Kai's Swimming Lessons!
Today was Kai's 1st day for her formal swimming coaching. I had wanted her to start her lessons last year only but I was the one who was not very comfortable with the idea and backed out. This year all of us (Kai, Ri and me) decided to go for swimming in the morning and then I felt that I should send her to a profssional coach.
Today during her coaching, Ri wa also in the pool, ofcourse swimming on his own and Kai with her Sir. I was watching all elated at how my little princess was swimming. I was so elated to see her completing 2 breadths and 1 length with her sir. And mamma was all head over heels at the little ones acheivement. And here comes the Big Thing - Kai did all this with her float!
Whatever it was, I was very excited at this and the joys of motherhood. Only a mother can be so thrilled at such an acheivement.
Not sure how long would she enjoy her swimming lessons and when she would learn. But Mom is Head Over Heels.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Remembering Papa
I still remember the good time that we had spent in Billimora playing together
I still remember how we failed to recognize you after you returned from those long business trips
I still remember those regular vacations that we used to enjoy in Mahabaleshwar and Matheran
I still rembember all the time that you and mom had given us to make sure that we grow up as good individuals
I still remember those days when you would never deny us anything and gave in to all our demands and at the same time taught us about this materialistic pleasure
I still remember how we used to go out for a drive on the scooter and you would buy me an eraser every night and how I would sleep on the way back and drop the same everyday
Today when I think of this, I can just imagine how impatient I would get at such things
It is now that I value your patience
I still remember how you decided to shift us to Ahmedabad just in time so that didi doesnot have to travel long distances to commute to school
I still remember how you stayed alone in Billimora and how you would not miss a single weekend to visit us in ahmedabad
I still remember how you would come to my school to see me off just before catching the train back to Bilimora
I still remember how I used to cry every time you went back to bilimora
I still remember how upset you would get and at this and I can still remember your watery eyes
I still remember how as teenagers you never denied to us any outings and anything that we wanted to do and at the same time inculcated the respect for our culture in us
I always felt that this was because we lived in a small town and did not have the exposure to certain things
However today when I look back, I feel and value that how you managed to hold the same values in our hearts even after we had a sudden exposure to a lot of things as teenagers
I still remember how you wept during your morning pooja when I was not well for days together
I still remember how you shared with us all the ups and downs in life and how we always had a say in everything
I still remember how you wept when we were talking as baa was not feeling well
I still remember how you always valued our decision and let us took all our important decisions on our own
I still remember those fun days when we would run the stairs to see who went up first
I still remember how everyone saw you as a tough man and was afraid of talking to you
I still remember how you were tough on the outside and soft in the inside
I still remember how you would sit and watch didis wedding videos and cry
I still remember how you would guide jiju in his professional decisions and how he still values them
I still remember your sense of humour and how you had friends of all age groups – your dads age and our age
Today I value how important these little thing were in our life and how helpful they are today
I value how you have taught us to stand up for the truth and to live a confident life
I value how you have made us to be confident individuals and thank you so much for the life you have given to us
I do understand and respect the compromises that you had done in life just to ensure a smooth life and a bright future for us
How I wish you were here today to guide Jiju & Rishit in all their professional and personal matters
How I wish you were here today to hold Kai and Keo in your hand and to teach them the same values that we were taught
How I wish you were here today to explain and teach us on how do we inculcate the same habits in our kids
Miss you PAPA...........
