: Slow but neat.Ask him why he is slow..."Pinne fastayitu neat-a ezhudhan pativo?!!!" (How can you write neatly when you are fast???!!!...)
• Music: Nope. He's not Super Singer material....He might end up being a good lyricist :)
• Vocab: Gift of the gab intact! Shy when we are around!

@Home:

• is where is heart is
• he prefers to stay at home and play with his cars and in his car...and the cycle for a change.
• getting all sun burnt from cycling mid day  
• 17 kgs... not more not less
• Food and loo breaks still remain avoided until its impossible to stay away
• asks for a kid brother!
• mushroom soup, noodles and fish remain his favorites  
• loves to draw,write and do anything with his colors
• hates homework
• lost 2 milk teeth 
• in the process of gaining 2 teeth
• made a few new friends while cycling down the street
• loves to be cuddled 

My little boy is growing up...:)

Achu Da Chennai

Achu will be starting art classes this Thursday
2 times a week
for one hour

Wanted to blog only after Achu started drawing class but couldn't wait for 2 whole days.....

He is five and a half but still refuses to go for any workshop or class (except school) alone. With so many options available in the city I am so sad he doesn't want to make use of it.

In play school I had to stay in class for 1 month and then his nanny continued for another month until Achu got used to his teacher.

This is my first try. If this clicks I'll have my personal Lenardo da Vinci.

Update: YIPEEEEEEE ! HE DID IT :)

Just got a call from home. Achu boy is back after his class.
"Amma they drew the lines and we had to color the inside"
"I drew a Big Baloon"
His voice overflowed with joy and pride
and so did his amma's heart........

Win - Win

Itchy's post on the different boardgames she is getting her children to play made me realise that my boy isn't very different either....


Any game - Achu has to win.


Games played:

Cards : Just to drive in 'the bigger' number concept we had a pack of cards and Achu was delighted with this new game. Until one fine day we wanted to drive the 'its ok to lose' concept......that marked the end of card games.

Knots and Crosses : He picked knots then crosses...that's ok...but he picked winning always and never losing...how boring is that!

Snakes and ladders: You guessed right....We get swallowed by snakes and he climbs every ladder.

Joining the dots: Same story ...He does not flare up until the end when all the boxes are counted and we get more boxes than he marked.


Scrabble: He will start where he wants to....he places single letter words!!...replaces letters when he does not 'like' them!!!!! and takes our letters when he needs them....oh please!

Chess: Thought I will just let him know what chess is all about. Drew all the 'charecters' and named them. Achu was very very interested. Then I mentioned about how each one of them move across the board. He was totally into it...until....

Me: This is the Queen. She can move in any direction and take any number of steps. and this is the King he can move only one step at a time in any direction.
Achu : WHAT??????....This is not fair ....itchichi Amma ....yendho amma idhu? ( what is this?)
Me: Huh! what happened?* highly confused*
Achu : King is the most powerful and HE is the one who can move all over...NOT the queen
Me: shock gives way to reasoning...No Achu All the others safe guard the King so that's why they all move around while the King remains safe
Achu: Noway! am not going to agree..poooo ammaaaa
Me: sighhhhhhh!

Remind me to find out how Vishy picked up the game.........
And help me find games that don't require one player to win and another to not win!

The Guilt returns...

Its holiday time for achu
Its that time when achu boy is free for a whole week
No school
No homework
No worries

For amma
Its guilt time
Its crime time
When lil Achu is doing nothing
while he could
...visit the zoo or a playzone or museum
...have a exciting trip outside city
...learn something fun
He
....is happy with himself for company....whatelse could he do!
...plays with boxes, twigs and paper
...climbs up and down the stairs !!!!
...runs around the garden

Maybe he is having fun
Maybe he is fine

But...Amma knows he can do so many other things
he doesn't..........sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Being Four and Achu

@ 4 Achu

• plays with his 100+ collection of cars
• is a teacher to his set of stuffed friends
  
• makes tea and loves to cook
• drives his car and obeys rules!!!
• Loves a sumo/scorpio and hates the inova cause I like it cause he hates it ;b ..we have "spot and count the favorite car game" every time we travel
  
• paints monsters, spider plus spiderweb, robotic butterflies,whales, sun and of course cars
• loves to mush clay....I get him one color at a time or by the end of the game he makes  one big rainbow lump outta all the lovely colors
• loves water games 
• has bumps and bruises all over him
• loves to travel 
  
• enjoys eating cakes,nice & burbon biscuits,dates,noodles,fish and chicken ( the little he eats on his own)
  
• is ok with egg,dosa,rice bread and veggies (I have to feed)
  
• doesn't want to try any other Indian breakfast
• has started experimenting food from/at hotels 
  
• hates to get in to have a bath and hates to get out after a bath!!!!
  
• is a professional bubble maker
• watches Mr.Bean, Pink Panther, Baby Looney toons and the likes
• Sings tamil film songs, bhajans and rhymes  with his own lyrics  
• dances and has his own style
  
• is handymanny in disguise
• has a piggy bank 
• Jumps on the bed
  
• is a wonderful photographer
• and an equally wonderful poser
• has a love-hate relationship with school
• hates to say he has friends ..especially shy about the girlfriends he has
• is in awe of one of his cousin sisters who is much older than him
  
• leaves his cup in the sink
• is very understanding only if he is in a good mood ( he shouldn't be hungry or sleepy that is :b) 
• says thank u ,welcome,sorry and please only to the very few elite ppl at home...outside he is still pretty much an introvert...he gets me to do all the talking
• loves to play boy games with M and sometimes with poor me
• answers the phone and sometimes asks me to call certain ppl he likes
  
• helps out in cleaning up HIS mess ONLY if we help him at the job
• Has a bad temper :( 
• Still uses the word itchichi
  
• loves to hug and kiss :):):)
• is a good boy :D