Home versus away!

Saurabh's been in Singapore for over a week, he went on 19th May and Kavya has been missing him terribly. So a couple of days back, she kept asking: When is Papa coming back? I am missing him, am getting bored etc!

Me: Well, we were in Kerala a few days back for over a week. You did not miss him then.

Kavya: I don't miss Papa if I am outside having fun and Papa is at home. But I miss him if I am home and he is travelling.

Brilliant insight and so true :)

School Vacations: Kavya gets really busy!

Finally the vacations are here. 15th April was the last day in 1st standard and now, a good two months before school reopens on 14th June.

Well, before school closed, I would get to spend around 30 minutes with Kavya in the mornings before she left for school and an hour or two at night before she went to sleep. And now, in the past few days, I don't get to see her at all!!

She is sleeping when I leave for work. When I come back from work, she is still playing with her friends. Around 8:30 PM, she grudgingly comes home for half an hour to grab some dinner. By then, some friend calls again and she rushes down to play till 10-10:30 PM. That's not all, she's got Art and Craft classes, swimming and keyboard classes. All taken care of within the complex itself, that's the best part.

So guess I should just get used to the fact that I will not see as much of Kavya as I would love to during the vacations :)

Finally a tooth falls off!

Well nearly a year after Kavya was excited about a loose tooth (which was a false alarm), she lost her first tooth yesterday (4th April 2011). We were just about to leave for lunch with friends when Kavya came running shouting 'Mummy, look'. And there she stood with a toothless grin on her face, blood all around her gums, a gleam in her eye and a tooth in her hand :) Surprised to see that my lil girl with her low tolerance to pain was absolutely peaceful and actually removed the tooth on her own.

She then went to bed with the tooth below her pillow. The tooth fairy came at night, took away the tooth and left her a book - Curious George at the Aquarium. So the excited kiddo has gone to school today to tell all her friends that they should leave their tooth below the pillow for the tooth fairy, it really works :)