r u feeling better?

Manu went straight to harsh's house form school ,friday evening so they were supposed to have dinner together.I hadn't seen him after I dropped him for school in the morning at 8:30 .

When I picked him at 9:00 pm I told him I had missed him. On reaching home he asked me to play catch catch. It was surprising as it was bed time and he loves to read or do puzzles before he sleeps. Anyways we played for five minutes and then he asked me if I was feeling better?

I realised later that this is the activity I usually do to cheer him up when he is in a bad mood.

How caring...

seat belts in the rocket

manu-i think this person has not put seat belts  ,please can u ask him to do so ...

harsh-ok i will 

manu-check...check...

harsh-ready to fly?

manu-yes 10,9,8,7...

This converstaion caught my attention  and I peeped in their room to see what they were playing.They were sitting on pillows flying a rocket ,with a map in hand that was suppossedly the seating arrangement,and the rocket had passengers who had to fasten seat belts:-)  

sanya is coming

sanya :-) a pretty little girl age 5 ,neils friend 

harsh -4 and a half ,neils friend 

Sanya was coming home to play with neil and harsh came home as well straight from school. I picked them up from the bus stop .Read the conevrsation between the two-

manu-sanya is coming home today 

harsh-who is sanya?

manu-she is my friend

harsh-is she 3 years old 

manu-no 5 years old .when she comes home be very carefull ,please do not touch her,she might get hurt

harsh-why will she get hurt ?

manu-her fingers are very soft :-)

my my ...i couldn't stop smiling ,hmmm getting his facts right-girls are delicate:-)

are they real ?

We had gone for Nikuledian circus-an amazing performance by russian trapeze artists ...

Seeing them fly manu asked if they were real? After the James Bond episode it was hard for him to beleive that they were real people . Their performance was just fabulous. I pointed out that there was a net below and even if they fall  they would not hurt themselves. 

I could see the awe in his face. 

I think it was a little difficult for him to distinguish between the tricks of Bond and the artists...

of death and beyond

I did the advanced course at the german ashram this New Years . While I was doing the course ajit and manu spent some quality time with guruji. Once guruji asked "manu where is papa" and manu said "i don't know" and then ajit got a good one from guruji ..."don't leave him alone:-)" 

Guruji loves kids ...manu and the other kids at the ashram were preparing a surprise for guruji. The enviornmet was blissfull.Everyone was glowing in love .

 Ever since then manu has been asking me if guruji liked him the best .I keep telling him that he loves everyone but somehow he has got the feeling that Guruji loves him and ajit the most. 

Yesterday all of a sudden he asked"does guruji have a manu"

I said yes he has you na ,he is always with you. 

"Does Gujruji have a mother"

"Yes  he had a mother but she died" manu was shocked to hear this answer ...

"Did he cry ? Did he feel very sad " 

"Yes I think he felt really sad but he prayed for her"

"He prayed for her to come back?"

"I think he prayed that whereever she goes she should be very happy"..it was getting really difficult for me to handle,even we as adults cannot handle this topic,so I was wondering what must be going on in his head.

"Mommy will you also die "

"Yes"

I could see the sadness engulf him

"Will daddy also die" 

"Yes all of us have to die one day ...thats the nature of life"

hmmm ..he was in  deep thought 

I didn't want to  explain  more to him,thought it was better to leave him alone .I think it'll sink in over a period of time 

manus first story -have to add this ,he wrote this story in November 2008

 I went to a cave.There was a lioness she wanted food,I gave her food,next day I went to the cave she was happy and we lived happily ever after ,the end:-)

james bond continues

I was cooking and manu was playing in the living room ,I could hear him jumping ..

Suddenly he got excited and called me "mommy look at me ..see ,come here now..."

I went to the living room and there he was all ready to show me how he could jump from the sofa and before I realised what he was up to he flipped and turned his body and landed with his forehead on the ground ...

Guess what he did not cry...I could see him in pain ,but he wanted to keep a straight face.I told him it was ok to cry if it hurt him ,but he said no mommy I am smart and strong because I drink so much milk ,I don't get hurt and spider man and James bond don't hurt themselves when they fall...

sigh! sometimes what we tell children gets back to us and we cannot say much because we create that world for them ,guess I should stop telling him he'll be strong like spiderman if he drinks milk .

Miss Nipunni

manu loves his teacher..

mommy miss nipunni really likes me ( he was saying that with a big tongue out and a shy smile) 

you know she called me in front of the class and showed me to all children and said this is how all of you should dress up for tomorrows group picture .He had a gleam in his eyes .His tiny world has so many small little joys ...god bless an let the small joys always brighten his life.

James Bond

we wathced the latest Bond movie-Quantum of solace and manu enjoyed the movie ...
he was fascinated with Bond ...
mommy see he can jump from the roof and he dosen`t hurt himself ,and they flew and the parachute opened only in the end ...
he was bewildered.
Scary for me... I had to remind him that it was only a movie and that the actors were just playing a role ,like he played the role of a pig in his school drama ,he is actually not a pig ...
Don`t know how much went into his head .
I made him jump from a high wall and his leg acually hurt when he landed ,so u see james bond also gets hurt like u when he actually jumps ..hope something went in his world of imagination.
he nodded but he did look confused...

Neil Armstrong

Manu was reading a book and all of a sudden he saw Neil armstrongs picture and stopped. Mommy he is Neil na ...the man who reached moon first .
yes:-) i smiled
Mommy was there a race? Was his rocket the fastest ?
all i could do was smile at the cute little observation.(Their world is so simple)