Diwali Gift

Diwali round the corner and children at school and home come across celebration, sweets, gifts and goodies. Question from little curious people -what is Diwali, and I explain my 3yr old baby with- Ram ji after killing Rawan on Dashehra with Sita Mata comes back home to Ayodhya after 14 yrs and people there started celebrating Diwali and till now every year we celebrate this day and light diyas, do puja and give gifts to our loved ones…..the next question came up – “What will I get as my Diwali Gift “ J

Diwali gift – hmm. “What will you like to have as your gift shona”….”Mumma I want a scooter “– Deal!

So the gift for Abeer was final we were supposed to buy a scooter for him and a Toy Laptop was also confirmed as his gift this year.

“What will you give me as my Diwali gift dear?”  “ummmmm I will gift a Purse / wallet – a orange color wallet, and Papa I will gift you a new Belt! This  3yr old surprises me with his witty answers and his choice for gifts is wonderful too, as he knew I have a old wallet and papa wanted to buy a belt too.

A day before Diwali we three went for shopping for “Our” Diwali gifts at a bag store, Salesman directed us to the counter where wallets on kept on display…”Mumma I don’t like any orange purse here, take this Purple one”….Walla! it was a good  Baggit wallet that he picked for me…..Nice choice!  And Belt again was a good choice for Papa,it was  just that papa picked up the black color instead of brown which Abeer suggested.

“Abeer pay for the gifts now...” “I don’t have money – you pay “ hahahahaha  “ I will get my money bank box next time” hehehehe

Children are so sweet, sensitive, true, and so lovable, as we grow up we loose up these qualities to some extent, we start manipulating, and we get diplomatic on situations… we get fake!

Diwali came, Abeer got his gifts which were promised – he was very very happy!

God bless!

Dressing up like Dad

Family week in the school, kids being taught about family members, relations - family tree...kids learn fast and easiest way is to involve "fun" in learning and Fancy dress is the most fun event for kids when it works out with the theme being taught at school.

So this was it, the week got over with teaching about family, its members, sticking pictures of family members in the EVS book, coloring the pictures in the book...last but not the least was a message which came over from the School "dress your wards as one of your family member"

And the work started....first convincing a 3yr old for going to school dressed up as his favorite family member, then asking his choice - Answer " I wanna dress like Papa"....ok done, deal! Another task making him dress like one.

The day came, took out his smart clothing - a waist coat , shirt, and trousers. And to his surprise a readymade Turban, as we are from a Sikh family and turban adds to a smart dressing :p

Taking his early morning tantrums for getting ready for the school, I took out my Kajal pencil and my child being un-ware and showing as if I am applying  a crème to his face , I made mustache and beard on his face, made him wore his [I]patka[/I] and graced up with is ready to go Turban :)

But, we made sure that he didn’t saw the mirror, else he would have got rid of his kajal made mustache and beard : o

He looked very cute - a little [I]sardarji[/I], got awarded, and appreciated for dressing up smartly :cool:

School takes us to a troll when ask for getting the little ones dressed, but the pride which kids take latter when role playing is great !