I still remember how we failed to recognize you after you returned from those long business trips
I still remember those regular vacations that we used to enjoy in Mahabaleshwar and Matheran
I still rembember all the time that you and mom had given us to make sure that we grow up as good individuals
I still remember those days when you would never deny us anything and gave in to all our demands and at the same time taught us about this materialistic pleasure
I still remember how we used to go out for a drive on the scooter and you would buy me an eraser every night and how I would sleep on the way back and drop the same everyday
Today when I think of this, I can just imagine how impatient I would get at such things
It is now that I value your patience
I still remember how you decided to shift us to Ahmedabad just in time so that didi doesnot have to travel long distances to commute to school
I still remember how you stayed alone in Billimora and how you would not miss a single weekend to visit us in ahmedabad
I still remember how you would come to my school to see me off just before catching the train back to Bilimora
I still remember how I used to cry every time you went back to bilimora
I still remember how upset you would get and at this and I can still remember your watery eyes
I still remember how as teenagers you never denied to us any outings and anything that we wanted to do and at the same time inculcated the respect for our culture in us
I always felt that this was because we lived in a small town and did not have the exposure to certain things
However today when I look back, I feel and value that how you managed to hold the same values in our hearts even after we had a sudden exposure to a lot of things as teenagers
I still remember how you wept during your morning pooja when I was not well for days together
I still remember how you shared with us all the ups and downs in life and how we always had a say in everything
I still remember how you wept when we were talking as baa was not feeling well
I still remember how you always valued our decision and let us took all our important decisions on our own
I still remember those fun days when we would run the stairs to see who went up first
I still remember how everyone saw you as a tough man and was afraid of talking to you
I still remember how you were tough on the outside and soft in the inside
I still remember how you would sit and watch didis wedding videos and cry
I still remember how you would guide jiju in his professional decisions and how he still values them
I still remember your sense of humour and how you had friends of all age groups – your dads age and our age
Today I value how important these little thing were in our life and how helpful they are today
I value how you have taught us to stand up for the truth and to live a confident life
I value how you have made us to be confident individuals and thank you so much for the life you have given to us
I do understand and respect the compromises that you had done in life just to ensure a smooth life and a bright future for us
How I wish you were here today to guide Jiju & Rishit in all their professional and personal matters
How I wish you were here today to hold Kai and Keo in your hand and to teach them the same values that we were taught
How I wish you were here today to explain and teach us on how do we inculcate the same habits in our kids
Miss you PAPA...........
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Kai Antics
Yesterday I was going to drop kai to school. The moment we went out, she just jumped laughing and was telling me "Mamma on that house it was written I am a house" and she just couldn't stop laughing. I started wondering what actually was it. So I asked her "beta where exactly did you read this?" and she said "just across our house. On the building next to Rituraj".
I started thinking and then even I could not stop laughing.
It actually was that the office of Indian Managaement Academy has come up just across our house. The interiors are being done up and they have painted on the house in bold letters "IMA HOUSE". I explained to Kai what exactly it meant and couldn't stop laughing either.
I just love these antics of my little one!!!
I started thinking and then even I could not stop laughing.
It actually was that the office of Indian Managaement Academy has come up just across our house. The interiors are being done up and they have painted on the house in bold letters "IMA HOUSE". I explained to Kai what exactly it meant and couldn't stop laughing either.
I just love these antics of my little one!!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The Right School for your kid
Deciding on the right school for your kid is definitely a tough decision in these days when we have so many choices and different schools marketing themselves with different features. I m sure as a parent everyone of us would have faced this confusion and some of us would have felt that a combination of these schools would have been best for my child.
After having gone through all of this, we had finalised a school for kai, which we thought was the right one for us - kai, Ri and me. We had shortlisted a few school and I had been to these schools before making the final decision. I would stand outside the school gate to talk to parents who would come to pick up their child. This was all because we were not very much for a very strict school with too much burden on the child however at the same time we realised that we also wanted some discipline to be present in the schools. Distance of the school was also my biggest concern as i did not want a school that was too far. Since both of us have studied in a missionary school, we were a bit keen on putting kai also in a missionary school. However, we opted out of this as one of the schools was a girls school and also both the schools didnot fit into our criteria.
We selected her school considering all the aspects that mattered to us and after we felt that this was the best one for her. However, i still would continue to talk to people about different schools and was always eager to hear their reviews.
Having heard different reviews, my biggest concern was that my daughter has to be herself in the school also. She is a talkatvie, curious, creative, nature loving person. I have seen kids who are altogether different at school and at home. I was always concerned that the school should help her be the person she is - of course, I understand that certain things need to taught to her in school and how the school cannot do this under all circumstances. But i feel this for my daughter who is quite matured, understands instructions and also can understand right and wrong when explained properly. I have always tried to explain things to her rather than dictating things.
Kai's school has a screen displayed outside the school and it screens the photographs of the children and various celebrations that they hold. Today I saw the pictures of the Green Day celebration that they did at school. Kai was supposed to sing her poem on "A Green World" whcih she sang at the recitation competition and was awarded 3 stars for "outstanding performance". I saw these pictures and other pictures of the green day. I also saw the playful side of Kai at the visit to the vegetable and fruit garden in their school. She had her differnt funny poses and it made me think that "Yes! my daughter contuinues to be the same in school and at home".
