Mundane Musings

You wouldn't believe how old this post really is. I started writing this in a completely different frame of mind from now. It was when Ana kutti had started her Montessori school and in addition to a whole host of things she learned, she was unwell most of the time. That was a very challenging time. Fast forward a year almost, post her 'jumping' performance in her school annual day, and I had to rethink why I started writing this post in the first place. Enrolling her in this school at the tender age of two had its own problems, biggest her health (or lack of), but the positives have been amazing too. Below are a few highlights of her school life, including the ones that had me up many nights, messaging other girl friends who have crossed this phase and checking discussion groups for some ... Health Of course I can't lay the blame on the school per se, especially when so much effort was taken to keep the school spic and span, but it was one worrisome factor. I p...

Ana Kutti was two last month and she started pre-school this month. After repeatedly telling ourselves that schooling for Ana kutti needn’t start until she was three and a half, we surprised ourselves by going on and doing just the opposite. The months precluding this event of enrolling her to a school was fraught with no less tension and decision making. Why would a relatively smart, outgoing girl like her who had quite a repertoire of nursery rhymes, phrases and concepts under her belt need to get to school so soon? Definitely not because we wanted her out of our hair for a few hours a day. Nope. We just couldn’t have enough of her. Yeah I know I do sound like one of those sappy mothers but that is what late motherhood would do to you. J . One relative comfort I had from the whole exercise was the realization that I was still a lot better than those parents who had enrolled their kids in a most happening school in Chennai when the said child was still a tiny zygote in the...