My views, opinions on things I encounter,like..

Amma - You did it

2010-01-19T18:06:00.005-06:00

That was the first time I was driving on a highway without my husband. And Adhav was with me. Before I merge onto the freeway, I was all telling him dont disturb me and I have to concentrate blah blah blah. I'm scared of this merging part and he was quite and watching me. Finally as sson I merged and I heard from him -
"You did it Amma"
"oh yeah - I did it"

Question- 4 Santa's vehicle

2010-01-19T17:54:00.003-06:00

Yesterday Adhav was sitting on the countertop and was helping me with something. All of a sudden, he asked
"Mummy - Does Santa come in reindeer or Santa Fe???"

Bug didnt tell me.

2010-01-19T17:44:00.003-06:00

Adhav was asking for help in the restroom. When I was helping him wearing his dress, I saw a bug in his T-Shirt. I removed it and asked -
"How did it come there?"
"Mummy - the bug didnt tell me from where he came?"
Couldnt stop laughing and was thinking how silly my question was!

CD is stuck, it is not wokring properly

2010-01-19T17:36:00.004-06:00

It has been long long time since I posted in the blog. And there are lots of things especially about Adhav which I wanna put it down. Here is one. This happenned last summer and he was running around singing songs. It is ABC song turn.
"ABCDEFGHIJKLM M"
"M N N"
"O"
"Mummy the CD is stuck, it is not working. The song is not coming.. "
"Ahh.."
Hearing that I was stuck. :)

Question - 3

2009-05-16T09:32:00.005-05:00

Adhav is more excited after bath. He doesn't want to stay at one place for putting the cream. After repeated insisting, he was finally near me to apply the cream. He was over excited and hit me on my face.
Adhav - is it a good habit?
Noooo
Then what you should say to amma?
sorrrrrryyyy
How you should ask sorry?
(He hold his ears with hands and says sorry)
hmmm..
After a second,
Are you happy now Amma?
uhhhhh!!!!

Question -2

2009-05-01T14:56:00.009-05:00

Still Adhav doesnt know to frame a question fully sometime. But from the way he speaks, anybody can make out whether it is a question or a sentence. If it a question- last few words of the sentence will be stretched in such a way that we can very well assume to put a question mark when he finishes the sentence.

In this apartment we have a detached garage and our garbage bin is in the garage. So usually if there is any trash, my husband will drop it when he goes to office before taking his car. One day I was tieing the trash and Adhav was watching me doing it. After few seconds he asked -

Appa taking trash to offfffiiiicccceeee, AAAmmmaaa?
uhhh??
Appa taking trash to offfffiiiicccceeee, AAAmmmaaa?

Question -1

2009-05-01T14:30:00.007-05:00

It has been a long time since I took a break from blogging. Hope I dont go into a break sooner again and instead blog for a while.

Again this is about Adhav. These days lots of questions from him and mostyly it makes me stop what I have been doing, think and then I have to answer him. These are few of them I have enjoyed and remember too.

Usually after Adhav wakes up in the morning, I have to hold him for a while and sit with a hug. One day he was sitting like that on my lap for quite sometime and asked

"Who put the roof on top - Amma??"

I was struggling for an answer which he can understand - carpenter, construction people, house building people .... That time my husband came up with a pretty acceptable answer for him - "Bob the Builder".

Pancake and Hash Brown

2008-10-28T12:41:00.003-05:00

After coming to US, came across lot of new food and I didnt have liking for many of them. Pancake was one food in that category for a very long time. One reason was because I have to literally soak the pancake in maple syrup and eat it. I used to think as how people can eat this stuff that too first thing in the morning. Until quite recently a friend gave this tip.

Ingredients:
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Banana -1
Egg - 1
Pancake mix - Any kinda mix

Method:
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Blend Banana to a smooth paste. You can use hand blender too.
Stir the Banana paste with Pancake mix and egg.
Cook on a hot griddle, using 1/4 cup of batter for a pancake.
When the edges are brown, flip it.
Cook until the flip side is brown.

You can eat pancake without any maple syrup too. The banana taste makes the pancake yum yum. And the pancake goes well with hash brown ( I got this recipe from another friend).

