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February 11, 2008

More about School.

So hows school going for Ashu? Long since I updated on her school saga. After the 3 weeks break in December, Ashu took a couple of days to adjust again. She was crying so much on the first day after the school reopened that I just wanted to jump in front of an oncoming car. Give me a break girl! Not back to square one again. But thankfully she was ok after 2 days. That does nt mean she went happily but at least she was nt crying. Miss M and Miss S told me that she is nt her usual cheery mood and is very quiet. When I asked Ashu she said, "I was sad, Amma." Well, that explains everything!!

She has started talking about school much more than before. "B hid in the play house today", "A came with his dad instead of his mom today", "L did nt come to school today. Hes asleep at home with his Amma", "S got the Nemo book today from the library", "Miss M has a cold so shes taking rest today", "Miss S drank tea from a cup", "G brought muffins for everybody. Today is her birthday", "L's nose was running today but he did nt wipe it at all",... Oh, how do I explain the feeling of listening to her? Its wonderful to hear her stories. No whining, no cribbing, no complaining, no gossiping,... Just plain facts seen through a 2 year olds eyes. Theres so much to learn from kids, I tell ya!

Miss M said that Ashu loves singing and is very cheerful and active. She clearly knows what she wants to do and what not. She understands every word of what they are saying and is talking in English a lot more now. Really trying to make sentences. Shes talking a lot at home too and Im panicking already. Two hours of school 4 days a week and less than 3 months, little Missy has already started talking in English. Though Im proud of her accomplishment, it honestly scares me to death. What if she stops talking in Tamil! *shudder* This in spite of Hd and me not talking in English at all at home. (Its not something we do for Ashus sake. We always talk in Tamil at home anyway!) I can only cross my fingers.

After a month, she is back to her usual self, going to school happily. Since her school is in the afternoon and she goes with a full lunch, she goes to sleep in the car before we reach school. And then cries a lot when I wake her up and leave her in class. But the days she does nt go to sleep, she happily waves bye bye to me and settles in class. So Im trying hard to distract her and tell her a story and keep her awake until we reach school. On Friday, she did nt go to sleep luckily and when I left her in class, she swallowed hard and her eyes filled up and she looked at me. I knew the feeling. I had the same damn feeling every single day I went to school and college. I kissed her and told her I ll be back and left her in class. She said bye to me and started to talk excitedly to Miss M. Of all the things, she had to inherit this "starting trouble" from me? God help her and me!

15 comments:

Its our space said...

I came here to remind you of your new year resolution of posting more often and found a cheerful Ashu:) The rebooting time she takes will reduce when she completely grows out of her naps and grows a little older ,I guess. She is not even 3 and I don't know how she manages afternoon school already !

As for speaking Tamil,wish all you can and speak however much Tamil at home,somewhere the kids seem to lose the speaking bit.But understand they do,the most unnecessary and embarrassing parts, even better.I'm trying to invent new meanings for payithiyam very often.Please pass on some tips if you have any :D

Subhashree said...

Enjoyed the post as usual. Ashu is so sweet, I can't wait for my baby to become two :)

Preethi said...

such a cute post... as for speaking tamil.. I have managed to keep tamil in Nantu's head after 8 months of school now.. he still talks in tamil.. but his tamil is sounding more and more like english these days... as they start elementary school, they will stick to talking in english and eventually will stop talking in tamil!! this seems to be the norm among all my friends, some sooner than later!

Anonymous said...

Boo!

I love your blog! You said you make good pasta. Can you please give me a recipe for a nice marinara sauce?

Thanks!
PM

noon said...

She looks sooo cheerful and sweet in this pic. Can you pl write your schedule (timings) as to when you wake her up and when you feed lunch etc - I just don't know how to work it out if KB gets the afternoon slot in the school I like - I plan to just not take it up and wait till next year to put him in that school for that reason only...doesn't she miss her nap? Does this mean she will go to bed by 9.00 pm or so?
Oh man - all this crying before they get used to school - so not looking forward to it. Some people get lucky and don't face any of this - am praying I shd be one of those! :) Knowing KB - if I am not in the vicinity in a new place, he will bring the roof down!

Chitra said...

Hi- Such a lovely post and ashu looks absolutely adorable.
cheers!

Inba's Corner said...

Lovely post, nice pic.
"Oh, how do I explain the feeling of listening to her?" Such are the joys of motherhood :)

Timepass said...

Since school is in the afternoon, if I was in Ashu's place, I too would doze off like her in the car....

Sunita Venkatachalam said...

Boo - Quite honestly, Im looking at the picture and cant quite take in the post, Ashu looks A-dorable.

Poppin is in the crying phase right now at school. Am really nervous !

Maggie said...

What a beautiful head of hair! I'm trying to grow out Moppet's hair, but since she refuses any sort of clips and bands, it's just looking very messy. I finally gave up and cut off all the curls again.

And don't worry about this starting trouble - I think it's good that they cry and get it out of their system in 5 minutes and go on to enjoy their day, rather than spend the day being miserable and controlling their tears.

Anonymous said...

hey why dont you allow her an hours sleep at home after an early lunch, and then take her to school. It could help :)

the mad momma said...

oh if the brat had afternoon school i'd kill myself. he HAS to have his nap otherwise he is the crankiest kid in town. otherwise touchwood he doesnt have my starting problem. gets his love of school from his nerd father i suppose :p

P u said...

HOW oh HOW in the world do u click such cool casual pics of Ashu? Do u always walk around with a camera hanging from ur neck or what?

From day 1, Joy always loses her cutesie expression the moment she looks at the camera! And I think she has some invisible feelers too... she knows even the cam is out of her sight!

Loads of hugs and kisses to sweetie pie... can't wait to listen to her swiss accented english talk!!

Neera said...

Such a cute post! boo is talking so well about everything she does and i totally understand the feeling of listening to them. We need a lesson or two on objectivity from these kids. I am so glad to know she's enjoying scl. Good luck and God bless the smart little girl, thats Boo :)

Neera said...

Oops! Replace all the boo's above with Ashu! Don't know what was I thinking :)

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