Tory!

Tory is the new mantra in Aryan's household. And I figured it out, out of the blue.

I tried reading stories to Aryan several times when he was younger but it never worked. He was usually interested in picture reading only. He would just put his fingers on pics and ask "What is this?"

So I thought of just doing picture reading to him and avoided reading stories. But recently . one night he was hyperactive and I did not know how to calm him to sleep. And then I said , "Aryan chalo mumma story sunayegi". To my surprise he came running , saying "tory tory" and lied down by my side. And then I told him one story and then another and then another.

Its been a ritual since then. Every night he looks forward to my story telling session. And he doesnot want me to look away but to look in his eyes and tell stories with actions. So reading is ofcourse prohibitted.

He tries to immitate me and say the stories with me or ahead of me too :-)
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Just for the record , I would mention the stories that work for us

1. Dog and his reflection (Dog tory)
2. Two cats and the monkey (cat tory)
3. The big Apple Tree (Parrot Tory)
4. Rabbit and Tortoise (Rabbit Tory)

In the process I have made up a few stories extempore also , coz he came up with wierd ideas , wanted me to tell stories about fan and light , About A , Paati and Aunty, etc.


Some of these stories go like this :

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Fan and the light tory

Once there was a fan and a light in a ...(bathroom /bedroom/Aryan home..depends on what he wants). One day they started fighting.

FAn said , I am more important
Light said , I am more important

Then they decided to stop working for 1 hour each and see what happens.

So first fan stopped. Then Aryan started crying saying "bahut garmi hai"
So papa immediately got the fan fixed.

Then light stopped working. Then Aryan started crying , since it was dark.
So papa immediately got the light fixed.

So fan and light realized that they are eually important and everyone is equally important and became friends.

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A and Paati and Aunty Tory

A went to Paati place but Aryan was not there , so A started feeling sad and lonely. Then Aunty told her to play with X,Y,Z etc. And they all started playing. So A felt happy and realized , More Friends means More Fun.

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Some stories I made up too , to pass on some kind of message.

Like the mouse tory , where the mouse took away the teeth of a kid called Ansh coz Ansh did not brush.
So we should brush our teeth ..

"Brush your teeth , round and round"
"Brush your teeth , "Up and down"
"Brush your teeth , all around"

And the story of the kid who did not share his ball in the park and ended up bored while the other kid enjoyed playing with the ball with new friends.
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Lets see how far we will go with this tory business , as of now its "troop ka ekka" for me !

Snippets From Aryan's World

Scene : We were almost about to doze off.
Aryan : "Diaper nahi pehnana kya ?"
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Aryan : "Aapko dress change karna hai"
Me : "Nahi"
Aryan : "Aapko dress change karna haiii"
Me : "Nahi Beta ..kyo ?"
Aryan : "Mumma Aapko dress change karna haiii" (showing his wet arm) "Gili hai"
Mumma : "Ohh aapko dress change karna hai!!!"

And then we go :

"Bolo , mujhe dress change karna hai"
"I want to change dress"


This Aapko = Mujhe has been driving me nuts these days :-)


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Scene : Aryan sees Papa taking shower

Aryan : "Papa Rain Rain Nahiya"
("Papa taking bath in Rain Rain")

Anupam : "Why do you teach him wrong things ?? can't you say shower"

Me : "I never told him , its his logical interpetation."
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TGIF

Some stuff we did this friday! And it made a space on the walls of Aryan's room.

Kya Yehi Pyar Hai ...

In Aryan's daycare there is a little girl A. She lives in our apartment only. I always knew that they are friends but now , I am not sure if its just plane friendship ;-)

They both start jumping looking at each other. In the morning and also in the evening at the park. A usually goes to the park every day since her father works from home and is able to pick her in day light. We try to take Aryan to park whenever we can. So whenever we come early , we just dump bags and run for park.

Earlier I used to change Aryan's dress / sandals to shoes but now he does not have patience for that too. If I ask him to change he would tell me , "dress gili hai" meaning all the dresses are wet and so nothing to change :-P

There are days when we run to reach the park only to find that A is not there. On those days I try to encourage him to play with other kids But witness his reactions on few of such days.

Day 1 : After 5-10 minutes of waiting and loitering around , he stands tall on the top of the slide to see as far as possible and says with a sad face "A nahi aayi"
Day 2: Very excited to play with A , disappointed to not to find her , cries and comes back home.
Day 3 : A is not in play area, "Mumma no jhula, Gumma, lets go" , meaning lets walk around to see if A is playing somewhere else in the campus.
Day 4 : " After 15 minutes of waiting , "Papa lets go Ghar, mosquitoes"

And some incidents as told by day care teacher.

