Worries

I am exhausted. Worries are piling up. I'm not saying that things are irrecoverabally bad, yet, I sometimes feel like I've brought down things without thinking much. 
Illnesses, stress at home and job are on and off. To add to that, a similar situation like 2009 is coming up. I don't know if I can handle it again.

Kaagaj ki gudiya

Arya has a poem in school called kaagaj ki gudiya. It goes like -

Kaagaj ki gudiya ki aankh nahi hai
Gudiya kaise dekhegi
Owl ki ankh lagake aise dekhegi

Kaagaj ki gudiya ke kaan nahi hai
Gudiya kaise sunegi
Haathi ke kaan lagake aise sunegi

...and many more such body parts...

I didn't remember which parts of the body and wanted him to revise the poem. So I said

Kaagaj ki gudiya ki naak nahi hai (naak wasn't even in the poem, but Arya put his own 2 cents in it within seconds....)

Kaagaj ki gudiya ki naak nahi hai
Gudiya shemburr kaise banayegi !!!

He says something about the butt too ... but won't post it here. Very smart thinking for him....hehe

Home cooked!

I am not a great cook. I like to eat good and a variety of food, so I try to make a few items at home and present it to Arya, who willingly eats them and also appreciates them. Yogesh eats without much of a fuss (though he doesn't criticise or appreciate much)

Here are a few items I had put some efforts to make (Not in any order).



Pizza with dark tomato sause. Arya
allowed me to eat only a small bite.

Veg Momo's

 

Fish Fry

 





Nachni (Ragi) Bhakri and Potato Gravy

Prawns Gravy

Chicken Biryani



Chicken Biryani



Thalipeeth made at home!




Puran poli, Katachi amti and Aloo vadi (colocassia
leaves vadi's). Don't think I'm making this again. Too
much effort and time!




Idli Chutney

 

Onomatopoeia! And other fun incidences with Arya

1.       Hapin-bhapin bhipin-bhapan.

These are the words Arya uses to animate fights when he is playing the role of Bheem. If there is a takkar of 2 cars he says Bhapaan. 

These words are so funny. I wonder how he came up with these. 

·         The other day he was describing to me some boulder that fell down in a garden (I have no idea where this was - school, my building or TV). He said, "Mummy, Galdan madhe to dagad dhass padla". (The boulder fell in the garden with a dhass noise.)

·         Then again there are dichaun, dadham, etc., used wherever applicable.  

2.       Location ala

 

Yesterday he was asking, "location ala?".

I didn't understand what he meant, so I asked, "What location? Is it related to Dad?"

"Nahi tula location aahe." (No ,you have location)

"Okay, good". Didn't understand a single word 

3.       An incident in one evening showed his sensitivity. I was sitting on the couch, staring into the void. Arya notices whenever I sit in 'thinkers' pose.  

Arya: Mummy tu aj ashi sad ka disti aahes? (Mom why are you looking so sad today?)

Me: I'm not sad sonu, I am just thinking.

Arya to Yogesh: Pappa, hi aj sad aahe. Hila TV lavun dya ani doctor cha lava TV madhe. (Dad, mom is looking sad, so please put Dr. House serial)

Arya to me: Mummy, tula Guddu Babbanchi athvan yete ka? (Do you miss your parents? He calls his maternal grandparents Guddu-Baba.)

Arya continued: Guddu-Baba Vashi madhe aahet. Mag tey Pimpdi la janar, nantar they aplyakade yenar, ok? (He said that my parents were in Vashi at my sisters place, then they would go back to their house in Pimpri and later visit us.) 

 

Sometimes he says to Yogesh: Pappa, hila bhuk lagli asel. Hila jevan dya na.

 

Or to me: Mummy tu majhi friend banli aahes. (Mom you've become my friend)

4.       Indian Maggi

 

On Monday morning I was by the kitchen table making vermicelli. He loves it and calls it Indian Maggi. This way I don't have to deny Maggi to him. Whenever he wants Maggi, I give him vermicelli. He doesn’t know my trick so far.

 

Arya: Mummy, aj tu majha sathi kay banavti aahes khayla? (What are you making for me?)

I showed him the packet.

Arya smiling and hugging me: Mummy, tu changli aahes. Tu majhi friend banli aahes. (You are so nice. You have become my friend.) 

5.       Bath Tub

 

I was bathing him yesterday. He used to hate bathing in a tub before. I had bought a round tub for him when he was little. Now he barely fits into it. When we were at Mani's house last weekend, he saw Shaurya bathing in it and tried it. Since then he wants me to use the older bathtub at my home to bathe him.

 

Arya: Mummy, mala pink round bathtub madhe anghol karaychi aahe. Pan Shaurya jhopun anghol karto na? (I want to have a bath in our pink and round tub. Shaurya lies down while having a bath)

Me: Nahi sonu, tyacha tondat pani jail na. So he doesn't lie down in the tub. (No he doesn't, or there'll be water in his mouth.)

Arya: Ok. Tu mala motha tub an. Pink colour cha. (Ok. Pls get a bigger tub for me. Pink in color.)

Me: Ok. I’ll get it on Saturday.

(But I know he is very particular and remembers things well.)

So I say: Pink color nasla tar konta color anu? Yellow anu ka? Or Purple? (Can I get a Yellow or a Purple one if not Pink?)

Arya thinks: Chalel.

But just after a few minutes he says: Nahi mummyyyyyy, Pink color ach an. (No, I want Pink)

Me: Ohhh, thik aahe.