Hey! Look! A monkey on the tree!

:D
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Height of naughtiness...

...when deliberatley wearing two different socks on each foot, one of his own and other one of Mumma's.

And amidst giggles and chuckles telling Mumma of the deed himself and to top that asking Mumma to click a pic of his feet with 2 different pair of socks!
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Poster paint tattoos!

This is a pic of the two tattoos that he got made on both hands. He asked me to click them after getting them done at a birthday party yesterday.

Although he was particularly not happy with the character Pikachu (the yellow one on his right hand) since he wanted a Pokemon. Despite trying to tell him Pikachu is also a kind of a pokemon, he was still sulking.

I guess he had a certain Pokemon in mind but was not able to tell which one. But when other kids started 'WOWing' at it, he was happy! :)

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Such are the pleasures for the little heart!

Everytime I see Betu enjoying such little things that we never think of, I feel so happy, so contended and so thankful to God for giving me such an adorable sweet little child.

The pictures are from a birthday party just after the khoi bag(not sure what it is called) was thrown open for children to pick up stuff amongst the confetti and while all the other children were busy collecting pencils, erasers, sharpeners and chocolates etc, my sweet little son, like always, was busy collecting the confetti. :)

He was so amused with shiny, glittery and different shapes and sizes of confetti. He would pick them up and throw them up in the air. Since there was strong wind, the confetti was flying quite high in the air and was glimmering with the rays of sun! It actually looked beautiful to see sparkling things flying in the air. And he was so awed and so happy! :D

Could we adults ever think of trying to find such happiness, such pleasures from such things? I am sure the answer would be no, a big NO! We have become way too materialistic.

Time and again Betu teaches me how little little things are all around us which can make us happy but only if we want and try to see.

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All dressed for the Republic day celebrations at school!

Since Republic Day celebrations were to take place at Betu's school, I decided to dress him up in traditional outfit of Kurta-Pyajama. And luckily I had a new pair that his Bua had gotten for him recently. SO this was a good excuse for me to make him wear it :)

When he was all dressed up I think he looked like just a little Maharaja! More aptly a 'Kunwar Sa'ab" :D

Have a lookie...



The first picture is yet another example of diplomatic smile-for-the-camera smiles. Total fake one! :D

Treasures from the pocket!

The diggings from the pocket today are: a thread reel which he has picked out from my sewing kit, a crushed up butter paper and a strip of drawing which has colorful elephants walking on water??

He has had this strange love for this thread reel since almost S year now. He just loves to info it and entangle things in it. There are times when that annoys me too much but otherwise I just let him.

As far as the drawing goes, I for sure know he hasn't made this drawing. When I asked him where he got it from, he told me that his Ma'm gave it to him. I prodded him more about it but he just kept repeating it. So I stopped asking him about it.

I have many a times seen that when I ask him about his pocket treasures, he gets a little possessive about them and keeps repeating "Yeh mera hai!" (this is mine). As if I am going to take them away. I have tried to tell him that they are yours but Mumma just wants to know. He still doesn't give me very coherent answers. So I have stopped asking now.

I guess I won't prod too much till I find anything that is valuable or wrong in his possession. Something that he shouldn't be carrying.

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Treasures from the pocket!

These are what I found in his pocket today. It includes 4 pieces of play dough or clay and one black plastic thing. I don't know what it is but looks like a cover. I know it was from one of the paint sets that we had bought for him about 2 months ago. But I don't remember what exactly was the purpose of it.

Interesting?

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He never faults!

You bet! He never does!

Today morning when we were driving towards his school, I noticed that he had forgotten his cap. When I brought that to his notice, he ran his hand over his head and said "O-Oh!"

Then he proceeded to tell me "Aapne galti kari na?" (you did a mistake). I then told him that he should take care of his things. And should not forget like this. It was his cap and not Mumma's. So if its any body's fault, its his. And I told him that its not a fault but he should just remember his things. He said OK and I thought mater was closed. But again I thought too early.

He then told me very calmly that "aapkp mujhe yaad karana chahiye tha na, Betu, topi pahen lo!" "Isliye aapki galti huyee na?" (you should have reminded me that betu, wear your cap. So it was you who faulted, right?)

And I again was left with nothing to say. As always! Sigh...

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Treasures from the pockets!

This is the picture of the treasures discovered on Jan 13, 2008. There are 2 bits of orange paper, 1 bit of shimmery wrapping paper and 3 bits of black paper.

And as the title says, I discover them in the pockets of none other than Betu! :D

Every now and then betu comes home from school/daycare with tid bits in his pockets. And the kind of things that I discover are so just amazing. There is always such a variety.

So now I've decided that I will record these treasures from his pockets from now on.

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I am a Chyavanprash boy!

He just loves to eat Chyavanprash! After a big spoonful he asks for another but we have to say no. Frankly I am so glad that he likes it. What more can a parent ask from a child - to demand for good for health stuff! :)

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