Ingredients: (2 Servings)
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Potato -2
Olive Oil -1 Tbsp or Butter - 1Tbsp
Grated Onion - 2 Tbsp
Black Pepper and Salt - as needed

Method:
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Cut the potatoes to very small pieces. You can grate too. I like cut ones(it is easier :) )
Heat Oil or butter in a skillet.
Put the potatoes and cook for few minutes. Turn them now and then.
When the potatoes are brown on all edges, put the grated onion and cook for a while.
Put black pepper and salt.

Enjoy the tasty breakfast.

Circle

2008-10-21T12:36:00.002-05:00

Adhav is getting bored and I have to engage Adhav in some activity. So, I take the writing pad within my reach and thought of teaching him to draw a circle. After some help, I wanna check how his circle looks like??!!
Adhav, now can you draw a circle for Amma?
Draws something like Jalebi and exclaims,
"Amma, this is amma circle"
"can you draw one more please?"
draws one more Jalebi and it keeps going on like this,
"Amma, this is Adhav circle"
"This is Appa circle"
"What is this Adhav?"
"This is carrot"
"This is Helicopter"
"This is letter R"
"This is letter A"
"This is garden"
"This is Box"
"Letter E,Ee(in Tamil)"
"Rabbit"
"Mushroom"
..
..
You can look at his circle in some angle and perceive it as the thing he claims. :) I laugh out loudly on his explanation and he not knowing the reason of my laugh, mimics to laugh and says
"Amma, Adhav laughing"
LOL

Mummy-ma

2008-09-30T17:10:00.005-05:00

"Amma"
..
"Mummy"
..
"Mummy-ma"
"yes thangam"

Somehow he came up with his own way of calling me as "Mummy-ma". I always wanted Adhav to call me as "Amma". But sometimes, I address myself to him as Mummy, like - "Can you please do this for Mummy". Is that how he came up with "Mummy-ma"? The way he says "Mummy-ma" is sooooooo cute that I will feel I should respond to him immediately. And I do infact. Hope he continues with "Mummy-ma".

PS: Offlate he has come up with another word of calling me "Nanni". Wonder how he got this word.

Second love - stickers!

2008-09-30T16:54:00.007-05:00

Adhav's first love was "Bow Bow" (Dogs). When he was 10 months old, he started being crazy of doggies and now it is "Stickers".

These days whenever somebody invites us for kids birthday party - my first and only option for gift is "Books". I try to do some scanning on books and select one appropriate for their age. This time the theme was "Alphabets" and in Kohls we came across this book "My Giant Sticker Activity Book". We wanted to try this book for Adhav too and very happy that we got this book for him. Anytime for any length of time he is ready to play with those stickers. First thing after waking up, he will come to the kitchen, hold my hands and try to pull me to the play mat and ask me -
"Amma , play sticker book".
"Thangam - Amma has to cook. And you first brush your teeth"
"No brushing. Amma, play sticker"

He has become so crazy that 2 days back he slept hugging this book.

Stickers are almost done in this book and I'm not able to get a better sticker book. If you know any good one, do let me know.

Our First Story

2008-09-14T19:40:00.008-05:00

Adhav likes books in general. He was 14 or 15 months old and he was getting exposed to "Winnie the Pooh" characters. I had taken a book from the "Winnie the Pooh" series from the local library (not sure about the exact book name). I would have read the story quite a few times and we both liked it very much. So even after we returned the book to library, we recite the story during bedtime, even now and we both like this one the best. This is a more interactive story and it goes something like this.
In 100 acre woods, Pooh bear was doing exercise. How did he do?
"Adhav will do exercise putting his hands up and down."
He became hungry and his tummy started sounding --
Grrrr Grrrr
So what did he eat then -
Aney (Its honey)
How did he eat the honey?
Mum mum mum
That time what came near the window?
Aney Bee (Honey Bee)
Pooh bear followed Honey bee and where did he go?
Tree
yeah there was lot of honey on the top of tree. And Pooh started climbing the trees. When he was about to take the honey, tree branch broke and how did Pooh bear fall down?
Mamaal (He tries for the word Damaal meaning thud)
Then he thinks and got idea to get a Balloon from Christopher Robin. He gets the balloon and goes up near the honey. When about to take the honey, bee finds out Bear and chases him. That time he falls again - ?
Mamaal
Pooh Bear is hungry and plans to goto whose house?
Abbit (It is rabbit, he is still bad at R)
What does Rabbit give for lunch?
Aney
How did he eat it?
Mum mum mum
His tummy became big after eating and how big was it?
(Streches both the hands to show big tummy)
Then Pooh bear says bye bye to rabbit and when he is about go out, his tummy is stuck in the door. Who is coming to see Pooh bear that time?
Owl
then
Donkey
Donkey's name?
Eeyore
then who else came?
Roo
Then all these people will pull Pooh Bear. And Rabbit will push him from inside. He will come out and he will fly into a hole in a tree. how did he come out?
Mamaal
What was there in the tree?
Aney
How did he eat it?
Mum mum mum
Pooh bear was very happy. Over
Done

