I gave in to his demand...

..of "Mumma, please aaj chhutti le lo. Mujhe aapke paas rahna hai!". I just couldn't say no when I know that his school will start in 2 days and then option of taking off will not be there at all.

I had been lazy myself today morning and had thought of going a little late to work. Around 10ish. But after hearing his little pleading request I just didn't have the heart to say "I can't". After all what he wanted was just some time with me. It's not too much to ask for! Right? :D

So we are at home and he is so happy and excited about it! And I'm so happy to see him so happy! :)

He is so funny!

About an hour ago, me and betu went visiting Avi Bhaiyya who live in the next lane from our house. As Anirudh and Bhaiyya were playing, Bhaiyya saw a bruise on his forehead. On asking how did betu get hurt
Betu: "Samrat ne jump kara to mere ko lag gayee."

Bhaiyya: "Samrat kaun hai?"
Betu: "woh mera friend hai"

Bhaiyya: "par friend to nahi maarte?"
Betu: "woh naughty boy hai"

Bhaiyya: "aur aap naughty nahi ho?"
Betu: "Nahi to"

Me: "aap naughty nahi ho?"
Betu: *shakes his head in negative*

Me: "kaunse angle se?"
Betu: "mere angle se"

We all burst out laughing at this statement of his! I'm sure he didn't understand his own statement. :)

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Lego blocks garden

Can you make out the tree? And the man in blue pants? And the little red, yellow and orange flowers with green stems?

And can you make out the green bush on the other side of the garden?

:)


P.S. The idea to create this scene was mine. And I helped him in making bits and pieces.
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His first sleep-over!

Betu had his first sleepover on Saturday night. It was totally unplanned. It so happened that I had gone to visit one of my cousin sisters who is visiting from US. There he has his 2 elder sisters, Sowmya and Vaidehi whom he is very fond of. So after dinner, when it was time for us to leave, he just put his foot down and refused to come back with us. In fact he asked us to go away and told us in clear words that he is going to stay there. So after a lot of tries to take him along with us, we finally agreed to leave him for the night. Since I was carrying an extra pair of clothes including undergarments, we decided to give it a try. Although it took a lot of convincing on my part as Hubby was not ready to leave him.

So to test the waters, we left but only to the nearby market and sat in the coffee shop to see if he asks for us after we have been gone for 30 mins. I called up and he still hadn't asked for us. Another 15 min later, I came to know he had already dozed off. We knew that he will be fine there and won't cry asking for us as we had expected.

So all went well through the night and when I called up around 8:30 Am, he was still asleep. I again called up around 10:00 AM to speak with him. I asked him if he had a good sleep to which he replied "haan". When I asked him what is he doing he told me 'Main aapse baad mein baat karunga. Main abhi busy hoon" and handed over the phone to his Mami. We both had such a laugh hearing him say this.

Finally he trotted back in the house around 7 PM when his Mama had come to drop him. In fact he didn't even want to come back then. He really enjoyed his sleepover and so did we *wink* :D

I guess now we should plan more of such sleepovers for them cousins since they have so much fun together.

His favourite these days..

...are the lego blocks that his Mausi got for him. So every single day they he spreads them all over the carpet and either makes us build something for him or builds something by himself. So last Sunday he was trying to make a really tall tower but it would just fall and break so he got really irritated and then I tried to help him make one. A tower much taller than him! :) Here is the pic of that tower -

He wants a pet!

About 2 months ago Betu had shown a desire to have a pet at home. But after that there was no mention of it until today evening. After I picked him up from his daycare, as he settled in his seat and buckled himself up he blurted "Mumma hum ek bird le kar aayenge". I asked him if he meant as a pet to which he confirmed "Haan. Woh hamare saath rahegi".

I tried to explain to him why we can't keep one "Par aap school jaate ho fir daycare aur mumma-papa office jaate hain, to uska dhyan kaun rakhega? Usko khana kaun dega?" He replied "Main usko daycare se jab aayunga tab khana de dunga" I again said "Par usko lunch kaun dega?"

He thought for 2 seconds and said "Uski Mumma bana dengi" I smiled and said "par hum to ek bird layenge na?". "Nahi, hum ek bird layenge aur uski Mumma bhi le kar aayenge" he replied promptly. I again tried to reason with him that Mumma-bird will also need to be fed. So I guess that hit the target and he kept thinking, a little confused and a little disappointed. Since it was such a sincere request from him to have a pet at home and I couldn't see him so disappointed I asked him "Aapko fish pasand hai? Hum ek fish le kar aayein?" His eyes opened wide in amusement and he said "Fish!" I nodded my head and added further "Fish din mein ek baar khana khati hai na. To aap usko subah school jaane se pahle khana khila dena fir shaam ko school se aa kar de dena".

His happiness was quite apparent with his sparkling eyes. He asked me next as to what do the fish eat. When I told him they have special food, he asked me if they eat roti. When I said no and repeated they have a special food that we will need to buy from market he continued "Par main usko bahut chhoti chhoti karke roti de dunga. Unko roti pasand lagti hai". I just smiled and didn't say anything.

So now this weekend I have to go and buy a fish bowl with maybe one or two fishes in it. I just hope he doesn't fiddle with them when I'm not watching!

Mehendi tattoo!

Last to last weekend when I had gone to lajpat nagar market, Betu saw these mehendiwala's sitting in a line! He got so excited thinking they were the tattoo guys! And this is what he got done! :)

All the time we were given strict instructions to keep away lest we smudge his precious tattoo!
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Ghutta!

Betu loves to eat 'ghutta' (bhutta)! Every single evening we get to eat it because of him!

And however hard I try to make him pronounce it correctly, it still remains a 'ghutta'. So everyone enjoy your bhutta...err...ghutta in the Monsoons! :)
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Yeh baatuni ladka!

I asked him to go pee-pee like I always do before putting him to bed. I asked him to sit on the pot and do it. He comes back and tells me "aise to girls karti hain. Boys to khade ho kar karte hain!" (girls do it that way. Boys do it standing!). We both were speechless and hubby couldn't help but say "kya observation hai!"

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About an hour ago me and hubby were talking about things in general when he started to tease me. So I rolled up the newspaper I was reading and started to hit hubby with that! Betu turned around and with the most disapproving look, shook his head and said "Galat baat! Ab aapse koi baat nahi karega!" (very bad! Now no one will talk to you) and went ahead to pacify hubby as if I had hurt him! Hubby and I both had to control our laughter!
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My little preacher!

As I was getting ready to leave for work, Anirudh comes up to me, with the pointing finger tells me "Aap office mein acche se kaam karna. Fir jaldi ghar aa jaana." I had to really hold back my laughter and with the most obedient face had to say "Ok betu!" :D

These days since he is at home with Dadi-Dadu, he is the one who sees us off when we leave for work and welcomes us when we come back.