Embarrassing moments

We are waiting at the school playground for Nidhi. Ari who has been sitting at the bench next to me decides he wants to go check out the drinking water fountain. He gets up, puts his pretend glasses down on the table, points at the octogenarian sitting opposite us and says loudly
"Make sure this man doesn't take my glasses."
I, trying not to look at the man and hoping he hasn't heard or understood, say "I'm sure he doesn't want them. He's got his own."

Teaching Ari

When Nidhi does homework or learning, Ari likes to do something too. I've given him one of Nidhi's pre-school books to work through. Yesterday we were doing a page on phonics and initial sound recognition. This is how it went;
Me: What is this picture?
Ari: A dog
Me: Yes. What sound does 'dog' begin with?
Ari: Woof

And again, with 'balloon' and 'pop'.

Truly, he gives us so many unexpected moments to laugh out loud.

And he's off..

On Easter Sunday we took the kids to the local Tesco which has a huge carpark. As the store was closed, the carpark was empty. Perfect for practising Ari's cycling skills we thought. Rohan raised the stabilisers so Ari could not support himself on them. Ari thought he would not be able to cycle like that as he could not start off. But when we explained that that was how Nidhi and daddy cycled, he was off in no time. Within minutes he was racing his sister, pedalling away like anything. He also learnt to start off and stop safely in no time. Wanted no help from us. Very proud of this little fellow.

Arispeak and more

Ari pronounces words funny sometimes by inadvertently misplacing letters. For a long time he used to say 'beshoc' instead of 'because'. He still says 'aminals' for 'animals'.
He has learnt to recognise the letters in his name. Whenever he says an ' A' anywhere he yells " Look, that's my name!"
His number skills have improved and he recognises numerals to 10.
He currently loves watching Octonauts and Heroes of the City.
He does not like being told off, especially by his dad. He gets very sad, all teary eyed and trembling lips when his dad raises his voice. He is quick to make up however. A sorry and a hug and he forgets all unpleasantness. He is a happy boy most of the times. He dwells in the present. He is not mindful of how he moves and consequently falls or bumps himself often. But is not particularly bothered by them.
Things get broken around him a lot again because he is not thoughtful if how he handles things.
Mealtimes are messy. Food and especially drink end up on the floor quite a bit.
He is getting quite good at riding his bike and the scooter.

About Christmas and dying

Today we were talking about Christmas being Jesus' birthday. Ari asked if we could go to Jesus' house. Daddy explained that God would take us to his house one day, after we die. Ari thought about this and said "Will you die with me? I don't want to die alone."