18/11

on the way back from school drop saw a few garbage collectors, all grown up men, playing with a huge purple teddy bear they found...

19/11

on the way back from school got adventurous took an unknown route ended up going towards mysore road and got stuck in traffic for half an hr!!

20/11

me: ikshu, getting late for bus finish ur breakfast and lets go

duggu: whats the time Mr. wolf

me: its time to go mr. sheep

d:its a game - whats the time mr. wolf

me: oh is it, i didn't know (i really didn't)

d: you don't know any game

me oh yeah?

d: do you know whats the time mr. wolf?

me: no

d: do you know earth, water, ....?

me: no

d: do you know running cathcing?

me: no

d: do you know land and sea

me: yeah i know, i was the one who taught you that (i really did)

d: NO WAY!!

me: (one of these days i should teach the kids in the apartment - the boys too - to play pandi - the traditional tamil version of the hopscotch)

18/11

morning school drop - he got off the car and closed the door without saying bye. wasn't happy about that. so waited just few more seconds there and he turned back to check!! waved bye!! makes the 6+6 km drive in addition to the 25+25 km daily commute worth...

17/11

Saying byes at the school.

d: mama what time are you going to be back?
me: 8:30 / 9
me: why?
d: even i am going to be late today (coming back home from the play area downstairs)!!

16/11 8:20 AM

On the way to school

d: we will reach before S7F?

me: no i don't think so, but you will reach before the prayer starts or before Tina ma'am comes to the class.

d: sometimes she comes so late we even start the prayer without her

me: oh yeah? what do you all pray?

d: father thee... thy etc .... (must be Tina specific prayer - a long one, but not bad, he remembers the entire one)

me: do u know namo arihanthanam?

d: yeah, i know, namo....... namo uvajjayanam

me: what about namo loye savva sahonam?

me: do u know shuklaam bradaram?

d: naw... thats kannada

me: no its not kannada its sanskrit, do u want to learn

d: no, i don't understand that

me: (that's a fair point)

15/11 4 PM

d: Mama these days i am not getting any dreams
me: oh oh why not?
d: that you should ask my body. Its probably because I am not watching TV just before sleeping.
me: really? u r probably sleeping too sound to remember any dreams.
d: no, the other day i saw dinasuars in power rangers and went to sleep and so i saw dinasuars... (last week he woke up one day saying mama dinasuars are coming at 10:30, to the play area - as in the santa is coming around in the evening to the apartment!!)

14/11 10:30

at breakfast table - ikshu is sitting and shaking from butt up - up and down... and goes... mama why are you shaking up and down?

log... mostly the darn things ikshu says / does...

13/11 7:35 AM

me: duggu wear your shoes... bus is coming...
duggu: which shoes are you giving me
me: how about this orange and grey?
d:give me something supriya has not seen
me:ah you can't have new shoes that supriya has not seen everyday
d:no this shoes she has already seen and she will say i have already seen...
m: it doesn't matter dugga whether supriya seen this or not
d: u would think so, right, but i don't think so...