"Mommy do you know what that sign says?" Arnav pointed to the red 'exit' on his school door.
"No, what does it say?" I of course wanted to hear his view.
"It says Exit, that means 'Get Out' " Arnav explained excitedly. I smothered a smile and 'got out' of the school.
Arnav is now a chatterbox and we call him the "entertainer" in our family. Whenever we feel bored we get Arnav to talk. He sure can pep up spirits and even Manav eggs him on. His sentences bring in endless laughter even in the most serious situations. The other day tension was mounting at the dinner table as the boys were picking on their food and not eating at all despite umpteen reminders. At that instant Arnav chose to walk away from the table. Caunteya asked
"Where do you think you are going Arnav?"
"To the bathroom" Arnav replied with a "where else" shrug
"Is that the way to the bathroom?" Caunteya hollered as Arnav was taking the roundabout way rather than the direct way to the bathroom.
"Yaayyys, you go that way, then that way and then that and then you are there, the bathroom" Arnav said shaking his hands and shoulders for maximum effect.
We tried checking our laughter but ended up breaking into smiles. Just have to mention that after a while Caunteya found Arnav in the toy room instead of the bathroom and after that what happened to Arnav is anybody's guess. Some nerve that little boy has.
They have been learning about American Presidents as it was President's day. Arnav insists Martin Luther King was the President as is "Bawack Obama". He was singing this song
"Georgie Washington (2)
Chopped the cherry tree (3)
And didn't tell his maid"
which prompted me to google it. Did find the cherry tree story about the first President but couldn't find this song. Have to cross check at school.
While discussing the boys' classwork, we pointed out to a sheet where Arnav had scribbled a couple of number 2.
"What is this Arnav?"
"It is supposed to be a 2, but it doesn't look like 2 to me" Arnav is a very honest critic of his own work.
These days in spite of telling him that the past tense of 'sit' is 'sat' and for 'set' it remains 'set' Arnav insists
"Mommy the sun sat"
Sometimes, I serve dinner to the boys and keep munching right out of the serving platter. This happens when Caunteya comes home late and I reserve a plate for myself to eat with him. So I try to make it work in my favor enticing the boys
"Ummmm, this is so good, I just can't stop eating"
until one day Manav said
"Mommy you say that for everything everyday. You just like eating"
And I stopped mid bite, judged the veracity of the sentence, smiled and started munching again.
The other morning, I was very sad to see stark white underpants in the Childrens' Place bag while I had picked up nice character ones for the boys. Looks like the lady at the counter mixed it up. I just didnt have the luxury of another trip to the store so got Manav to use them.
"Mommieee....did YOU bring these for me?" His surprise and glee was evident.
"Yes" I was surprised.
"Thank you so much. They look like Papa's and I love to copy Papa." There you go, now he survives on that lone pack of three white underpants till I get more. No hurry there, laundry once in three days always happens anyways.
Earlier this week Manav missed a couple of days of school as he was sick. We spent quite some quality time together. Read books, went for walks to park, talked, snuggled and took naps. Manav biked to the park one day. He stopped every minute to admire and touch the small flowers peeking at us from the grass.
"Mommy come see the blue bonnets. And these are violets. And there are the sunflowers." Of course none of them were what he claimed but he did identify the birds all right - Blue Jays, Cardinals and Robins. He collected the acorns and put the covers back on them and made them "Men with hat". On the ride back he rested his head on the bike's handle bar and I remarked
"Does that feel nice Manav?"
"Yes, it is very vibrationous" Manav said. Trust him to make up stuff and he does that so unabashedly though he knows there is no such word.
When these kids are separated, they are really nice people to be around. Full of normal fun, well behaved, no irritating silly talk or jumping/running without motive. Its a breeze in the store as it is elsewhere. When they are together they feed on each other's mischiefs and things go exponentially downhill from then on. But then I know the grass is always greener on the other side. I know that they spend endless time together, talking, playing, keeping each other company while sleeping in their room. (While I write this Manav is coloring and Arnav is feeding Manav and himself Maggi) Making us insane just comes with it and I am not complaining. With these jokers around we never forget to laugh. Why do I have this feeling that the boys feel the same, I mean they too think "With these jokers around we never forget to laugh". Ha Ha Ha...
"No, what does it say?" I of course wanted to hear his view.
"It says Exit, that means 'Get Out' " Arnav explained excitedly. I smothered a smile and 'got out' of the school.
