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| Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:43
Maya likes (in no particular order): Looking at books and playing with Fergus before getting out of bed(cot) in the mornings Eating breakfast in three instalments; Maya’s porridge, Daddy’s toast and fruit Picking up any object in the house and identifying who it belongs to, and then going and delivering it; Ana’s car, Daddy’s shoe, Amma’s keys etc Playing [...]
| Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:38
This Christmas, I saw something I’ve never seen before. It was Christmas eve, and following Sureka’s family’s tradition, the kids were opening their presents. Jeyanth had been delighted by a number of gifts that he had received, when he came to a small square box. He tossed the label to Amma, tore off the wrapping paper, [...]
Download Now · | Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:30
OK, this one is definitely for aficionados only. As in, people who enjoy watching small children in groups singing. Jeyanth was in the 2008 Sydney Tamil Christian Fellowship junior choir. video (41.4MB)
| Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:43
Maya has suddenly decided that she likes counting things. Of course, she’s been hearing counting for a while, in songs and rhymes. However, we had no idea that she’d actually grasped the idea of number until she opened one of her Christmas presents, a set of three related books. She gleefully lay them next to [...]
| Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:51
So, I’m sitting here at csirocare, waiting for Sureka to arrive so we can both witness the end of Jeyanth’s preschool career…
| Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:57
Chris forgot to mention one of the key features of listening to music with Maya. She is incredibly impatient with the few moments of silence that normally occur between tracks on a CD. At the end of every song, she’s absolutely convinced that the music is gone, and will shout “more moo-ik, more moo-ik” (on [...]
| Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:13
At eighteen months, Maya is a fanatical fan of music. When you come to get her up in the morning, she will point at the CD player and demand “mic”. The best way to persuade her to come downstairs is to announce “music downstairs” - sending her toddling full speed for the stairs. But most of all, in [...]
| Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:44
Maya only has one joke at the moment, but she loves it. When she’s been playing with a toy for a while, she’ll hold it out to you and say “all done!”. If you reach out to take it, she snatches it back with a “no!” followed by a big laugh.
| Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:35
Because both of his parents had childhood issues with their eyes, we were advised that we should get his eyes check. Avid readers with a good memory will recall that Jeyanth was checked out at 15 months; with school starting next year the time had come for another checkup. So this week I took Jeyanth along [...]
| Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:27
One of the benefits of moving house is that the estate we now live in has a swimming pool. With the arrival of spring, its become warm enough (barely) to use, and Jeyanth has decided to take full advantage. Full advantage. As in, every day. And, of course, this means that someone else also has [...]
| Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:31
Last week at Church we watched Jeyanth take a very hard decision. We were having supper after the evening service, and Jeyanth had found a small spiky glittery ball outside in the carpark. Magpie that he is, he became very attached to it, declaring it to be one of the most fun things ever. But [...]
Download Now · | Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:42
In the last couple of days Maya has been getting better at standing unaided, and this morning at Church she managed to get herself up to a standing position without pulling up (and was very pleased with herself). So it was only a matter of time till she remembered that she could walk… Video
| Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:55
Just to report that Maya has promptly forgotten all about walking unassisted and has not repeated her feat all week.
| Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:13
Two new albums of photos from the past few months: Jeyanth’s Fifth Birthday Assorted Jeyanth and Maya photos from winter ‘08
| Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:57
Every year, our church has a variety entertainment evening to raise funds for mission projects. This year, the Soiree was held on the 2nd of August and featured the debut of Jeyanth The Magician. With minimal assistance from his obedient servant Amma, Jeyanth The Magician did three tricks: turning water into instant ice, showing off a [...]
| Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:46
So, we’re back on the internet after two months of living in the dark ages, and I know you’re all just hanging out for some news of the kids. If you’re not, then why are you here? It’s a couple of months since we last tried to describe Maya, so what’s she like at (almost) 16 [...]
| Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:02
As usual, the guy over at xkcd.com (one of my favourite web comics) captures the essence of our experience, but is funnier and cleverer than we’d ever be. Needless to say, C knows all the spots on his walk to college where, were he to ‘inadvertently’ lurk for a minute, his iTouch would miraculously download all [...]
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:24
Sorry for the long silence. There’s a huge backlog on blogging because we’ve been off-line ever since we’ve moved house. So this is a quick photo upload just so you don’t forget what the kids look like, and with any luck we’ll be back online in a couple of weeks. Who’d have thought that in [...]
| Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:50
The kindy teacher described it as one of those things that you feel you’re watching in slow motion and yet are powerless to stop. Jeyanth is running on the grass in the playground, completely unencumbered, no other children near him. The ground is sloping slightly away from him, and suddenly he’s falling, apparently tripping on his [...]
The older you are, the taller you get, right?
| Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:54
Jeyanth is currently (not surprisingly) obsessed with how old people are. Yesterday he asked ‘do people live to be a hundred’? I said ‘yes they do, sometimes - but not very often’ He said ‘how old are you’ I said ‘36′ He: ‘how old is Daddy’ I: ‘39′ He: ‘Oh, that’s not close to one hundred’ I: ‘No, not really. Hundred is really [...]
| Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:42
Maya’s first two-word combo: ‘up ball’ accompanied by throwing said spheroid. Maya’s first two syllable word: ‘appuhl’ while eating said ubiquitous red fruit. (sorry, I’ve been reading patent specifications today)
| Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:13
As we might have noted before, Jeyanth has unusual taste in music for a five year-old. Recent obsessions have included Queen, “Waxing a Hottie” by Fat and Frantic and “Rock Lobster” by the B-52s. Always ready to experiment, we started listening to ‘The Wall’ by Pink Floyd in the car on the way to Church. Of [...]
| Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:20
We might have mentioned before that Maya seems to be attempting a handful of words. She hasn’t added to the list greatly, but she is definitely practising using them more and more deliberately. The following are in regular daily use: More = ‘I want that’ No = ‘I don’t want that’ Boh = Ball Doh = Dog Koh = ‘Cloth’ [...]
| Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:55
Yesterday I picked Jeyanth up from kindy. It was pretty close to ‘late snack’ time and since Jeyanth hates missing out on anything, even for the sake of going home early, we stopped at the kitchen to beg some food on the way out. Given a choice of dates or left-over crackers Jeyanth chose to [...]
