Whose Line Is It Anyway ? - #4

• I was attending a call from the auto dealer fixing my car (for damage from an accident I mentioned earlier). I was on the phone and was asking them about my remote keyless entry system which I wanted them to fix as it was not functional. The youngman besides me was grasping every word I am speaking and when he heard the terms "remote - key - car", sprung on his feet and came to me telling "Appa, ask them to repair my remote control car as well. Grandpa broke it earlier". I remembered his remote control car gone bad after a while and we had orchestrated that grandpa actually broke it and our guy is still waiting for insurance to come and repair. I had to promise him a new one to continue attending my phone call.
• On the day of Vinayaka Chathurthi my wife decided to wear a traditional Saree to the temple. I was waiting there for her to appear in the Saree, nervously rehearsing in my mind the appreciative words I would soon tell to save my life. She appeared and before even I could comment, my young son, who woke up dreamy eyed from him midday nap, took one look at his mom in Saree, and his eyes brightened up with a quick comment - "Amma, you look like A grandma". Apparently he remembers only his grandma in a saree attire and thought only she wears that. But for me, he is the only person in the world who can get away unscathed with such a comment about my wife.
• Aug 31st was "back-to-school" day and our young man was moving to a new class - Its a first for all of us. First time he is moving to a new class (upper preschool). Figuring out he may not be needing any major stationaries, my wife, prudently, talked me into getting him bunch of new dresses instead. The one he wore on the first day was a neat sports jersey like Tshirt with the number "22" on it and it said he is the "Team Capt". I wondered out loud if my wife found any number other than "22" at the shop while in my mind trying to relate that number to a sports celebrity in any game. My son, agile as ever, took one look down at his new T-shirt, came out with a cute "Amma, my T-shirt has "55" written on it". He was right though, from where he looked at it, the inverted "22" sure spelled "55". In our hurry, we couldnt get time to explain why its actually 22 and not the 55 he sees.
• I and my wife are in (one of) the difficult stage(s) of parenting - making the kid eat his food by himself. One afternoon, I was spoon-feeding our young man as he refused to do it by himself and got cranky. When he asked for water (which I know he can drink by himself and likes doing so as well), I refused to give him that pleasure saying "if you dont eat your food by yourself, you cant drink your water by yourself either. I will give you some myself". A day later, somehow, I and my wife's stars aligned and our combined patience prevailed our young man's revolts. He was eating his dinner by himself with a spoon while I just stood by his side. When he asked for water, I offered to give him the same myself (thinking that I can give him less so that he doesnt stuff his tummy with water). But I was caught off-guard when he retorted back saying "now I am eating my food myself, so I will drink my water myself too". I had to yield. As I said in my earlier posts, this little one remembers !!!