And then he turned 8!

On Jan 18, 2013 Jun officially turned all of eight years old.

He still cries when he is angry - usually at the drop of a hat
He still thinks all games are made for him to win.
He still looks like he is six
Birthdays are still awesomely special

One sign that he is growing up after all is when he helped us with the blowing of balloons for his birthday party. We had just bought a new vaccum cleaner and were experiementing with all its modes a few days before the birthday. As D Day grew closer and Maddy and I were trying to find reasons why the other would add  more value to balloon blowing when jun came up with this brilliant idea :

"Why dont we use the blower function in the vaccum cleaner to blow up the balloons amma? " he said. And that is exactly what we finally did. End result - Maddy and I were now jostling to get the chance to blow the balloons!!

So here is a very a happy birthday to my genius drama queen :)
 

Why?

Jun, wake up!!

Amma, is it a holiday today?

No da, Friday...last day of the week!

Ammaaaaaaa...Why are we not BORN knowing everything ? Why do we have to go to school?

:)

Because you wouldn't be so much fun Jun Jun :))

Perceptions

Ammamma offered Jun a vadai.

Arjun said he doesn't want 'burnt idlies'

:)

NOT another brick in the wall...

Jun before science lesson :

Amma, i need to go to the bathroom.

Jun after science lesson :

Amma, my urinary bladder is full!!

Sigh...

man-made???

What are man-made materials?

Jun's answer : Man made materials are materials made by people (both men and women)

Yay for gender equality!!

:)

Incredible Eva

This little gem comes from my sister. My two and a half year old niece has just joined a new day care in canada. She has made some new friends who obviously have very good taste as the ensuing conversation shows :

Little Boy : You are incredible!!

Eva : No, i am Eva. The Incredibles are at home!!!

Observations :

Yes, we are a very grounded family with both feet planted firmly on the ground!!

But ofcourse, the little boy got it absolutely right :)



 

Quilling Concerns!

Jun's ammamma taught him paper quilling and he does it really well.

But arjun had better use for the quilling needle.

"Amma, can i use the quilling needle and make you hair curly?"

My hair almost defied gravity and stood up pointing at the ceiling at the very thought of my son doing my hair.

My fighter pilot son is slowly flying away. Hello to my newly arrived jawed habib son!

Oh dear.