Little troublemaker

This is turning out to be a third post in the "First time" series, and it definitely takes the cake. Today, Anurag managed to lock his nanny in the bathroom. That's right. He can barely reach the lock and by some fluke he managed to slide the little rod which locked the door while his nanny was in the bathroom. And there was nobody else at home. So Anita (the nanny) was locked in while Anurag was locked out. They both panicked. Anita started screaming for help from the bathroom window while Anurag starting bawling outside the bathroom door. It so happened that none of our neighbours were around at that time. Fortunately, Kabir's school teacher from Sishu Vihar heard Anita's cries and came up to find out what was going on. She had my phone number and called me. After some drama (which involved onlookers trying to break our main door down while waiting for us to get home), we could finally get inside the house and rescue both of them. Fortunately, Anu was fine at the end of the 30 mins episode (except that he had red swollen eyes from all the crying) and everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Lessons learnt: 1. We need to remove the outside lock on the bathroom door altogether, and 2. Anu is going to give Kabu a run for his money in the area of trouble-making.
But all is well, that ends well.

On chocolates

As I had predicted, Kabu is now a chocoholic. I have been trying hard to limit the amount of chocolate he consumes everyday. And he's been finding his own ways to get the most he can.

Every morning we have a person who comes to our house from the local grain store to take grocery orders for home delivery. Today morning when he came, Kabir opened the door and immediately asked " chocolate है? एक ले आना." (do you keep chocolates? Bring one for me!)

Before bedtime, he was sucking on a "Mango bite" candy. Saurabh impatiently asked him to chew it and finish it quickly so he could brush his teeth and go to bed. Kabu looked at him innocently and said "काट के खा लूँगा तो जल्दी खत्म हो जायेगी. इसलिए चूस कर खा रहा हूँ" (if I bite it, it will finish soon so I'm sucking on it).

More Kabir Talk

-This afternoon Kabir slipped on some water that he himself had purposely spilled a minute ago. He came crying to me: मम्मा आपने ये पानी क्यों नहीं साफ़ किया? मैं गिर गया न. (Mama why didn't you wipe the water? Now I've slipped.)
- On seeing me wearing a T-shirt instead of a kurti or a kameez that I usually wear, he says
मम्मा यह आपने क्या पहना है? यह अच्छा नहीं है। आप dress पहनो। मुझे वो बोहत अच्छा लगता है।
(Mama what is this that you are wearing? Its not good. Wear a dress. I like that very much.)
Although both these statements made me laugh at first, they've now got me worried if I'm turning him into a TNIM*!

*TNIM =Traditional North Indian Male

The mischief maker

I should know by now that if the house has been unusually quite for more than five minutes, it is a good sign of imminent trouble! Kabir apparently found better use for toothpaste today.

Kabir's words

Inspired by Nagaja, I thought of documenting some interesting comments made by Kabir recently:
- My mother asked the vegetable vendor (who comes to our house everyday) how much the cauliflower was for. As soon as the he replied, Kabir responded "bohot mehengi hai!" (its too expensive)!
- As the maid gets ready to leave after doing the dishes, Kabir yells to her "fir kal subah aa jana" (come again tomorrow morning).
- I said to Kabir "doodh khatam karo" (finish your milk). Kabir replies "chinta nahi karo mamma, main pi raha hoon" (don't you worry mamma, I'm drinking it)
- Kabir said to Anurag when he started crying "Kya hua Anurag? Aap kyon pareshaan ho rahe ho?" (What is the matter Anurag? What is worrying you?)
- Kabir to nanaji: "aap baith jao, aap bohot thak gaye ho" (sit down, you are very tired).
- Kabir's random monologue "hum log aeroplane me baithenge aur zooom karke chale jayenge Portland. Wahan Iren se milenge aur bolenge - bye bye...see you Monday!" (We will sit in a plane and zoom away to Portland where we will meet Iren and say to her - bye bye..see you Monday!)

A sweet moment

We took Anurag to get his 4 month vaccines today. Its been a while since Kabir got his shots so he wasn't sure what exactly was going to happen. When he saw the nurse poke Anu with the needles, he started howling louder than Anurag! Anurag, on the other hand, became quiet within seconds of the needle being pulled out. But Kabir kept crying "Anu ro raha hai. Isko nahi lagao" (Anu is crying. Don't give him the shots). I thought that was really sweet! Of course I don't see any of that kindness when he manhandles Anurag himself :-)