2016-17 changes & achievements-- He/ She

This year has been a crazy year. I have been trying hard to settle down into my new role with lesser time left for you kids. 

Discipline issues have been my focus...set them right now to make sure their future is set.

Even with that, baby & baba have managed to put in their best into everything. Here n there, marks dropped, but that drop is what brought them back on their feet and pushed them to perform better in their next assessments.

He grabbed II place in inter-school relay race & III place in school relay race. Tried really hard in the 200 mtr run. He would have won for sure in 100mtr run if he had been chosen for it. Well, there's always a next time. Assessments have been taking a hit with more of TV & video games...I got to put a stop to this (evil me).

She won the 1st place in Song writing competition. She's surely chosen the right path :). She's got her Blue belt in Karate. First assessment we saw a drop in her SST numbers. By the 2nd one she was one of the kids to score the highest in class. Need to see how she performs in her finals. 


Baba with competitive spirit, always butts in when baby is being pushed for better scores or appreciated for good things. 

Appaji told baby, if she scores well in the finals, we will get a Kindle as gift. Baby thrilled with no clue on pricing. Baba jumped in to say 4999 & 8999. How would he know appaji wondered-- now that the power of TV watching. 

He's curious, inquisitive and always questioning about everything and she's curious only about subjects she likes.

This academic year we got baba enrolled to skates & baby into Piano classes with Mr.Sudipta Ray in December 2016. She's now getting ready for 5th grade Piano Theory exam & Carnatic Classical Junior examination to be held in May. 

Good luck to my babies for their upcoming exams.

Slow...?? No, stable.

I seemed to have slowed down in recording the wonderful time with my kids. Work has become hectic giving me lesser time with kids :(

Baby has been very understanding and supports me whenever she can. Lazy bones creep in once in a while..making me call her Buffali (female buffalo lol ). She is growing up to be a beautiful girl who's also lovable. Choosy about who she wants to be with, what she wants to eat, what she wants to learn.
While I thought things had slowed down a bit, she came home yesterday with her certificate from Nazariya. She's got 3rd place in Nazariya Art competition in School level. Also participated in Poster making competition.
This year also saw her participating in Berserk 2016 in UB City. She sang Rolling in the Deep for the auditions. Cleared the first round but unfortunately got eliminated in the next.

Keyboard lessons stopped, but much to her liking we found Piano classes. Its a week since she's joined and she's enjoying playing the Piano during classes and coming back home and practicing for another 10-15mins everyday on her keyboard.

As for Baba, he's enjoying his skating lessons & practicing running. Got him new Spikes. He's all style in his yellow colored Spike Shoes.
Got selected for Inter-school relay competition & won a Silver. Also has participated in Nazariya Art competition again this year. The boy is now getting ready for sports day. He's running in 200m and Relay race. Unwell today, down with fever. Hope he recovers by next week. He also turns 8 next week :) My boy is a year older.

Pain of growing up

Amma why am I the elder one, why should I be the one to get scolded all the time. Ajji never scolds Om when he troubles me. Amma when you are not there, no one listens to me. This is what baby keeps telling me offlate. My little one seems to be getting pampered by his granny. And she being the elder one is at the receiving end always.
What do I have to tell her...being the elder one has its own advantages...when you grow up, everyone will listen to you and not to him :-P,  I know am wrong, but how do you calm your 11yr old. I try and support her or end up scolding both my kids when there's a fight between them. This way, am not seen taking sides. I end up being the bad one though! Doesn't matter, fight ends there. Peace!

Baby do you have a crush on someone, and she says no..Does anyone have a crush on you, and she says no...how would I know. As she starts to feel uncomfortable with the conversation that appaji has started, she starts to run away from the room. Escape!

Amma, Mari & I wrote a love song in school. See if you like it. Well I did like it..for a start it was well written. Then she says, amma dont tell appaji about it, otherwise he will tease me with it. Shy!