Gold Digger

Dear Small Tiger,


Please stop digging your nose, son, it's not a very appropriate thing to do. And not that macho after all. Your Mina patti is so convinced you're going to enlarge your beautiful nose and make it ugly. Please stop worrying her.


You're not well again, but at least they didn't nab you this time, I guess you're growing older after all.


Just a note that your questions and speech are growing with you, and there are times when I wish you'd stop asking so many questions when we watch Animal Planet together. Also, I wish you'd understand that advertisements are all part of the episode we're viewing on snakes and I did not purposely change the channel.


Your mother's teaching you matching and spot the difference, and she tells me very proudly that you can do them so well. I pretend that it's an easy achievement, but I'm glowing with pride myself too, son.


Alright, Small Tiger. Let's go play some ball.


Hug always,
Big Lion

Kadhal Anukkal....

This song is Amma's ring tone. And I love singing along to it. Heard of it, it's from Enthiran, "Kadhal anukkal, udambil ettanai....neutron, electron, un neela kannil motham ettanai......"

Amma's teaching me some mantras, and I can sing the first paragraph of "Narayan, Narayan, Bhajomane Narayan" bhajan.

Thambi sings too, but his lyrics are the same for all his songs, " ahh....ahh...ahh....ahh.....ahhh...stamping his feet....ahh...ahh....ahh..".

The Bandaged Cameraman

Dear Sakkti Velan,


You're smart enought to ask for the camera now, and you can actually take some shots. We need to work on your focus, though, son, it seems a bit off. Either way, you make me proud, Small Tiger, you know that. Don't fight with you Amma and tell her that, "Sekala, po," I know you don't want to be friends with her because she wouldn't give you the camera, but I think she's just worried that you might drop it.


You're also using our "handphone" quite well, making imaginary calls to me and you Amma and whoever it is that you keep asking, "engge irukke?"


But why the bandage? Are you really having the aches in your legs and hands as you claim, or do you just like the fact that your Amma patiently bandages any part that seems to be "aching"


Well, I guess you're growing up, Small tiger.Stay you.


Love always,
Big Lion

Sweets, Ice cream, butter and cheese

I just love ice-cream and sweets.

SO when Amma's leaves to work, I always ORDER for sweets to be bought back. If I forget to tell her when she leaves, I'll run out to the gate to remind her about buying me the ice cream. If Amma doesn't buy me sweets, she'll buy me ice cream. MMMMmmmmm......yummy

Amma asked to log down that at the moment, my list of likes has increased to eating butter from the tub, eating peanut butter, eating cheese and drinking Vitagen. Mina patti always scolds me for being picky about my food, it seems Thambi eats everything.

That's why he ate the paint on the grill and fell sick for a whole week.

If you ask me, better be picky than sorry. Ahem.

Sun babes

Dear Bumi Matha,


Amma weighed me again yesterday, and I'm 13.5kg. I don't know what my height now is, but Amma told me that I have grown so much taller.

We went to the beach again yesterday, and Eshvarhen really enjoyed the water. He even ate some sand, just for fun. I was a little afraid, but with some help from Appa, I was soon playing in the water again, catching the little crabs as they tried to swim away quickly in the shallow retreating tide.

Now, Thambi and I have got a sunburn, and Amma says we don't look like her children =).

Hehehehe.......bub bye!

Baby wipes, bags, football

Dear Bumi Matha,


I like playing with baby wipes. I lfind endless joy just to fold them evenly into half and then into quarters. And sometimes I use these wipes to clean my bike or my BMW. Amma says the wipes are very expensive, but she gives me one piece each time I ask her for it, anyway.....*shrugs*

I won against Appa in the football match again last night. I scored 8 goals. The game’s very straight forward- I just have to kick the ball into the goal post which Appa is protecting. Appa says I have a good aim, and a strong leg. He’s asking me to practice with my left leg now.

Appa bought me my first school bag yesterday. It’s got a big tiger on top of it. I shall use it when I go to the zoo to watch the animals. For now, I’m carrying my stuffed dog in it.

Yawn….okay…got to go…tleepy…need to tleep. Good night.

Annai and me

Dearest Annai,

I just love to see you in the morning, all so sleepy and completely unable to open your eyes when Amma keeps asking you to drink your milk. I hope to grow up to be you one day.*wink*
I like it when we play hide-and-seek....and Amma asks me, "Ehsvarhen, engge Annai?"...then I will go crawling to where you have hidden yourself, cock my head sideways and smile.

Please don’t fight with me to sit on Amma’s lap. And if you sit on Appa’s lap, you know I’m going to come and sit there too. Wish you and Appa would let me play the football games you both play. Amma’s always got me stuck next to her on the couch when you both play.

I can say “Appa”…it’s my favourite word. Could you say Appa when you were eleven months old? Think you could. Heard it was your first word too…….. * high five*

I think the pottu game Amma plays with me is really cool. I could spend a really long time concentrated on the game, just so I can take the pottu off my leg and put in in my mouth. As I do that, I look quickly at Amma to see if she's going to stop me from doing it, and yeap, she does. She takes the pottu away and sticks it back on leg again, and I spent time again trying to get it out.


I love you, even though you push me down or poke me in the back all the time. * sigh* . I guess that's how you show me that you love me too.

Hugs always,
Eshvarhen

Cry Baby

Eshvarhen, please don’t cry as if Amma is going to leave you. She’s just going to get your milk. She’s going to think I pushed you or something. Then who’s going to get the scolding?

Even if I did push you or pull you, you should not cry. I’m just “playing”. Be a sport.

Love,
Annai

What colour?

Dearest baby Sakkti Velan,


You always ask me, “What colour?” “What colour, Amma”….you say, pointing to everything. And if I ever ask you back the same question, you tell me its “green” colour. Always green colour.


But I’m happy to report that recently, the selection of your colours have improved to “yellow”, an occasional “orange” and now “red”.


No worries, son…you just go right ahead and ask me. I’ll tell you “what colour”


Love,
Amma

On my 3rd birthday....

Dear Bumi Matha,

Dear Bumi Matha,

Today I turned 3. I had an animal themed cake, and I sang my own birthday song. Amirthinee helped to blow out my three candles. I’m 96cm and 12.5kg. Maybe a little underweight, but cheeky and handsome all the same. Oh, did I mention I have a new cousin? Amirthinee’s sister, Akseeya, joined the clan on the 4th of June.

I can speak well now. I understand everything you say to me in English and Tamil, and if I don’t know something, I can tell you that too. Amma’s teaching me how to say “satu, dua, tiga, empat” and I’m leaning to write “A” and “B”. But to tell you the truth, I prefer to just play with my belt or the watch Tata gave me for my birthday. But I love to read books. Especially if they have pictures of animals in them. Tata gave me a book about dinosaurs and Nithi Mama gave me a book about dogs.

And oh, did I tell you about my BMW?!!!!!!!! My very first red 5 series, remote control or pedal, battery operated…..and it’s just so funky. Thambi get’s to ride in it with me too. Thanks to Appa.