Dancing Queen

OK.. So the title is a bit of an overstatement.

Thaïs has been practicing for a dance show organized by one of Goa’s leading dance instructors. The concert was held yesterday. Unfortunately the videos of her dancing are too large to upload.. I’ll need some time to edit them before I put them up here. Let’s hope that happens soon.

Something I’ll never understand is the need to have fashion shows at every goshdarned event. Anyway, since their inclusion, or exclusion, is beyond my control, I had no choice but to play along. Here’s my li’l model walking down the ramp. And what a professional model she is – she made her debut, and had the customary wardrobe malfunction, both at the same show. What else is there left to achieve? For now, until I edit the dancing videos, here’s a short clip of Thaïs doing the catwalk.

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At The Park

I was down at the park with Thaïs yesterday when I overheard a small group of 5-year-olds fighting, Thaïs included. I don’t know why the fight started — my attention was drawn to them when their little voices rose in anger as they threatened each other.

Boy #1: “I’ll slap your face.”

Boy #2: “I’ll box your stomach.”

Boy #3: “I’ll call my brother. He’s bigger than you. He’s 12 years old.”

Thaïs: “I’ll call my cousin.”

Boy #3 to Thaïs: “Call your cousin. My brother is bigger than your cousin. He’s 25.”

Thaïs: “Oh yeah? That’s what you think. My cousin is bigger. He’s.. 165.”

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Friendship Day

Thaïs came home from school today with a friendship bracelet around her wrist. I thought it was one of their craft projects, so I didn’t question her about it. It was only later that she started telling me about a new boy in class and how he wanted to be friends with her. By then, of course, I was all ears.

Long story short, there is this new boy in class who took the trouble to make a friendship bracelet for one class-mate, and of all the kids in class he picked Thaïs.

Hmm.. Time to start worrying??

Husband’s reply was instant. “I’ll break his face..”

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What Did You Say? – 9

This is a coincidence — it has been exactly one year since my last What Did You Say? post. The reason being, I had temporarily misplaced the (edited) list of howlers by my daughter.. yes I still write things down on paper. Anyway, I knew I’d find it eventually, and I didn’t want to miss any of them out. So here goes.. in somewhat chronological order..

Thaïs: Mummy, it’s ‘eveling’. Let’s go to the park.

Me: Sure, darling. Pick up all your toys and put them away, first.

She picks up exactly two toy cars..

Thaïs: Can you help me?

Me: No. It’s easier for you to do it. You’re closer to the floor.

She thinks for a while..

Thaïs: Oh yes. You’re right..

I can’t believe I got away with that!! :) Grinning, she picked up all her toys and put them away.

Thaïs: OK. Now I don’t feel like going to the park. Can we go down to play ‘pong-ping’?

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This was when she was at nursery school..

Thaïs: We learned something new today. Sleeping lines and ‘woken up’ lines.

I checked the book. It was actually sleeping lines and standing lines.

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Thaïs has a rather colorful vocabulary. We do try to correct her, but she takes her chances.. and gets away with it sometimes.

During the swine flu outbreak…

Thaïs: The swine flew? Where?

After a while..

Thaïs: So that program you watch, is it ‘Seinfeld’ or ‘Swine-feld’?

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At the pool…

Thaïs: These tiles around the pool are very dangerous. They’re very slippy. (slippery)

Thaïs: Mummy, why don’t these ladies wear panties and swimming bras like the ladies on TV?

Luckily, she was out of earshot of these ladies. :)

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A Birthday Post

I normally don’t blog about myself here, but today I’m making an exception. It’s my birthday. But that isn’t the reason why. It’s because of what my daughter did to make this day special, and ultimately what she said to me.

She wished me a total of 6 times today.. Yes, I know.. Lucky me! 6 big hugs.. and I didn’t even have to bribe her.. ;)

She told me she wanted to give me a present. So she gift wrapped 3 of her toy cars. Before I opened them up I told her that they would now be mine to keep and she wouldn’t get them back.

She smiled reassuringly. “It’s okay, Mummy. You can keep them till you get old and die, then I’ll take them back.”

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Summer Holidays Are Here Again

Li’l one’s summer holidays began yesterday. Needless to say, she has already gone to her grandparents.. :)

Normally, all books are kept in the school so they don’t have to lug ‘em up and down everyday. However, yesterday being the last day, her teacher returned all her books.

So, what do you do when you have school books and a bit of authority? Why, you get your ’students’ to study, of course!

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And what happens when you have someone who refuses to study? You pull his ears, obviously!

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Poor li’l bunny got his ears pulled so hard, one came right off..

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