So much has been happening!

Yeah I know I was really lazy...very very lazy to say the least..
There's been so much happening in Dhriti's life that it is unfair, it isn't logged.

Okay..she is now a school going kid. Amazing really!
And right from the day 1 she never cried, I left her at school the first day there in the class and went back home..
And no she didn't cry (though I was feeling very heavy hearted, sentimental and all that!)

June 23rd was when her school started...and she's enjoying it.
She started picking up some english words and tries real hard to converse in English.

I am having a tough time, keeping a straight face, all the while when she's blabbering off in English :))

Here's hoping that she continues to enjoy school and has a lovely time.

P.S: Only problem is she has to be ready by 7.30AM and THATS REALLY TOO MUCH!!!!!

Dhriti to the core...

She's finished her play school for the academic year!! Quite an achievement considering the initial days where I had to sit with her all through the 3 hours of her school.
Towards the end of it, however, she was going all by herself, enjoying and having fun at school. I don't really know if she grasps it yet, but yeah, I for one, will surely miss EuroKids.

Hopefully, her stay at Meridian will be much much much better...We got her the books and gave the measurements for her school uniform today!!
Before we knew it, she is already a big girl getting ready for school...!

But, to be frank, the books did give me a scare...I mean captial letters, small letters, cursive writing(!!!!!), numbers 1-50 all in PPI????!!!!
I wonder how much the kids will learn once they pass out in Std X?!!


Have to add though, managing her through the summer is already becoming a nightmare :((
She has become extremely moody, lazy, hot-tempered and irritating to the core.
Hope this phase also passes off soooon.

And god only knows, how I will be able to get her to school by 8AM everyday...:(

A step forward...No a leap actually!!

Enrolled Dhriti in Meridian school just now...
This was by far the toughest decision that we made...which school?
The fact that there are just too many options all around...the fact that there is nothing that matches all the criteria that you want....the fact that there are "values" and "money" involved...all this added up to a lot of debate...discussions...recommendations...and finally...all we needed was to convince ourselves...

Okay....later in life just incase I forget why we choose this school in the first place...
1. It is nearer to where we stay right now...the schools normally start @ 8AM and I didn't want to wake up @ 5 everyday and I didn't want Dhriti to wake up early either....coz I know for sure that we won't be able to wind-up for the day before 10 PM.

2. The school is "generally" considered good...might not have the brand value that something like Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has...but is amongst the good schools in town...

3. There is no homework. I never understood the concept of writing the same thing over and over again 10 times resulting in any sort of benefit. I am really hoping that Dhriti need not go through all that. She might not be a child prodigy, superlatively brilliant...but yes, she is an intelligent girl. I seriously would not want to insult her by getting her to do these kind of homeworks. And no, I don't have the patience and time for that either...!!

4. You have food provided in the school premises along with all the children. You get to eat the same food WITH everybody. Gives Dhriti that "commonality" and saves me the additional effort of rushing through things every morning...

5. I didn't want Dhriti to be in any sort of pressure during her schooling days. As far as possible tension-free. And this turned out to be one school that has exams and all that (not too modern like not having exams at all) but still has time for extra and co-circular activities

6. And finally, one last thing that was stopping us...(its me actually) - THE FEES. I've had to accept the fact that we've "really" moved out of that "middle-class bracket" and can afford the sort of fees these schools demand.

And afterall I wanted my daughter to have the best!!

Just like any other decision I've made so far in my life...how sure am I about this??...not sure at all...but all along things just worked the right way...this one will too....:)

Open House & Old Friends

Attended an "open house" in Dhriti's play school today. That's bascially for the parents to be with their kids alone in the classroom and learn what their kids are bascially "learning" at school.
It turned out to be fun, Dhriti (as I had anticipated) knew everything we asked and all that..
but what added to the pleasure was she was able to understand the questions posed in english and she responded to them....Yaaaayyy..!!!

So that's one more mission accomplished!!

And we had Aps & family visiting us yesterday...No, we werent able to catch up much and were pretty much tied-up with the kids but then it was fun tooo...
You don't have to worry about blabbing over and over about your daughter, the other person understands that perfectly well!!!

It was actually nice seeing the kiddos playing together...something that we didn't even visualise in our wildest of dreams when both of us were studying together...
Hmmm....time sure flies!!!

And yeah I know, this post screams for photos...and yes they shall be uploaded soon...

The usual and the unusual

The usual:
Still going to school
Still not really happy about going to the school alone without mummy being in the class
Still the usual "allari"
Still not very healthy person - was sick for 1 whole week with vomitings and motions...(viral Diarrhea)

The unusual...:
Unusually stubborn, very very painful to deal with...
Doesn't like the rides in the exhibition anymore...scared of getting on any rides
Started singing film songs as in the right lyrics..!!
Very much attracted to TV
Watched a full length film (was asleep for one half though) in a theatre
Dancing like never before...

But most of all...
Not at all keen on going to school...why...????!!!!!!!!!!!!

If only Fairies really existed..!!!l

I really really wish a fairy would come, run her magic wand and get Dhriti to stop being so stubborn....
Every time there is a certain phase with this girl...a phase that is traumatic when she was sick most of the times...down with fever and I was in the constant peril not knowing what to do and getting very panicky....the phase where we went to the hospital and got her admitted for almost 3 times in 6 months...the phase when she was fairly good with her health...the phase she started conversing and becoming more mature over-night.....the phase where she started growing-up....
some of them looked "impossible"...but after a couple of days that tension would just go "puffffff..." and she would become her good old self....that adorable...loving...highly energetic and great-to-have kid that she really is......

I just hope that whatever phase it is now...would also vanish into thin air and never...ever re-surface again....

I wish there was a fairy...a god-mother who could help me with this unpredictable, highly demanding kid...
Since that sounds too far-fetched and impossible...
I just wish I could stop yelling and screaming at her and be more patient....
I know like everything else this will also fade-away someday....but still can some fairy intervene and help me pleasssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

And then the world changed....

Yes, Dhriti started going to school...play school nevertheless, but a sea-change in our lifes...
It's been more than a week since she started going to the school...and no I am not the kind who tries to remember milestones, keeps track of dates etc...aren't we keeping track of those in our work-lifes anyways???!!!!

So....it was not as we predicted....we thought she would enjoy going to school....enjoy the atmosphere there....never want to come back and all that...but no...she was like any other kid...who cried when I left her in the school...
I stayed with her in the class for about 2 days..and then left her on own for another 2 days...that was when she cried...

I had a very very very tough time convincing her that it was okay to leave her in school and mummies are not allowed to be with the children in the school...
And finally as if by miracle, the next day..she went to the school...and waved goodbye and said, "Wait for me outside"...!!!!

And no, I am not celebrating yet, I've just had the toughest day getting her ready to school and no I am not celebrating..

But one thing I've decided..confirmed is "Yes, my daughter is very very VERY unpredictable" and no I don't love challenges anymore :(