Tomorrow is Nishad’s operation on his eye. I’m not nervous about the procedure, but I am nervous about putting him down for it. I was comforted with another person today telling me that her son has the same thing and we share the same doctor. After more than a month of warm compresses and ointment, he needs to have this taken care of for good. Especially with school- he’s starting to feel self conscious about it.

Speaking of school, his school was featured in a magazine. We received the information and the article in his Wednesday folder. It’s ironic that the director of the school moved to the Wayzata district for the very same reason that we are considering a move to the district- our children’s education, which we regard highly. Though Nishad attends a private school (toddler – K), we’ve heard raves about the public school district from parents in the Wayzata district.

Nishad also was speaking about his friend Thomas again. Yes, yesterday he told me his name. I was afraid that someone corrupted him by telling him about Thomas the Train, because we don’t watch that “stuff.” So, I asked him, “Is Thomas a train, Nishad?” Oh! He looked at me so oddly, “No Mamma, that is silly! Thomas is a boy in my class. He is naughty and makes a mess. He’s my friend.” hahaha! GREAT!

He told me he worked on the pink tower again today. I tried to explain to him why he wasn’t going to be at school tomorrow…I’m sure he’ll be back on Friday.

Today Arun and I had some company for a morning walk; our friend and neighbor Krista and Lucas came with us! We walked down to see the cows at the dairy farm that is only two blocks away- then we roamed the streets, avoiding people that pay no attention to the posted speed limit. After we headed over to the park, where we planned on meeting Laurie with Sean and Baby Sage. Sean was in his glory climbing all over everything while Lucas chased him everywhere. Arun was happy exploring wood chips and Baby Sage was enjoying her nap. Lucas was ready to nap, so we said bye-bye to them and hung out a bit more before it was time to leave to go pick-up Nishad from school. It was so nice to see Krista, Lucas, Laurie, Sean and Baby Sage. I’m looking forward to seeing them again soon!

Nishad had a great day at school! Brenda told me that he went poop, too. Woo-hoo! I think he digs their potty. Nishad was excited telling me that he was working on the pink tower. I said, “Wow. What did your teacher say?” He replied, “Brenda told me good job!”

On the way to pick him up, Arun and I stopped at Pancho’s and picked up some Mexican food for lunch. It was way to beautiful to be inside today! I surprised Nishad by telling him we were going to have a picnic! He was very excited and even suggesting having one on the lawn of the school. In a hop, skip and a jump, we were at Mission Hills Park. We enjoyed our Mexican food and then played at the park. Plymouth has one of the best park systems. I especially love that all of their parks are tobacco free zones. No nasty cigarettes around on the ground, or icky smell and second hand smoke.

What a beautiful Monday! The boys and I woke up at 6:30AM, had breakfast and Ashish and Nishad prepared to go to “work.” Ashish called me after he dropped him off at his classroom- a few tears today. Arun and I had some one on one time and then he took his morning nap. I sat down with a cup of coffee and just relaxed. I feel like my work has paid off. Nishad is in an excellent pre-school and he is as prepared as can be. Now I can focus more on Arun so that he can be as prepared as Nishad.

When I went to pick Nishad up today, his teacher said that he was fine. I said, “Say goodbye to Brenda.” He turned and blew her a kiss! She said, “I caught that one!” Cute. The two of them seem to already have such a nice repore.

On the way home, he went on and on about how they had fresh pizza for snack today. He said that he ate with another lurka (boy in Hindi) at the snack table and they talked about dump trucks together. We often are often silly with Nishad and give him “puppy licks” all over his face. Today, while I was unbuckling him from his car seat, I said, “Oh, I love you so much I’m going to give you puppy licks!” He stopped me dead in my tracks with his reply of, “Lips are not for puppy licks, Mamma.” Oh, I was so taken aback! …haha I said, “You’re right.”

While eating lunch together, he said, “So, tell me about your day? Are you having a good day?” There was a fly in the house, which I told Nishad we would tackle after we ate. The fly landed on the table and he dropped his head down as if to speak to it eye-to-eye, “Fly! This is NOT your environment. This is our home. You belong outside.” Amen to that! 🙂

After lunch the boys had nap. I was able to stretch and do a very light workout, which I haven’t been able to do in months. You have to start somewhere!

For dinner we had Mexican pot-pies with fresh cut veggies. Nishad *loves* broccoli, cucumbers and tomatoes from our garden. He eats them right off the stem! I love that!

Arun enjoyed working on the art-card alphabet today with me. More than the pictures, colors and sounds, I think he enjoyed taking the cards out of the box and putting them back in. Yesterday I asked him, “Are you making a mess?” (Trying to keep in mind that what is a mess for me, is learning for him…) He looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and babbled a sound that sounded like, “What mess?” Ashish and I were chuckling about that.