Pappa at office

Friday evening Ahana was busy drawing the attached picture in her drawing book. One she said was Amma, big in size, and the other she was said was Baby...herself...as it was small in size. My mother-in-law asked her to draw a third person...Pappa and Ahana said, he's at the Office :-)

Goddess Durga

Now thats Goddess Durga. Ahana & I had been to my mum's place for a few days when my brother was here in town. And we got a chance to show Ahana Yakshagana.

She thoroughly enjoyed the show which was put up by a troop which had come from Karkala. They enacted the story of Goddess Durga & Mahishasura story. She liked the story, the strong Mahishasura & the strength of the Goddess. After the show next day, my mum made her a Trishoola (Durga's weapon) with a piece of cardboard. That's it...for the next few days, we had to see Goddess Durga dressed in my dupatta with her weapon standing and jumping around.

A Class monitor in the making

We as parents have always felt proud whenever we have visited her school during Parent-Teacher meets. Every meet we get to hear that she is an all-rounder.

Last year in Nursery class, her teachers used to ask us to teach her to use the word "Sorry"....the most difficult word for anyone to say...who accepts mistakes afterall ;-) But after many stories and counselling, she started to use the golden words...Thank you, Sorry, Please, Welcome. And by end of the year, on her last day of School, she was given an award for best student in Academics. I would thank her teachers Gayatri & Veena madam's for the good behaviour & English they taught to my child. Gayatri took special care for the children to teach them good English, good habits & cleanliness. Veena on the other hand took care of getting the creative part of the child out, by teaching them drawing & craft. Both patient, yet strict when required.

This year again she has Sugandhi & Archana madam as her class teacher. She has been rated the All-rounder in her class and is the first one to lift her hand when asked questions in the class or volunteer for any activity. Every day Ahana has newer ways to impress them and manages a star from them everyday.

Yesterday Ahana was proudly showing off the star that her teacher had given her on her hand.
On being asked, why she was given one, she said, she had helped her teacher in collecting all the papers that been distributed in the class and given it to another teacher in another class. Her class teacher had then thanked her and given her a Star on the back of her palm.

Our days of schooling, any child who is an all-rounder would be the class monitor/ mentor. I never was one :-), may be she will be.