Whoever created spellings…

Little A is very cute. Everytime she writes down the numbers in words, I smile as I reach 8. Having seen this over and over, I know what to expect!

6- SIX

7 – SEVN (this I can handle!)

8 – AT (!!)

I find it very interesting. I have not seen S do this as she was learning the same thing. I can see the brains being wired differently. Whoever created spellings must have been a complicated person, to have spelt the number so difficult for a toddler!

Hubby is away for a week. I miss him, but having had him always at home for past several months, I must sheepishly admit that I do enjoy this independence(right word for the situation?) a little bit. There is no interference. My mother has come down for 2-3 days, which makes life easier. A MOTHER IS ALWAYS A MOTHER. I feel it again and again as I hug my children and think that they are the cutest ever, or as I make French toast sticks for dinner (for the third night in a row!!) when A demands it even when rice and curry are ready!

I had to talk to A’s teacher for something last night. After the conversation, I mentioned to A that her teacher had called. She asked: “Why did maam call?” I made up something and said: “She called to tell about your numbers test tomorrow. They are going to ask you to write numbers in words tomorrow.” That was cruel of me!!! Till she went to bed, she would ask me randomly: “Amma, how does 8 start? E?” OR “Amma, is 3 written THREE?” Poor thing! Even after going to bed, she asked me again. I could not pardon myself. I got my 4 year old worrying

Today we were in bus stop waiting for bus and she blurted out: “Amma, they should teach numbers in class before giving a test!!” Awww, she still had this in her mind. I told her: “Baby, I was kidding. Teacher did not say such things. I just made it up!” Not sure if she understood it fully or not. Anyways, children are precious and I love their talk. Yesterday neighbor mentioned that her 2 year old was asking for my mother’s name, seeing her water plants outside. I had taken the car out and had put it outside on the street yesterday as some work was going on in the porch, and that little one was asking her mother, “Why is aunty’s car outside today?” I so love toddler chats. They ask the best questions, which we shudder to ask. We think before we ask, which is good for adults

In the latest “The Week” magazine, Mallika Sarabhai had written in her column (titled “Angry Common Man”, link not available online yet, may be next week) about 2 incidences of common man’s frustrations. First one was very similar to my experience with a biker on the road last month, and I felt a little worried that it happens so often – the laziness in the part of police or the law to take action promptly and correctly and the common notion that no change will happen, this is the way things are!

By the way, hubby reads this blog as well. And to him: “I do miss you very much and it is very quiet around here without you. See you soon.”

I almost missed writing about S’s latest milesone! Past 3 days, she has been ironing her uniform herself. I usually get to ironing her skirt in the last minute. And she is very unlike me, she likes to get ready ahead of time. She will get up at 6, and go about her things leisurely. She gets impatient when the skirt is not ironed and I do it last minute. So the other day she asked me to show her how to iron. From then on, by the time I get around to ironing her skirt, she would have done it. Hubby and I were discussing that it is not a safe thing. We have told her that it is hot and to be careful. I hate to say no to things when kids want to try it. So this is to S, for taking off one more task from my list

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