Sarvesh US life

When we started our life in US last year , I really felt that my son won't like this place and he will  definitely want to go back to India. But after winter was over in 2012, he started mingling with kids here. He started his schooling in Kensington preschool. Whatever he learnt in his LKG, he has to unlearn here, but he already shined as a star in the class. Slowly he developed his communication skills by watching other kids and watching nice educating animation series like curious George, caillou and so on. I m able to see the improvement in him day by day. He always trys teach me, thought that I didn't know anything. Whenever I asked him "shall we go to chennai back", he immediately say a big NO.  Even though I don't like this place to survive, I learned from my son that how to adapt to new environment. He makes himself all day busy, he runs, jumps, plays cricket, cycling, walking and gardening.

It's very difficult for me to sit idle for so long days. I don't know my path to come up in my life but I m so happy that I will make a good path for my son. Love makes me to sit idle and the same love showed by my son cheers me up. He makes me to think differently all the time, whenever I feel so depressed, I talk and play with him, that gives me more energy. One day we were watching tamil debate in TV, he asked me "mummy, in which language they are talking" (they were talking in senthamil). I was really shocked that makes me realize "why I didn't teach our native language". Then I included tamil as one compulsory subject for him to be teached by me or Hari. We always make a schedule to teach him maths and English daily.

I started teaching tamil letters, tamil poems and Thirukural. For the first Thirukural, he showed so much interest and then he learned a few. Then that makes me realize that why I m not at reading Thirukural now a days. In my school days I love to read "dhinam oru kural" during morning session, I beg to my tamil teacher that I want to read it because I m so impressed how thiruvalluvar able to provide good thoughts through 7 words. I still remember that I got a thirukural book from my tamil teacher to encourage me. That's how I started reading it daily for at least 20 minutes.

Though he likes this place so much, his love for his grandparents is not changed. When we were in chennai, he was so much attached to my neighbors and he accepted them as his grandparents. Daily morning, he calls his grandma and talk for at least one hour. I thought that I m always a best friend to my son but he makes me feel that grand ma s the best friend always.

Sarvesh US life is so high class life, even for a fly, he s saying "yuck ..mummy fly", if he sweats he immediately says "Oh man, its sooo hot here " though the temperature is 55 Fahrenheit. He loves for a pizza even he likes appam and idly soo much, he started acting to his friends saying that "i love pizaaa sooo much"
i use to call him as Peter boy.

my 5 yr old big boy

whenever i call my Sarvesh, i call him as "baby" , "ammu kutty", "chella kutty" and what kind of kutty coming from my mouth. He seems to be more irritated when i call with these nick names in front of his friends. when i call him as baby, he immediately shout at me "Mom, i am not a baby, i m a big boy because i am five years old, don't call me baby again .. hmm". It taking me so much time to realize that my boy has grown up so big. Though he is 5yrs, i m still thinking he s a small baby to me always. Love he pours on me, make me forget this world at times. whenever i worried about my aged parents and feels like missing them so much, he gives me strength and confidence and make me smile all the time.

If i feel lonely and sad, he calls me for a walk and talk to me about his school friends and other things which changes my mind. He is so much matured and he cant see my sad face any time. He cant even able to see me sit idle. whenever i sit idle, he calls me to dance with him and his friends. Slowly he started forgetting Tamil, the way he talks and the way he teaches me English is always fun.

There is always a big argument between me and Sarvesh about God and religions. He wants to celebrate Christmas, loves to keep Christmas tree in our house. I don't want to impose any religious thought to him. But at the same time, i don't want him to follow any kind of religious habits.I always teach him to obey elders, follow rules, accept his faults, faith in God, sharing, and love all the kids. After so many arguments he cant accept that there are so many gods to worship, but still he s able to understand that we cant place christmas tree in our house.

He got very good Indian friends of his age and other american friends, one big doubt he always have in his mind. One fine day, he asked me the doubt, "mummy, why there are two kids in one family, all my friends have sister or brother, but i don't have a elder brother or younger brother" . I am trying to give a best answer for his doubt :)

In all the situation, he is proving that he is a big boy and not a baby.