Happy Playing - Part I

I need not worry about allowing Thamizhini to play, as our apartment has its own play area for kids. And Thamizhini for her 2.4 years, she has spent almost all her evenings here only. We started taking her out from her six months and till now she hasn't missed her play time, except few times due to cold / fever or gone out. I'm really very much happy that Thamizhini enjoys her childhood with all time play. Kudos to my in laws and my parents, as they are the one who take her everyday to play.

Sand play!

Initially when Thamizhini was small (I can say, Stage1), she was very calm and quitely watched other kids play from our hand when we sit in the park. Everyone in the park used to say that Thamizhini is so cute and calm. Once she started walking, (stage2), she used to pull her body towards the play items like swing, slides etc. We had to sit with her on the swing and play with her. Once she started talking with few words (may be stage3) like what she wanted, we were in trouble. She always wanted to play and always wanted to go to the park. Till then everything was OK and we could manage her in the park. But I used to think by seeing other kids play, and their parents first and most task in the park is "reconciliation" :D

Posing!

She started walking, running and talking fluently (stage 4), yeah, it started at her one and half years of age and nothing was in our control. I need not have any more staging for her, because there is no much change in it. Always fighting, complaining and then crying. Gr....

Thamizhini has many friends in the Apts, and many are passer by. But as of now Naren and Tarun are Thamizhini's good friends. They all three play together and some times they make group among three and plays. Yeah, they will leave one alone and play, most time of the time Thamizhini will be alone as she is smaller compared to them and sometimes she cries adamantly so boys leave her n go :D

Apuchi, I'm grown up! I'm able to climb up!

Most of the time Thamizhini's granny will accompany her, but once she is back from park, she used to illustrate all the things that happend in the park. All incidents would be lovely to hear from her and I would love to see her expressions when she talk about them. And of course most of the incidents are about complaining them.
The one incident that she and me cannot forget in our life time is this. This happened around 2.5 months back, but still she remembers and tells me twice in a day. On that day, she casually came home from park after playing and while I was bathing her, she told me this.

Thamizhini: Amma...
Me: Enna da.
Thamizhini: Amma, Naren enakellam cycle kedaiyathunu sollitan.
Me: Eh da apdi sonna?
Thamizhini: Enakellam cycle kedaiyathunu sollitan.
Me: (Repeating) Eh da apdi sonna?
Thamizhini: (Thinking for a while and ) Therile...

Of course there should be some naughty story behind this but she was not ready to share that. Even If I woke her up from sleep and ask, she will tell this. This has been carved in her heart I guess.

Naren: Thamizhini is naugthy!

And these days, Naren become more dependent on Thamizhini and he comes our home by searching for her. And once he is in, he holds Thamizhini's hand and pulls by saying this: "Va Thamizhinii, Velayadam. Va polam." And for first few times she would look at me to seek permission from me. But these days, if he asks, she will run with him. She will not wait me or my mom to accompany her. We had to run behind them. And sometime they both play in our house and Thamizhini likes to share everything to him.

In the evening, if Thamizhini is late to go to playground, Naren would come to the ground floor of our block and calls Thamizhini by saying her name. For first few times Thamizhini was not aware that he is calling her, but later whenever she hears her name, she tells us that "Naren Koopidran", even we would not have heard his sound. 

Moving on to Part II with few more cutest incidents!

My First Winning Experience

Yeah! I have just asked Amma to be away from this post. Why because, she is too much happy to write about this and I'm sure she will be praising me like anything! Ya, I'm too much shy to show off generally! Hmm... anyhow I would like to share what I did today so that everyone will know what I won too!

As it was Sunday, we all slept nicely and all of a sudden Amma was telling Appa that oh! we have to go to "Baby Show" with Thamizhini'. I was so happy to hear that they are taking me out today! Appa gave me bath and we all were ready to go. We started after breakfast, as we reached the "Shemrock" school it was almost 10:30. Thinking that how did I know the time? Amma was telling Appa that we are late and it is already  10:30. I could see many kids like me were running here and there and playing with toys and other stuffs.

Jolly Jolly!

Amma was telling me to listen and pointing where kids were telling Rhymes and Stories. Yes, I could only see kids who are playing. I was not able to look at a kid for a second who were telling Stories / Rhymes. Amma asked me to tell Rhymes there. But I just played there as if I don't understand what she was trying to say! Amma left the idea of making me to say Rhymes.

Look at that blue shirt Anna,, he is flying!

Later, one Aunty came and told us that in the upstairs Puzzle competition is going on. I just thought for a second that what is this lady telling to Amma, but in the next second Amma brought me to upstairs. Wow... small tables were arranged so that a kid like me, can sit and play a puzzle. I liked that table & chair, so I ran there to sit. But my Amma thought that I'm running there to be part of puzzle game. Grr.... But in fact I liked that puzzle board, so I just kept the puzzle pieces in the board. Yeah, forgot to tell you that the puzzle board is Alphabets. As I know them for sure, I just arranged them in few minutes. As I was looking for the other puzzle, there came a new one which I have not seen at home. That was a board to arrange shapes and colors. But somehow I managed to do that too!

Amma, kai -le Chocolate iruku, Neengale vangikonga antha paper -eh!

I was not really feeling comfortable with the crowd, So I went to Appa and he took me outside to play on the bouncy castles. While going out I just looked at Amma in the side eye, she was sitting calmly and enjoying the kids performance. I just gasped that somehow I escaped from Amma. :D

Periya Anna is jumping crazily!

 It was too sunny that day, but still I loved to play in the open area. After sometime Amma came out and pulled me inside and that time they were announcing the results for all the competitions. I could here someone calling my name loudly, and I could see Amma & Appa's happy face. I really did not understand what was going on, but Amma took me to the stage and one Aunt handed over me the thick colorful paper and one cup. I have seen these cups at home and Amma was telling me that Appa has won them in the Cricket match.

At last, I posed!

After reaching home, Amma and Appa were happily showing and telling this cup toy to my grandparents and they were also very happy. Hmm.. I was bit sad that they abruptly took me from the bouncy castles at school. I wanted to play more. Check out the below video to know how I enjoyed in playing bouncy castle!

From Amma: Yeah, she is right! She has won the Third prize on the Puzzle competition in the age group of 2 - 4. Whoopee! 

I did not know that Nalin has covered this. The organizer asked all kids to be gathered on the stage. I sent Thamizhini also there. As there were many kids, I was just trying to see where she was standing and somehow I got her. She was standing close to one girl and watching her. I was thinking that what see is looking at and I could see that girl is having one chocolate in her hand and trying to open to eat it. I moved towards Thamizhini thinking that she should not wrench that chocolate (I'm sure, she will not, but still) from that girl. But in few seconds she moved away from that girl and joined with clapping kids!