Anecdotes!

Some times, little converstations with our kids can change the entire mood setting of a family. I am sure every parent has this experience.  I am trying to recollect such instances:

• This happened one busy morning. Maanasi loves to sit on the counter top and watch me cooking and I like to talk to her when I cook.  So I had something to do in the kitchen and I helped her sit on the counter top. Meanwhile I felt like cuddling her and I said "nee thaan yenoda kozhakataiya?" She gave a very adorable smile and immediately said" illa, vadaa". All of us broke into laughter immediately.

Keep trying, Keep on trying!

The latest in my husbands never ending list of interests is learning to play a musical instrument. So couple of days back, he got himself a guitar.  Both my kids look at it as if its a new toy.

Maanasi gets really excited when her dad tries to practice on it.  So dad taught her to fold three fingers and to hold the pick with the thumb and the pointer. From then on whenever she sees the guitar she starts working with her fingers.  

Today something really funny happened. Maanasi saw the guitar lying on the couch and immediately with utmost sincerity started positioning her fingers.  Then she tried tuo use the pick as directed by dad. But the pick unexpectedly fell into the string hole.  Now all her attention went in getting the pick out,that she lost control of the carefully positioned fingers.  She was not able to get the pick, so she started playing with some toys. A minute after, her attention went back to the guitar . She now looked at her hand and to her dismay realized that her fingers were all out of position! She gave a look of shock,said 'uh oh' and vehemently started working on her hands all over again:-)

 

So, like the title says," Keep trying, keep on trying" is the lesson I learnt from her!