Grade One mania

She was waiting for these days from past two months- i.e to go to Grade 1.
At last she's there.
But, on the actual day when it all started, she wanted to be with amma and appa!
She had had so much fun during her summer break, that 'study' and 'school' went out of her list of 'to- do-things':)

There are two more reasons why she doesn't like it now:
One, she has to stay in school till evening. Her complaint for this goes something like this- " I am too tired. I have to stay till evening. My whole body is sweaty. I feel terribly hungry. You know how much difficulty we go through after the classes are over. We have to stand in the line to go to our respective buses, and it is too hot. You don't understand anything. You only know to send me to school".

Reason two, she doesn't get to eat her lunch with appa. Night, as usual, by the time appa comes home she will be fast asleep. The only time she gets to see her appa is morning when he is dropping her to the bus stop.

Such hardships of life!!!Ufff:)

Last one month has been very difficult with her.
Parenting looked like a Herculean job!

Every step we (S and I) took to bring down her irritability provoked her to show more frustration and tantrum.
It was very clear then that she was tired of the monotony of this life and more so she was missing her grandparents.

Now somehow we realise that it's just a transition period as she is growing up.
It looks a lot like Teen Age period where the teenager thinks and acts like a grown up yet she/he's got to learn a lot. And when these things are explained they become irritated even more.

'A' needs a lot of appreciation almost all the time and she is fully aware when she is doing something wrong.
She needs her mummy's attention at all times. When given strict instructions not disturb amma, she will make sure that she will repeat the same statement 10 times when I am working thus ending up disturbing me:)

Cutting and pasting papers is her new favourite past time (thanks to her teachers and Mister Maker of CBeebies). Of course, her love for water and sand continue to be present.
Her TV watching has been reduced to half hour a day (looking at the addiction she was beginning to have with the box) with 'no violence and no cartoons' tags attached.

Growing up to be Intelligent

She is the one who reminds her father to switch off the lights before leaving the room.

She perfectly placed an apple infront of the fire to heat it. The reason: her mother had explained her not to eat it soon after taking it out from the refrigerator and to wait till it's almost back to room temperature.

She scolded me for throwing away her cut nails as she thought that the nails would get hurt and start crying if done so.

Plus 2 years

I think this 2+ yrs is the most toughest period handling her.
She understands many things and at the same time she 'doesn't understand' many other things related to them.
The end result being TANTRUMS.
I seem to be loosing patience so many times yet she makes me laugh immediately with her cute reactions and consolations:)
The most unbearable yet adorable behaviour is her 'incessant talk' for the whole day (even while she is having her food for which i need to remind her that she has to chew her food and not talk).

Fourteen months and many things have been learnt...

-To carry her favourite doll and mobile phone for her music to be played when she is sleepy...

-To wear chappals while going out...

-To cry while her dad changes clothes to go out...

-To sing when being asked...

-To hit her face when she is angry...

-To ask 'mum mum' when hungry...

-To look at the sky when asked to show pigeons...

-To show where her ears, eyes, head and stomach is...

-And finally to make us understand that she has grown up and a 'KID' anymore.