No More Crying!

Today Sarath made a bold statement in the morning – “amma, I will not cry today. I will play in the pre-school while you and nanna are in the office”. I was happy and praised him all the while thinking about the crying scene that I was about to witness in the pre-school. He told his dad that he was not going to cry today. When we entered pre-school, he was very happy. He asked us to go to the office and not a single tear! He was not even feeling bad that we were leaving. He was more than happy to see his teachers and friends and gave us a cheerful goodbye

It is amazing how fast kids adjust to new situations. He talks about pre school all the time. Now, he remembers the names of his friends and all the fun stuff he does there. The days when he stays home, that’s all he talks about. He is picking up English at an amazing rate. He can already say sentences and even translates from one language to another. He also remembers to talk to us in Telugu and when he goes out, he immediately changes to English. I am so happy about it. I do feel I had a hand in getting him to understand the differences in languages and I am proud of it.

I really wish I could be as flexible and adjust to any situation like Sarath. That would make my life much more simpler and happy!

First Day at Day Care cont…

Here is the first part of this post.

I went to pick up Sarath around 5:00PM. The moment he saw me, he started bawling. I had to fight to stop my tears rolling out. All this was for 5 min. Then he was very excited and showed me around his class, his shelf, the place where he had lunch, where he slept and everything else. He then had all sorts of things to tell me about his preschool. He gave a hug and good bye kiss to his teachers and was glad to come home. He was so excited to talk about his day. He proudly told everyone (his dad, uncle, aunt, grand parents) that he did not cry in pre school but played like a good boy.

Now, he is eager to go back again. He tells me he has friends at pre school. That is good to hear.

So, the first day was a success. Hope he gets adjusted faster.