Open House

Gone are the days that I used to blog about whatever I feel like about miss Haana and bobby boy. These days, little miss Haana lets me know when a blog entry is needed. Such was the case earlier this week. But first a bit of a catch up of events.

Spring of 2021 we had found Bobby a nanny as I had returned to fulltime work. Anna was a 17 year old then and amazingly responsible. She used to watch bobby at our home. Always coming in right on time. We loved her! Little miss Haana used to love hanging out with her during summer; drawing, baking or talking about art supplies! She very much became an extension of our family. But come fall, she joined college, and her hours no longer matched ours. From fall'21 until spring this year, our luck with nannys was not been great, to put it lightly. Fed up with the uncertainty of nannys who have been way less responsible than the 17 year old Anna, I decided to find a playschool for Bobby boy. We toured multiple places, finally settling on a small play school with small class size. 

Then came the next challenge. Introducing Bobby boy to his school. It was a rocky start. He didn't want to go. And heart wrenching to drop him in the morning. I was questioning the whole decision process that led up to this point. It was this way for a good 2 weeks.. and we were ready to pull the plug on the play school, when it suddenly looked like bobby boy was not so unhappy going to school after all. And just like that suddenly he was happy going to school, meeting miss Theo, and playing with other kids. 

A couple weeks back was bobby's school's first Open House, where they invite parents to come in and see their child's classroom, have snacks, play some games and meet with the teachers. Guess who was most looking forward to it? Little miss Haana! 

Then the day arrived. And we all climbed into the car. Bobby was pleasantly surprised to go to school in the evening. We met with bobby's teachers, and did a scavenger hunt in their class room. Once we solved it, little miss Haana ran out to the hallway to get the prize for the hunt. Meanwhile bobby showed me the school bus and the fire engine he really likes playing with in his class. We hung out and talked to his teachers before heading out to the hallway too. There, we found little miss Haana was already on her way getting a face painting. She was on her way to be a tiger! Next to her, was the balloon station. I decided I would like a butterfly balloon. For Bobby of course!! Meanwhile little Haana had become a tiger. A pizza eating tiger, that is. She'd found the pizza station on her prowl! I got some cheeze balls for me, I mean for Bobby. Bobby wanted to be in Papa's arms and eat cookies in stead. Soon little Haana had gotten herself and the boy some ice shavings. And I decided to try a emerald green colored punch they had there sitting on the table. It was delicious and paired well with the cheese balls. More games in bobby's classroom, talking to the playschool owner and bobby's teachers. And soon it was time to head out. I took my punch glass and cheese balls and sat back in the car! It was a good and fun open house! First one for Bobby!

Nap Routines

Nap routines are all wonky lately. It's summer time, so little miss Haana is not going to school. And with all of us on home quarantine and not working due to covid, the sleep and nap times are all over the place. And, not to mention, some of us are getting too smart for the rest of us. 

This was Bobby boy's nap time routine today: 

I started working this week after a week of been out due to covid, and so I've been busy during the day. Bobby boy is still not going to his new school yet. I took a break from my meetings just as Papa was putting bobby boy for a nap, it was almost 3pm - way past his nap time already. I gave him tons of kisses and put him down in his crib. Monster ball, blankie, doggy dog and Bobby boy were all happy to be together in the crib for nap time. Instrumental nap time music on low volume. Check. Drapes blocking most of the light. Check. Bathroom door closed to block more light. Check. Me silently slip away. Check. Success! I went back to work in the study. 

Not too long after, I heard Bobby boy talking loudly to himself. I ignored him and went about my work. After sometime, I heard him cry. Not angry crying. Just low wailing.. he was calling out, "Monty bally! Monty bally!" (Cry). I melted when I heard that. Oh my poor baby! His monster ball must have fallen off. Oh my sweet baby. Poor thing is looking for his monster bally!! Awwwle! - i thought this as i rushed to the room. And as i suspected, he was standing up in his crib, looking down at the monster ball that had fallen off outside the crib. I got my poor baby, and picked him up. Picked up the monster ball, and reunited them. However, something was wrong. 

As soon as bobby boy was out of the crib, he gave me a satisfied smile. "Paani! Want paani", he said. I found his green sippy cup for water. Then, next he pointed towards the bed. "Bed? Bed?"  He asked. I knew it was more of an intent than a question. So i put him on the bed. As soon as he got on the bed, he rolled around a couple time and giggled! I didn't like where this was going.. this didn't look like nap time anymore! What's going on?! Also, had the monster ball fallen off the crib, or was she been thrown down to set all of these actions into motion, I wondered..

I leaned down and asked him to come over to me, "Come Bobba! Its neena time! Come!". He reluctantly walked over to me and said, "  Papa? Go to Papa?". 

"Papa is in office, Bobba", I lied straight faced. 

"Go to Gugu?". 

"Gugu's sleeping", more lying. She was very awake and working on her art work.

"Pati! Go to Pati" (paternal grandma)

"Pati is gone neena too". This was almost true, or rather soon to be true. 

Now, run out of options, Bobby boy decided he might just spend the afternoon with me, so he said "Come! Come on! Let's go", and started heading towards the bedroom door!

There was no way of getting him back to the crib just yet, so I let him get away for a few minutes. Will try and catch this wild thing in a few minutes..