Master Chef!

For quite some time Anirudh has been wanting to use the knife o cutting up fruits etc all by himself. And since last month I allowed him to use it under my eagle eyes! Before anyone starts rolling their eyes at me for letting a child who is not even 4 yet to use a knife, here are the pictures of how he uses it. In these pics he is slicing up a guava.



So now can I hear some "yeah..this is fine!" from ye all? .....Good :D

P.S. Just to clarify the glove may look dirty, but it is not. It was freshly washed when Betu was using it. Those brown marks are the stains that are not going off it even after tough scrubbing!

His first prize!

Yesterday when I picked up Anirudh from his daycare I got to know that he had won a first prize in the "Balancing Race". They had to hold a glass of water and reach the finish line without spilling the water. I was definitely more ecstatic about him winning the race then he was :P

He won a big coloring book and a certificate. I haven't had a chance yet to click the certificate but will do it soon and post the picture here. This being his first prize, I was calling up everyone and telling them about it. When I told Hubby about it, he said lets buy a certificate holder for Anirudh now :)

I've a mobile too!

Yesterday while I was in the other room, I suddenly started hearing Betu talking to someone. I wondered who it was and came around to see him. And this is what I saw-him talking on his toy mobile phone. :D

When I asked him who he was talking to he told me "Papa se". A little while he started talking again, to his papa again, and was saying "Aap office pahunch hate?" "Kya? Abhi tak nahi pahunche?" "Aapko straight nahi jaana tha" "Ab left jaayo, fir straight, aur straight, straight straight, air straight" "Ab mujhe Thank you bolo! Maine aapko raasta bataya na" "ok bye" and he flipped his 'mobile' close in style and tottered away satisfied!

P.S. I had written this more than a month ago and found it in drafts on my BlackBerry.

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Dinosaur discovered!

A unique variety of Dinosaurs has been discovered by none other than Anirudh! This is the first time that a specie like this has been found and has left the world totally awed!

Intensive research is in progress to know more about this new found species.

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Treasures from the pocket!

Dried crumbles of green clay and a tiny disc that he got from a packet of Haldiram snacks in school which were given to them as a part of birthday celebrations.

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Treasures from the pocket!

A half eaten and squashed 5-Star fruit and nut chocolate. A green colored clay and a broken eraser.

I've learned my lesson well so this time no questions were asked. :D

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Octopus

Anyone seen a cuter octopus than this one? :D
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Artist by nature?

Every time I see Betu drawing or painting I wonder if set is in his nature. You have to see for yourself the concentration with which he does and how engrossed he gets. The brows are slightly knitted, the lips keep pouting in and out and even if I call him numerous times he doesn't listen. See the pout in the picture below.

And when I was clicking him painting a butterfly, he actually got slightly angry and told me "Aap photo kheench kar mujhe pareshan kyun kar rahe ho? Meri painting kharab ho jayegi na fir?" (Why are you troubling me with your picture clicking? My painting will go wrong then.)

And I just had to sheepishly retreat back saying "Sorry!"

And see in this pic how he has hung his drawings on the clothesline using the clothespin.

And this is his version of a Christmas tree that he made couple of months ago. Its a tall green tree decorated with strings of red lights.

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A very hungry caterpillar

This is Betu's illustration of the caterpillar from the book "A very hungry caterpillar"

I found it really cute!

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Butterfly butterfly, how do you do?

First we traced you out,
Then Mumma made a cut out!

I colored you purple, yellow and brown
Made me so happy, I jumped up and down.

You looked so pretty
In those colors all over you.
Mumma snipped in the center
to put on the finger too!

I put you on and made you fly
Up up up, in the sky!

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