I was happy for the choice that we made!!
After having gone through all of this, we had finalised a school for kai, which we thought was the right one for us - kai, Ri and me. We had shortlisted a few school and I had been to these schools before making the final decision. I would stand outside the school gate to talk to parents who would come to pick up their child. This was all because we were not very much for a very strict school with too much burden on the child however at the same time we realised that we also wanted some discipline to be present in the schools. Distance of the school was also my biggest concern as i did not want a school that was too far. Since both of us have studied in a missionary school, we were a bit keen on putting kai also in a missionary school. However, we opted out of this as one of the schools was a girls school and also both the schools didnot fit into our criteria.
We selected her school considering all the aspects that mattered to us and after we felt that this was the best one for her. However, i still would continue to talk to people about different schools and was always eager to hear their reviews.
Having heard different reviews, my biggest concern was that my daughter has to be herself in the school also. She is a talkatvie, curious, creative, nature loving person. I have seen kids who are altogether different at school and at home. I was always concerned that the school should help her be the person she is - of course, I understand that certain things need to taught to her in school and how the school cannot do this under all circumstances. But i feel this for my daughter who is quite matured, understands instructions and also can understand right and wrong when explained properly. I have always tried to explain things to her rather than dictating things.
Kai's school has a screen displayed outside the school and it screens the photographs of the children and various celebrations that they hold. Today I saw the pictures of the Green Day celebration that they did at school. Kai was supposed to sing her poem on "A Green World" whcih she sang at the recitation competition and was awarded 3 stars for "outstanding performance". I saw these pictures and other pictures of the green day. I also saw the playful side of Kai at the visit to the vegetable and fruit garden in their school. She had her differnt funny poses and it made me think that "Yes! my daughter contuinues to be the same in school and at home".
I was happy for the choice that we made!!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Too Much Learning for Little Brains?
Conversation between kai and me
Kai: Mamma, my school keeps on moving round and round (she meant revolves)
Me: What makes you think that?
Kai: Yes Ma it moves round at every night
Me: Ok tell me what makes you say that it moved round and round in the night when you see it in the morning?
Kai: See Ma Sejal Mam’s class was at the end and now it is first. Our music class was just besides the principals’ office and now it has moved on the other side
While I could not stop laughing at this conversation, I realized that this thought process took place in her mind because while reading some book, we had been explaining her about how the earth revolves round the sun.
I often wonder, is all this not too much for the tiny brains?
Kai: Mamma, my school keeps on moving round and round (she meant revolves)
Me: What makes you think that?
Kai: Yes Ma it moves round at every night
Me: Ok tell me what makes you say that it moved round and round in the night when you see it in the morning?
Kai: See Ma Sejal Mam’s class was at the end and now it is first. Our music class was just besides the principals’ office and now it has moved on the other side
While I could not stop laughing at this conversation, I realized that this thought process took place in her mind because while reading some book, we had been explaining her about how the earth revolves round the sun.
I often wonder, is all this not too much for the tiny brains?
Ganpati Bappa Moriya!
We celebrate Ganesh pooja at my mom’s house and mom performs the pooja for all the 10 days. One evening we were going to Mom’s house to do the pooja. Kai decided to make a card for Ganpati Bappa. She and her friend sat to make separate cards. Kai drew a Ganesha, mouse, two suparis which were Ridhhi –Sidhhi, a flower and wrote “My Friend Ganesha”. While her friend was making her card, she was trying to draw a girl and Kai shouted, “Aanya don’t draw a girl – Ganesha’s wife is a supari and not a girl.”
Actually, it was because she has always seen supari depicting Ridhhi Sidhhi and has never seen a girl besides Ganesha!
Actually, it was because she has always seen supari depicting Ridhhi Sidhhi and has never seen a girl besides Ganesha!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Our Weekend Trip to Mt. Abu...
Yes. I finally went on the Abu trip with family and had a great time.
The day before the trip, we were supposed to collect our bags from Devalmama's house. When we collected the bags, we saw that there was 1 bag for each of us - a small bag just to have the bare necesssities of life. In all there were 23 of us - all age groups the youngest one was 2 year old and the eldest 60.
