Thursday, October 25, 2018

Tiffin Tales 39

Hola...

It's a very cloudy Thursday here and temperatures have dipped own a bit. For the last few days we are constantly switching from light to partly heavy jackets here. The pumpkins are mostly carved and people have put up in their patios, near the doors or windows.

My S had an interesting project this time in school with pumpkins. Even though his teacher instructed that no carved pumpkins would be allowed (which was a blessing for me) they wanted students should do something creative with their favorite cartoon character on the pumpkins. They can color, paint, decorate and basically do anything except carving to bring out the character.

Last evening we realized that October 26th is the last day for submitting that project and instantly all hell broke loose. A panicked mother son duo got into that assignment. While i got mad that he didn't remind me, he on the other argued that he is too small to remember anything. Well, we both burst into laughing. Together we sat and decided to figure a way out. He insisted to get a big pumpkin and then i convinced him that a smaller one would need less time. He agreed though. His current favorite seemed to be Humphrey the Hamster. We quickly took out an image from the internet and then began the final tasking of drawing that image on pumpkin. I have to openly admit that i am not good at drawing but both of us took turns to draw Humphrey. Even though its a far cry from the images from the internet still i think it looks decent enough if looked from his eyes. His satisfaction levels were strong enough to assure me that together we put up a decent show. He was quite excited to show it to his teacher and his friends. It was a quite a hectic evening and when he fell asleep i realized that these moments down the years will give me warmth once he leaves my nest.

Children have so many layers. They can make you strong and weak both at the same time. They can cry and smile together and i have witnessed it so many times. This morning for his lunch box i made 'sooji upma' with peanuts and vegetables. I usually add a generous amount of ghee so that it doesn't get too dry. His snack box had pineapples and grapes and a pack of yoghurt.

In this worldly rush, pause a bit sometimes and look at the world through the eyes of a child. It will both be refreshing and different. Enjoy your day...

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