Afternoon, on a holiday.. Usually this time all three should be asleep. High time they started playschool but have not started yet. Today I have Balu for company. He generally does not like to nap in the afternoon. He sleeps early at night (11.30 pm, that is!) and gets up late (10 am). He is more sharp and intelligent than the the other two. If something is shown to him, he absorbs and understands it the first time itself, whereas Raman takes some more time- we have to show something at least thrice for him to really grasp the technique. Kutty does not bother with understanding things that she is not interested in, but if she wants, she can learn it if we show it may be two times. She has good memory of stories, characters etc. Balu remembers techniques well. Raman is good in his acting, performing skills. Balu is a special character- he does everything- if we ask him to keep something safely, he does it. He can dress up himself, shoes and all. He can eat by himself, he got potty trained first, he learns rhymes very fast. He can bear pain well, he would not cry if he falls down or even cuts himself. But he also has some bad habits- like throwing things, throwing a tantrum. He is very jealous at times, of his siblings. If he does not like something he would devise some way to avoid it. Like if he does not like a shirt, and if we make him wear it, somehow he will find a way to make it dirty or pour water on it, so we will be forced to change his shirt. But there is absolutely no doubt that he is smarter than the other two, and he will survive any adverse situations. Here I have a very independent son, who is absolutely adorable when he wants to be so, and absolutely naughty at some other times. :D