We reached Abu in 3 seperate cars - one for the moms, dads and kids. on reaching Abu we had a sumptuous meal and dinot unpack our bags and started off for the camping. After about 45 minutes of a trek - which was a bit difficult for the novices and the kids we reached a lovely place. We had five tents with us and pitched all of them. The weather was also excellent with a lot of fog that you could not even see at an arms length. We then went for a walk and sat by the Kodra dam reservoir and sang songs - since i do not have an ear for music we were just listening and enjoying the nature. When we went back to the camp site, we set-up a camp fire and had dinner. The kids then went of to sleep and we were sitting by the camp fire. Suddenly one of us saw two eyes in the darkness and a black animal. Scared, a few of them ran to their tent, zipped it open got in and closed the tent - all just in a few seconds. All of us also started running having thought that it was a wild bear. The bravehearts took a torch and were checking for the animal and........ it was a buffalo. We then went off to sleep. It was raining and very windy and at 2.00, we started having calls from the kids tent that our kids were not sleeping - kai and another boy came to the parents tent. None of us slept till 3.00 in the night.
We woke up in the morning and opened up our tents. the weather was very foggy and we could see the fog coming in our tent. The group than went for caving. We went into a small cave which was pitch dark and we had to literally lie down to cross the cave. All of us managed it and then we had our tea and breakfast there. It was the perfect spot and the perfiect weather to have your morning cuppa.
Back to the campsite, the boys (fathers, actually) went for aswim in the reservoir... and the mothers were literlally shivering seeing them swim in the cold water and weather. We then unpacked and started our trek down with our bags and tents on our backs. (This was when we realised how important it was to have a small bag...)
Having reached home (mama's house in Abu) we had lunch and did river crossing...yes they had set-up all this there. After dinner all of us relaxed, had a chat and befiore sleeping went for a drive to search Leopards and Bears - which we did not find.
The next morning we went for rock climbing and rappelling. The kids were then given Rs. 10 each and hey had to buy whatever they wanted from this. The kids had a great (and tough) time finding stuff for them in Rs. 10. Everyone ended up buying some chocolates/ candies. We then started our journey back home with a resolution to make such trips an yearly affair.
The day before the trip, we were supposed to collect our bags from Devalmama's house. When we collected the bags, we saw that there was 1 bag for each of us - a small bag just to have the bare necesssities of life. In all there were 23 of us - all age groups the youngest one was 2 year old and the eldest 60.
We reached Abu in 3 seperate cars - one for the moms, dads and kids. on reaching Abu we had a sumptuous meal and dinot unpack our bags and started off for the camping. After about 45 minutes of a trek - which was a bit difficult for the novices and the kids we reached a lovely place. We had five tents with us and pitched all of them. The weather was also excellent with a lot of fog that you could not even see at an arms length. We then went for a walk and sat by the Kodra dam reservoir and sang songs - since i do not have an ear for music we were just listening and enjoying the nature. When we went back to the camp site, we set-up a camp fire and had dinner. The kids then went of to sleep and we were sitting by the camp fire. Suddenly one of us saw two eyes in the darkness and a black animal. Scared, a few of them ran to their tent, zipped it open got in and closed the tent - all just in a few seconds. All of us also started running having thought that it was a wild bear. The bravehearts took a torch and were checking for the animal and........ it was a buffalo. We then went off to sleep. It was raining and very windy and at 2.00, we started having calls from the kids tent that our kids were not sleeping - kai and another boy came to the parents tent. None of us slept till 3.00 in the night.
We woke up in the morning and opened up our tents. the weather was very foggy and we could see the fog coming in our tent. The group than went for caving. We went into a small cave which was pitch dark and we had to literally lie down to cross the cave. All of us managed it and then we had our tea and breakfast there. It was the perfect spot and the perfiect weather to have your morning cuppa.
Back to the campsite, the boys (fathers, actually) went for aswim in the reservoir... and the mothers were literlally shivering seeing them swim in the cold water and weather. We then unpacked and started our trek down with our bags and tents on our backs. (This was when we realised how important it was to have a small bag...)
Having reached home (mama's house in Abu) we had lunch and did river crossing...yes they had set-up all this there. After dinner all of us relaxed, had a chat and befiore sleeping went for a drive to search Leopards and Bears - which we did not find.
The next morning we went for rock climbing and rappelling. The kids were then given Rs. 10 each and hey had to buy whatever they wanted from this. The kids had a great (and tough) time finding stuff for them in Rs. 10. Everyone ended up buying some chocolates/ candies. We then started our journey back home with a resolution to make such trips an yearly affair.
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