- I wear a ring with the letter "M" (first letter of my name) on it. I was showing this to my son and asking him to read it. When he asked why an "M", I figured that I will use this as a chance to test out his reasoning skills. I questioned back,"How do you spell Appa's name ?". He spelled right, "M-A-G-E-S-H". But dint immediately relate that M to my name. I wasnt too happy to note that he dint make the connection. After a thought, he turned towards his mother and asked why he doesn't wear a ring. My wife faithfully replied that he has one and that he is not wearing it as he is a small boy. Upon persistence, we had to produce the proof - a cute little ring he wore as an infant. He tried it to his satisfaction. Then with a quizzical look retorted back, "Why is my ring not having an "S" ?". The little one indeed had already figured out the name connection.
- Kids in my son's class are in the phase to trying to identify their names when written and spell it. My wife does that too with my kid's name and his friends' name for practice. On the other day, my wife was commenting about how a girl in my son's class had asked her mom to write my son's name when they were practicing spelling at home. True to being a boy's parents in Indian sense, we got a bit macho and for a good laugh, one of us commented to the other slyly that the said girl has "one-eye" on our boy. Our boy, intently listening to this conversation, couldnt figure out the signifance of the term "one-eye" but was quick to correct our mistake, "no, no, she has two eyes too". Time to be careful hereafter...Pic shows my son's cars and other vehicles duly parked in the couch.
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