काल सकाळी आम्ही लेण्याद्री, शिवनेरी आणि ओझर येथे गेलो होतो. सकाळी साडेसहा वाजता घरातून निघालो. ईशान उठला होता आणि घरातून निघताना दूध पिऊन झाले होते. उगवत्या सूर्याचे दर्शन झाले आणि सकाळी निघाल्याचा आनंद झाला. मी ईशान ला सूर्य दाखवला आणि नमस्कार करून ‘चांगली बुद्धी दे’ असं म्हणावयास सांगितले ... ईशान ला पण सूर्य खूप आवडला. त्याने नमस्कार केला आणि म्हणाला ‘ मला चांगली बुद्धी दे, 18 year old बनव’ !!! त्याला लवकरात लवकर 18 वर्षाचे होऊन कार / JCB / Crane इत्यादी चालायचे आहे ! त्यासाठी तो अगदी आतुरतेने वाट बघत आहे!

MonsoonDrive2014

We had been to spectacular monsoon drive from 11 Jul 2014 to 13 Jul 2014. The drive started from Belgaum and ended with Belgaum on Sunday afternoon. We travelled through entire Goa state and Dandeli Wildlife Sanctury, TilariNagar Dam region etc.

Thursday, May 29, 2014 Ishan describes things very innocently and in very detail right from how the potty is to what shape the clouds are. everything he sees is mapped to something similar and then narrated. e.g. yesterday he smelled something in the home and then said 'this smells like sea'! It has been months since we went to the sea but he still remembers that experience in the brain! ------- Thursday, May 29, 2014 Yesterday IPL Cricket match was being played on the TV. Suddenly Ishan tells me 'Mamma, what is written on your mobile (N8) is written on this player's shirt' then i observed - the player's shirt was indeed displaying Nokia that is my mobile!! Once again he showed his keen observation, though he couldnt read the spelling or knew the word, he could match the words! Simply amazing! and he keeps surprising us with such observation always! :) ------- majhya potat bhiti aali sab log bas jao Mujhko Rokega Kaun Aur Kayko! Ishan says 'mamma tu boy ahes ka?' me: 'nahi, me girl ahe' Ishan: 'mag tu Rokega kashala mhantes? apan boy asal tar 'rokega' mhanayach, tu 'Mujhko Rokegi Kaun Aur Kayko' asa mhan!' Change of words in Lungi dance for me bcoz i am a girl aaj hum log number sikhenge number kadhenge

------ Thursday, May 28, 2014 Aashish had ordered Stethoscope for Ishan and it was delivered today. Before it was delivered, when he got up in the morning - Aashish was sleeping besides him, he tried to wake him up saying - 'aashish, to stethoscope kutheparyant aala ahe te bagh na' :D (aashish had told Ishan earlier the status of order - that it was dispatched to Pune city) Ishan is very happy to hung it by neck and call himself doctor! we all felt our own heart bits for the first time :) After some time he says he is a photographer and his name in the Euro school should be changed to "Photographer Aashish Kulkarni Smita" ! Few things that are very close to his heart are - Whiteboard - that is needed in the bedroom while he sleeps, his new cycle gifted by Pradnya, Sony Nex3 Camera and now new Stethoscope. He reckons he is going to be a doctor and check all kids and adults. Then he says is a photographer but stil he would check patients :)

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Ishan went to school on 30th June (Monday). Teacher asked - "Holiday mein kya kiya? Mamma ne kya kya khana banaya tha?" to this Ishan replied "Dhensu"!! Dhensu is all purpose word. It can be answer to any question these days. When we had gone to vasamt for "Snehal's marriage", I asked Ishan pointing to Devidas kaka - 'do you know which ajoba is this' to this he replies "Dhensu ajoba" :D :D He had spoiled red color yesterday all over the floor from kitchen to dining to hall. When i entered home in the evening i was shocked to see red things on the floor and bad thoughts came to my mind - what has happened and how come nobody called me? Next moment i realized it was color and i was relieved! :) It took half an hour for me to clean the floor and then Ishan! :D :D

Ishan demanded a white board similar to one in the school, so he got the white board, duster and red, green, blue & black marker pens. Now he is so happy and has started teaching all of us. It is mandatory to attend the lessons and follow his instructions else he replies like teacher "Why are you not saying 1,2, 3?? " "Tumko sikhaya hai na" he even gives complements for correct replies!