Incident 1 : Aryan and V (a boy) fought and so the teacher made them sit far for few minutes. A comes hold one hand of both of them and all the three start dancing.
Incident 2 : Aryan told A that V has hit him. A goes and hits V left and right. Comes back and Aryan and A play happily together.

And you know exchanging hearts is so old fashioned , these days its different.

Yesterday night in bed , Aryan holds his feet in hands and says "A ka hai" (this is A's feet), so I asked , ok where is yours and he says "A paas" (Thats with A).

He also insisted to call A to sleep with all of us yesterday but understood when I told him that A likes to sleep with her mom just like you do.

Now after reading all this , what do you say ?

Adult Talk!

• Mumma removed her bangle , so he says "Mumma bangle pehno , bahut nice hai."
• After office , "Mumma dress change kar lo".
• Papa wears a jeans and realizes its not properly ironed so take it off immediately , so he comments "Papa choti hai pant ?"
• Mumma walks bare foot , "Mumma Chappal pehno."
• Mumma ready for office , "Mumma lets go."
• Mumma offers something , "No don't want."
• Mumma doesnot offer something , "I want this".
• Mumma/Papa touches, fiddle , plays, moves his engine , " No my this"
• Ready on a weekend , "Chalein Papa car chailen"
• Papa is missing on a weekend , Mumma tells he has gone out on work, "Mumma auto chailen Gumma".
• Mumma wants to watch TV , "No Mumma , no TV , Light band, Ninna"
• In the park , Mumma introduces him to a girl , Jhanvi, he pays no attention and says "Chota Jhanvi"
• In the park , sees the merry go round , "Mumma I want round round".
• On the Merry go round , "Mumma I want fast"

Of Teaching and Speaking

Mumma : Aryan nose ?
Aryan points to his nose.
Mumma : Aryan tongue ?
Aryan points to his tongue.
Mumma : Hands ?
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Mumma thinks PERFECT!!! ..Aryan told everything perfect !! Mumma sees papa lying next to them..something lights up in her head.

Mumma : See Aryan Moustache ..thats papa's Mush!
Aryan : Mush ! (pulls papa's mush to make him shout :D)
Aryan : (Trying to find his own under his nose) Aryan Mush Tutu :(

(Tutu ..is Broken in baby language ! )

Haircut and Chocolates !

Aryan used to always cry at the haircuts. So much so that sometimes I used to sit with him on my lap for getting his hair cut. The hair dresser used to give him an eclairs or a small perk every time to calm him down. During the first 2 times he did not know what a chocolate was and just grabbed them as a toy. Then he maturedto realize how yummy are these chocolates. So he realized that haircuts are good times when you get chocolates without asking for them.

And yesterday was the first time he had a haircut happily! Without a frown or cry. But then no chocolate was offered...hehehe! That was only for crying kids. So what!!, he cried after the haircut asking for chocolate and since papa was also having a haircut and we needed to stay there , the hair dresser gave him an eclairs :D

Now I wonder, if he learnt the trick and will cry next time again while getting his hair cut :D

Fun at the Weddings !

As many of you know that I was on vacation for 10 days to attend 2 of Anupam's cousins weddings , one in Kota and another in Jaipur.Aryan enjoyed his time at the weddings.
He rocked the floor in his dhoti kurta ,dancing Mithun style in Kota during the sangeet function. But since it was too cold in kota and he being not used to it (born and brought up in Bangalore) he lost all his enthusiasm after sometime and I had to go inside to put him to sleep.

In Jaipur though weather was better and he thoroughly enjoyed both the functions. From dancing in sangeet , to dancing in barat , to sitting on horse with chachu , to touching the horse to see how it feels , to eating loads of ladoos , to trying the bridal chair , to wearing a gardland he did everything. And since he was with his dadu dadi , Tau ji taiji , bua phupha ji and lis cousins he was already on cloud nine.He was so excited that he used to forget when he was hungry and I was running after him for food.

Here is a glimpse of all the fun :

Doing Disco in Dhoti :-)


"Duck Ride : As he called it"


"Sitting Over his Cousin's back"

"Full Masti Mood"


"Dancing in Barat : In Papa's lap"


"Playing with Flowers : Don't I look like a little groom!"


"Pushp Varsha"


"Can someone put a rose for me ?"


"Ok ..I will manage myself ..others are busy with chachu"


"Relaxing with Dadu"

Here is the Answer !

The Answer is :

"Paaaaapyyyyyyyy"

And sometimes even

"Puuppppppyyyyyyy"

LOL!

None of you said the second one , but still the prize for the last quiz will be shared between Swaram, Monika and Suma !!

And Here is the Trophy for Lizy(Winnner of first quiz) and Swaram, Monika and Suma !

Make your guess !

When he is overwhelmed with love for Mumma , he calls her "Mummmyyyyyy"

Now guess what is papa called when he is overwhelmed with love for papa ?