A time to recollect

The year is coming to an end and it’s a time for recollection and a time for setting new goals. We had our parent-teacher evaluation meeting with Veer’s teachers this week. I am proud to say that Veer is on par or average with his peers!!! As a first-time mom who always doubts herself, this was a reassurance more for me than for him. I have learnt sooooooo much about myself and learnt to do things differently. Children are amazing reminders to stop and take it slow and learn and observe.

2014 watched my baby turn into a little boy. Not just physically, but his personality is starting to come out as well. I cannot wait for the fun challenges and experiences that the next year has in store for us. And as he has been teaching me from when he was in my belly – You cannot plan anything for your children and hence no specific goals or milestones for 2015. I am going to focus more on child-led learning and work with him on his interests.

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Over the Thanksgiving week we did a trip to Orlando and Miami. Now a Disney trip is a momentous occasion in a person’s life and I couldn’t wait to see how Veer would fare. Lil Veer (not so little anymore – He turned 3 in November) has basically flipped out when he has seen any of the characters in their life size avatars. Veer loves Elmo, on a trip to New York a few months ago we took him to Times Square so he could take a picture with Elmo and the kid clung to my neck, burst out into tears and refused to even look at Elmo. With this and many such similar experiences, I was dreading Disney. However, a tiny part of me figured that if I speak to him about it, I could prepare him for it and maybe it wouldn’t be soooo bad. So I told him about how Mickey and co are actually really tall and taller than his dad and me. But they are really nice and he shouldn’t be afraid. For weeks, Veer kept telling himself that he will not be scared of Mickey. On the day off, I was still dreading it and we actually had to stand in line to see Mickey who was inside and not roaming the streets of Magic Kingdom like the other Disney characters. When it was our turn lil Veer was soooo brave and he shook hands and high fived and said he wanted to touch Mickey’s nose (which Mickey was nice enough to let him do.)

I am incredibly proud of my little man for overcoming his fears. And I felt glad that Veer’s first experience at Disney was a fruitful one and hopefully when we bring him back a few years from now I will sit in dread as he rides Space Mountain.