Now he saw a whileboard having 'black' corners somewhere and has started demanding for this. In addition to this he thinks 'black' duster also needs to be bought else it will be mismatch with the whiteboard (having black corners) So here we are looking for tips of how to convert a normal white board into something as below

can we get only corners in the market? Probably not .. then will repainting work? again probably not!

ईशान साधारण अडीच वर्षाचा असताना बाल्कनीतून एक मोठी कुंडी हलवून घरात आणण्याचा प्रयत्न करत होता. त्याला विचारलं की अरे तू काय करत आहेस तर उत्तर असा आलं - " अरे झाडाला ऊन लागत आहे न म्हणून सावलीत आणत आहे " !! So innocent emotions! I was really touched!

ईशान च whiteboard वर लिहिणे सुरु होते
१,२,३ काढताना ३ चे spring संपताच नव्हते।
मी त्याला ३ कसे काढायचे ते दाखवले। .
Still he was unable to write it correctly. Then he told me "मम्मा अरे मी ३ capital मध्ये लिहितो आहे म्हणून असा आहे !" It was an amusing answer!!

Few days back when we returned from Guajarat Trip, he demanded that Petrol Pump should be bought and kept in the Parking so that he can fill in the Petrol as and when needed!! I actually went to a toy shop and asked for petrol pump toy but its not available .. :( Ishan can identify all the petrol pumps when they are at distant just by looking at their logo.. BHarat Petrol Pump, HP Petrol Pump, Indian Oil etc are all known to him.

Today morning Ishan demanded that I should buy Sugar cane juice machine in the home so that he can produce sugar cane juice!!

Ishan speaks a combination of Marathi-Hindi-English now. Many a times he uses feminine verbs in Hindi e.g. "karati hun", "likhati hun" etc. I correct and tell him the muscular form that he should use "Karta hun", "likhata hun". I told him that boys speak "karata hun" while girls say "karati hun".
these days his school is practicing dance on the song "Lungi dance" for annual function. he has listend to that song atleast a hundred time so far. The other day when I was also enjoying with him the song and was singing I said a line of the song "Rokega mujhko kaun aur kayko"
Immediately he told me "Mamma, are you a boy? No na, then you should say "Rokegi mujhko kaun aur kayko"! If you are a boy only then you should say "Rokega mujhko kaun aur kayko"!! I was completely surprised to see him applying the language rules for the song!

21-Jan-2014 Ishan was playing office-office using a briefcase like folder. I asked him, where is your office, which company? he thinks for few seconds and replies "Bachpan Infosys" :) Bachpan his school name and Infosys my company name! :)

Ishan had Elbow joint dislocation

18th Jan 2014 In the morning first thing Ishan went to Ajoba's place and started his demands. He wanted Ajoba to come down and play with him. He did not even have his milk. Ajoba said - Ishan we will go later to which he replied by pulling Ajoba's hand with as much force as he could. Result was he felt pain in his right hand. He complained about it and came to me. I thought he must have pulled his muscles and hence applied Iodex and used hot water bad. Still, even little movement of the hand was painful for him hence I made a sling of my stole and tied his hand. This gave him little comfort.
in the afternoon situation was same and he still complained about the same pain. Hence we took him to the pediatrician, she told us that its elbow dislocation and many children suffer from it. Even it happens when taking out the clothes. She referred us to an orthopedic doctor and prescribed Ibujesic for Ishan for pain relief.
we could get the appointment with orthopedic surgeon on the same day and he took Ishan's hand in his hand. He asked Ishan 'whats your name', and he moved his finger on forearm and said now the joint has been fixed!!
we could not believe this as we had expected lot of trouble while this is being done, had seen some videos on the Internet and seen how painful it is for babies. Still Dr Medhekar(Aundh, Pune) had done the magic in less than 5 seconds! Before Ishan could realize he was being checked, he was cured. Doctor suggested us to take him outside for 5 mins and let him start using his hand. And so it happened. Slowly he started pointing towards moon and trying to reach for the Pen! I was much relieved and suddenly the tension disappeared!