Arnav is now a chatterbox and we call him the "entertainer" in our family. Whenever we feel bored we get Arnav to talk. He sure can pep up spirits and even Manav eggs him on. His sentences bring in endless laughter even in the most serious situations. The other day tension was mounting at the dinner table as the boys were picking on their food and not eating at all despite umpteen reminders. At that instant Arnav chose to walk away from the table. Caunteya asked
"Where do you think you are going Arnav?"
"To the bathroom" Arnav replied with a "where else" shrug
"Is that the way to the bathroom?" Caunteya hollered as Arnav was taking the roundabout way rather than the direct way to the bathroom.
"Yaayyys, you go that way, then that way and then that and then you are there, the bathroom" Arnav said shaking his hands and shoulders for maximum effect.
We tried checking our laughter but ended up breaking into smiles. Just have to mention that after a while Caunteya found Arnav in the toy room instead of the bathroom and after that what happened to Arnav is anybody's guess. Some nerve that little boy has.
They have been learning about American Presidents as it was President's day. Arnav insists Martin Luther King was the President as is "Bawack Obama". He was singing this song
"Georgie Washington (2)
Chopped the cherry tree (3)
And didn't tell his maid"
which prompted me to google it. Did find the cherry tree story about the first President but couldn't find this song. Have to cross check at school.
While discussing the boys' classwork, we pointed out to a sheet where Arnav had scribbled a couple of number 2.
"What is this Arnav?"
"It is supposed to be a 2, but it doesn't look like 2 to me" Arnav is a very honest critic of his own work.
These days in spite of telling him that the past tense of 'sit' is 'sat' and for 'set' it remains 'set' Arnav insists
"Mommy the sun sat"
Sometimes, I serve dinner to the boys and keep munching right out of the serving platter. This happens when Caunteya comes home late and I reserve a plate for myself to eat with him. So I try to make it work in my favor enticing the boys
"Ummmm, this is so good, I just can't stop eating"
until one day Manav said
"Mommy you say that for everything everyday. You just like eating"
And I stopped mid bite, judged the veracity of the sentence, smiled and started munching again.
The other morning, I was very sad to see stark white underpants in the Childrens' Place bag while I had picked up nice character ones for the boys. Looks like the lady at the counter mixed it up. I just didnt have the luxury of another trip to the store so got Manav to use them.
"Mommieee....did YOU bring these for me?" His surprise and glee was evident.
"Yes" I was surprised.
"Thank you so much. They look like Papa's and I love to copy Papa." There you go, now he survives on that lone pack of three white underpants till I get more. No hurry there, laundry once in three days always happens anyways.
Earlier this week Manav missed a couple of days of school as he was sick. We spent quite some quality time together. Read books, went for walks to park, talked, snuggled and took naps. Manav biked to the park one day. He stopped every minute to admire and touch the small flowers peeking at us from the grass.
"Mommy come see the blue bonnets. And these are violets. And there are the sunflowers." Of course none of them were what he claimed but he did identify the birds all right - Blue Jays, Cardinals and Robins. He collected the acorns and put the covers back on them and made them "Men with hat". On the ride back he rested his head on the bike's handle bar and I remarked
"Does that feel nice Manav?"
"Yes, it is very vibrationous" Manav said. Trust him to make up stuff and he does that so unabashedly though he knows there is no such word.
When these kids are separated, they are really nice people to be around. Full of normal fun, well behaved, no irritating silly talk or jumping/running without motive. Its a breeze in the store as it is elsewhere. When they are together they feed on each other's mischiefs and things go exponentially downhill from then on. But then I know the grass is always greener on the other side. I know that they spend endless time together, talking, playing, keeping each other company while sleeping in their room. (While I write this Manav is coloring and Arnav is feeding Manav and himself Maggi) Making us insane just comes with it and I am not complaining. With these jokers around we never forget to laugh. Why do I have this feeling that the boys feel the same, I mean they too think "With these jokers around we never forget to laugh". Ha Ha Ha...
Remember about the same time last year, in one of your posts you'd mentioned that Manav is going to steal away most of the space in your blogs - the tables have turned now with Darling Arnav stepping into Manav's shoes where is is so full of words and ideas! Aww, dying to hug him tight as I am writing this!! Laughed out loud enough to wake Keshav up from his sleep upon reading the "2" story and the "eating" story... They definitely are stars coz they provide you so much of content, but you've got this awesome talent of putting it across so well! Very well written post!
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