Something very nice happened two days back. i heard a litle voice call me 'sangee' :o) i hate it when someone mangles my name, but at this instance i was more than ready to tolerate being called 'Shanky' especially since the little person was calling my name for the first time and that is something we have never taught her before. i immediately went back to my old blog and relived the memories of Nidhi calling me by name for the first time. Now after being corrected gently (one can tolerate only so much after all) i can hear 'shun-gee', 'shun-gee'.
And yesterday, we stepped out of an ice cream store, walked a bit and enjoyed our ice-creams sitting on a bench. Nidhi went back to the store to fetch some water to drink. Little Aditi wanted to go with her but i held her back. She kept waiting for her sister and as soon as she spotted her she shouted out 'Akka!' and ran towards her. Then i heard a lot of nidhikka, nidhikka and lot of gibberish passing for conversation. ever since aditi was born nidhi turned to nidhika and when we talk to aditi nidhi is referred to always as Nidhika, with the stress on akka. i am happy to note it has the intended effect and aditi calls her only akka or nidhika. Lesson 1 accomplished : Respect ur akka! (Not just becoz she is elder to u, but bcoz she's the one loves u the most and is always on ur side).
when aditi was born we all stood around her and introduced ourselves 'appa', 'amma', 'nidhika'. We did it for a year patting ourselves referring to our 'name' and then pointing back to aditi and telling her she's 'aadu' or 'aditi'. a year later aditi took over and she would touch each of us and say 'appa', 'amma', 'akka', turning back to herself with 'aadu' and later 'aditi'. 'what's ur name?' (or the equivalent in tamil) would fetch an answer of 'aadu' or 'aditi' depeneding on her mood.
Ever since Appa heard 'shun-gee', he is trying his best "what's appa's name?" - pat comes the reply 'Appa!' :o)
And yesterday, we stepped out of an ice cream store, walked a bit and enjoyed our ice-creams sitting on a bench. Nidhi went back to the store to fetch some water to drink. Little Aditi wanted to go with her but i held her back. She kept waiting for her sister and as soon as she spotted her she shouted out 'Akka!' and ran towards her. Then i heard a lot of nidhikka, nidhikka and lot of gibberish passing for conversation. ever since aditi was born nidhi turned to nidhika and when we talk to aditi nidhi is referred to always as Nidhika, with the stress on akka. i am happy to note it has the intended effect and aditi calls her only akka or nidhika. Lesson 1 accomplished : Respect ur akka! (Not just becoz she is elder to u, but bcoz she's the one loves u the most and is always on ur side).
when aditi was born we all stood around her and introduced ourselves 'appa', 'amma', 'nidhika'. We did it for a year patting ourselves referring to our 'name' and then pointing back to aditi and telling her she's 'aadu' or 'aditi'. a year later aditi took over and she would touch each of us and say 'appa', 'amma', 'akka', turning back to herself with 'aadu' and later 'aditi'. 'what's ur name?' (or the equivalent in tamil) would fetch an answer of 'aadu' or 'aditi' depeneding on her mood.
Ever since Appa heard 'shun-gee', he is trying his best "what's appa's name?" - pat comes the reply 'Appa!' :o)
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