Through my son's eyes

Got a lovely booklet from Toothless for Mother's day..
Following are the questions his teacher asked and his reply
My mother..
Her favourite colour : Green and then Blue.
Favourite TV Show: Desperate housewives
Her favourite pet name for me: Munchkin and little imp.
She likes to cook: ela shappadu(Banana leaf rice)
Her favourite food: ela shappadu
She looked beautiful: when she got married
She looked funny: when I was a baby
I want her to know: That she is the best mama in the whole wide world.
She is: Awesome, amazing, superstar,terrific,always mine.

My Life as a mother of three kids until now was more or less predictable. It mostly involved sending the kids to school, taking them for swimming lessons etc.. The only upheavals were occassional sickness and tantrums

Now all of a sudden my sweet, kind, gentle baby girl has evolved in to a nasty a pre teen, who loves to drive me crazy and I have suddenly became the nasty mean mother that I thought I would never be!

so this is my ranting place..

The daisies and the rose

One fresh spring morning, the daisy field bloomed. All the daisies said "Hello, How are you? I missed you so much" to each other.
After all the greetings were done, the daisies stood straight and flapped their petals in soft breeze to sun them.
While they were busy sunning the petals, one nosey daisy spotted a strange site out of the corner of her eyes.
Right there in the middle of the daisy field, stood an odd looking flower. The petals were red like blood and the stem had sharp thorns.
The daisy asked the stranger
"Who are you?"
The stranger said
"I am a Rose"
"A rose? What is a rose? I have never seen one before. You don't belong here, you ugly thing. See, you got thorns, they prick little children.
Just then a group of kids came to the field searching for their ball.
All the daisies stood straight. But the children paid no attention to the daisies.
They were all pointing at the Rose and saying
"Rose? In the middle of a daisy field? that is a miracle!"
So the daisy learned the lesson. Never be rude to strange people, they might be miracles.
Also don't be rude to normal people, because then you are not using your manners.
Written by Yaya on 20th August 2007

First or the last?

Today was Baby's pre school graduation day.
She was up at 6.30 am for a program that was to start at 10.30am. I had made Coconut agar agar jelly last night for her to take as a treat for everyone. I added baby pink color dye, her favourite colour to the jelly.
She was ready by 9 and the jelly was ready too.. But I wasn't. I changed my dress 10 times. That wasn't the normal me. I wear the same cloths without a second thought everyday.
I checked the forecast. Felt a bit sad that it is going to be a beautiful day. Felt even more stupid for thinking that way.
She asked a million times can we go now? And finally she just opened the door and went out. I looked at the child standing outside my door. The child I brought from hospital 5 years and 4 months and three weeks ago. The child that needed help with everything. The child that made me read Dora every single day. The child that made me make pink colour coconut jelly every time.
This morning, She wore her dress all by herself, she applied the sun screen all by herself, she had her sun glasses and hat on. She didn't even need my help to put her sandals for her.
"Come mama" She reached out and held my hand and it was time for me to go. Time for me to watch her go.
At the pre school when she sang a Russian song every other parent was looking at me enviously. I wanted to be happy for my child and I was.. but my heart was breaking. It was her first graduation and I knew there would be many more. But it was also her last day as my little baby. She is all grown up and I feel I have lost something. They say, you have to let your children go.. but I somehow wasn't expecting it to be this soon.

School year almost coming to an end.

In 2 weeks time, another school year will be over.
It has been a very remarkable year for the kids.
We walked to school every day. Some days it was sunny, some days it rained non stop, some days it snowed, and some days the temperature dropped to -15 degrees. Still we survived.
I learned a lot this year. I learned about Beluga whales( believe me, I didn't even know there was such a whale in the ocean), I learned about snails, I learned to finger paint and most of all I learned to live in a messy house.

Yaya
She won the academic achievement award twice this year.
she is attending the gifted child program
She is in level 6 swimming and in level 4 skating
She is also in the soccer team( in the boys team!!)
She has so many dresses and still wear the same jeans and t shirt every week..( and I get so mad because she is like me and I can't scold her)
She wants to be an artist when she grows up.

Toothless
Toothless had a very remarkable year.
he scored straight A for all the subjects
He spend many evenings sitting on the couch from 2.45 till 7.45 because he was naughty at the school and didn't listen to his teacher.
All the normal routine punishments had no effect on him and I had to resort to the 'sitout' punishment. Ever since the 'sitout' punishment has been implemented, he has been making an effort not to get in to trouble.
He is getting braces for his teeth this summer and hopefully that will stop his thumb sucking habit.
He is in level 4 swimming( been in level for 6 months!) and level 2 skating.
He is also in the soccer team
He still wants to be a truck driver, may consider a train driver job as well!

Baby

Baby is going to make me cry. In two months time she will go to Kindergarten and I will have no one to play tea party with and no special helper to help me make cookies and cakes. I dread the thought of spending 5 hours in a quiet house and all these years I longed for peace and tranquility!
Baby is waiting eagerly for the school to start.
she is in Pre school level 5 swimming and Pre school level 3 skating
She wants to play soccer like her siblings but is too young to be in a team

How blessed I am

Suddenly it hits you, it is something that was right in front of you all the time, yet you never saw it.. Often I have heard others telling me how lucky my kids are. And I never stopped once to think!
This evening as I walked holding Yaya's and Tootheless's hand after fetching them from school, it occured to me, my life, my existence would have had no meaning if I didn't have them.and I realized that
I am blessed, indeed blessed to be their mother.

Limerics by Yaya

There once was a boy named Jack,
who raced around a track.
He once met a goat,
on a very big boat,
and kicked it on the back.


There once was a girl named Jen,
Who had a brother named Ben.
They had a big fat dog,
that once ate a frog.
And then the dog ate a pen.

Like mother, like daughter!!!

Yaya got this award... She read 400 books from 08 Sep 06 to 12 Apr 07..