Growing up with Yash

Today, I dropped Yash at his friend's place for rehearsing his lines for his upcoming school day. As we reached close to her place, Yash mentioned 'I think my tummy's telling me I'm shy'! It was so 'matter-of-fact'ly that I looked at him to see his expression. I am amazed that he interpreted his feeling of excitement and anticipation coupled with feeling shy, so well. We all get the butterflies, but for a boy of 6.5 yrs to understand what it means is a little achievement in the 'emotional development' department. I remember when he was younger, maybe about 2.5 or 3 yrs old, once he had gone upto his dad and said 'Dad, I am feeling cranky'. At that time, he was sleepy and was tired of playing, but he had understood his feelings and had felt the need to tell his dad about it. It hasn't all been rosy, he has had his fair share of tempers and tantrums, fights and breakdowns too. But overall, he has been in touch with his feelings and

Yash is our 6 year old son. He loves eating puliyogare, riding his scooter, going to school, listening to stories (especially from his dad), and most of all, watching videos of Evan on Evantube :) Like his current idol Evan, he wanted to review a toy he had newly got. Here is the video. Enjoy and don't forget leave a comment. Yash will be excited to hear from you!

Here is a detailed description of how we spent our time at Singapore and Malaysia, having the time of our life... Day 1 - Musthafa Shopping Mall and City Square Mall -  We were rather tired since we had barely got any sleep. We set out to find lunch at Little India and went to Saravana Bhavan. After this we walked to Musthafa center which was just a stone's throw away. We spent a good 2 hours buying nothing :) First impressions about Singapore: Yash : 'Are we there yet? Wow! Amazing! Love the bubble tea dad..... When are we going here... there... everywhere.....' Me : 'We finally made it here, how's it gonna turn out? I hope we all have a good time' Vickram: 'What a beautiful city! Can't wait to see the city through my lens' My Mother in Law: 'Why do all the women here wear such skimpy clothes? ;) Next we walked to City Square Mall again a stone's throw (though you really gotta swing the stone far;) ) as we had promised Yash he wo

The welcoming high rises of Singapore We spent the Christmas of 2013 at Singapore. We were on a holiday there for 5 days, before we moved on to Malaysia. WE includes me, Yash - my 5.5 yr old son; Vickram - my husband ; and my mother in law. We had been planning to take this vacation since long but work kept us busy. We finally decided that time was right and went for it. We tried planning it by ourselves but thought the better of it. Planning by ourselves would mean that we had to pour hours into planning each small detail. Me being a control freak does not help matters. I hate it when things don't go according to plan. And if I've spent hours especially, god save people around me! We considered the holiday to be more for Yash's enjoyment and pleasure. For about two weeks before the D Day, Yash and his dad would browse through the favorite hot-spots for kids at Singapore. Yash knew the places we were gonna visit and even played a role in shortlisting the final itin

It has been a roller coaster ride the last few months, looking for the perfect school for Yash, our six year old son. He was at Podar Jumbo Kids from playschool to Sr.K.G. We have been very clear since the beginning that we would not settle for a school that did not match our ideologies. Also, Yash is an early reader (was able to read by 4) and that kinda made us believe that he was a little genius ;) Now, we did not want to quash this genius in the bud by enrolling him to a school that doubled up as a factory of kids rattling off the text books that they mugged up. Exactly what I did not want for Yash! Thankfully, me and my husband Vickram, both were of the same belief, making it easier to convince the rest of the world that we were seeking alternative education for our son. Since we are living in south of Bangalore, the choices were limited to The Valley School, Shibhumi and CFL. We were more comfortable with The Valley School for various reasons including but not limited to