He wont be satisfied with this story and there will be more sweet babblings before he sleeps finally ..
GoodNight thangam :)

Exchange of roles

2008-09-12T22:42:00.003-05:00

Lot of times I'm moved by the way Adhav treats me. Couple of days back, he fell down while going down the stairs. So I had told him to be careful when using stairs. After this, one day we were ready to go down and he started instructing me
"Amma slowly .."
"gently .."
"Amma hold Adhav hands".
I had to hold his little finger and walk down slowly like his kiddo.

Pretend and sleep play is another fun. When we are playing, sometimes I will say that I'm feeling sleepy. Imeediately he will stretch his legs and put my head on his lap and will sing
"Amma sleep .. sleep.."
Not even 10 sec.. later he will start
"Amma wake up wake up".

Exchange of roles is indeed touching :)

Hiccups

2008-09-11T10:00:00.001-05:00

It has been a while since I have been thinking that I should start blogging again atleast to write about my son Adhav. Yahoo I made it today!!

Adhav was 15 months old then and we had just moved from Downtown to an apartment in Suburbs. I was so tired arranging things at home and taking care of budding naughtier Adhav. I was trying to feed him his breakfast and he was reluctant to eat as usual. He kept asking
"Amma - thanni" (mom - water)
after eating a piece of Dosa. After offering him couple of times - I lost my patience and said
"Adhu- you eat your dosa and amma will give water after your breakfast"
and I kept the sippy cup off his eyes. He immediately came up,
"Amma - hiccups - wather" (mom - hiccups - water).

I was so surprised hearing a 15 month old speaking like that and gave water when he wasnt getting hiccups either. :) He remembered me offering him to drink water whenever he gets hiccups and used that trick now to get water.

Kids are amazing!

Aerial advertisement

2006-07-18T18:03:00.000-05:00

Came across a new way of advertising/promotion. First time paartha podhu "uhh..different-a erukke"-nnu irundadhu. There is a glider which flies at a comfortable height from the ground and it tows an advertisement banner. Trick here is, since it flies at a less height, there is no question of attracting the attention of the people and the font is so big that you can read it easily in its vicinity. And these guys tow the advertisement on special occations/events when there is large crowd.
Heard that there are quite a few restrictions on the height at which the glider/aircraft should fly for these kind of advertisement, the places where it shouldnt be flown etc.. Itseems sometimes they pull marriage proposal signs, birthday messages too.. Is it a copy-cat from cinema or vice versa??
Anyways I feel this is a novel idea.

Calvin and Hobbes

2006-07-12T19:58:00.000-05:00

First cnh I read

I wanted to have my first post on my favourite comic "Calvin and Hobbes". It was a comic strip which was published in daily newspapers from 1985 to 1995 by Bill Watterson. It is still being repeated in lot of Indian newspapers everyday. It is all about a six year old kid "Calvin" who dislikes going to school, dislikes taking bath, wants to watch TV, play with his best friend "Hobbes". Hobbes is a stuffed tiger for everybody except for Calvin who sees him to be alive. Wikipedia gives a complete information abt CNH.

Browsing the expressions of calvin and hobbes is enough to make you smile. Rereading doesnt get bored. You will still enjoy it. In my previous work place, there was a colleague of mine who used to send one snippet everyday first thing in the morning. Missing it these days!! Will try to post favourite snippets now and then.

Kick Start

2006-05-12T14:48:00.000-05:00

Got interested in blogging and want to try my hand in putting down my views, experiences, likes, dislikes, crazy things, crap ones .. Hoping to do it regularly.