New year & achievements

A new year has begun..same school, different set of friends for both the kids as the classes get shuffled.
Ahana boohoooo'ed after returning from school, coz she was the only one from her section in this new class. Its a week now since the school reopened and she seems settled and happy with her friends and class teacher.

Last year Ahana managed to grab the all-rounder award for Class-5. We learnt from her class 5 teacher that she had all chances of winning the Best student of the Year award for Class 1-5, but had just missed it. Nevertheless, we are proud parents :-)

Just last week we also got to know that her painting which had been done for Nazariya Competition through her school had been shortlisted for display at Venkatappa Art Gallery. Appaji & I did a last minute run to see her art and glad we could make it. Got to know that there were 6000 children who had participated and 100 got shortlisted for display.
 Theme::  Global Warming

What my friends had to say :D

So proud to know that her's got chosen.

On the occasion of World Environment day she also participated in another painting competition organised by NPSEF.
Theme:: “Swachh Bharat – A Noble Vision 2019”
Waiting to see the results..
There's a lot more to learn, and this is just a beginning. Hoping she achieves what she's looking for...

Updated on July 16:
Ahana got 1st place. So proud. Wish I could get to see what she painted. Her painting will be sent to Prime Minister Modi's office for his viewing :)

Boatra...

Om has got the same teacher for 1st std as my girl had got. This teacher had happened to be one of my girls favourites and still remains. Teacher was happy to have Om also in the same class as hers..
Om after his first day at school came home and announced...amma my class teacher is Shipra ma'am...If Ship became a Boat then we would have called her Boatra ;-D

Hindi mania

Ajji & amma are out to purchase some veggies and Om sees his ajji checking out the prices of Avarekaalu and picking up loads of it.
He is aware that his sis dislikes avarekaalu, to an extent that she is willing to forego food if thats the only thing thats been prepared for the day.
So he comes running back to the car where his dad & sis are sitting and announces, "Ahana tumhare liye bahut buri khabar hai, ajji avarekaalu le rahi hai"

Om & dad are out for a haircut. The barber was done with using scissors and next was the electric trimmer to trim the ends at the neck. Om doesnt like it as he says it hurts him...the moment the barber brought it close to his neck, he announced, "mein tho badi museebat mein hun."