Aasim’s 7th Birthday

Yesterday Aasim celebrated his 7th birthday in his usual “call everyone in the class” party, co-incidentally yesterday was also the last paper of the children’s first serious exam and beginning of the Divali vacation. This combined effect was no less than expected. The party soon lost all semblance to an organised gathering with the mob of children throughly enjoying themselves, thankfully the fun kept itself whiskers away from a food/cake fight.

A few pictures here

Special thanks to Mona and Khader for sending thoughtful gift which arrived right on time 🙂

In the morning as Aasim slept we were talking about how fast the time has passed… how tall he has become, not very long ago we used to say – it will be very convenient once he learns how to sit 🙂

Well convenience and parenthood are really antonyms. While that is true we very much love the synonyms – fun, pride, revelation, happiness.

Aasim is all that we could have ever wished for and more (one of the meaning of his name reflects this) about the only concern we have is that he does not stick to any of activities he takes up for long, Computers, Chess, Skating, Gaming, currently Tabla the list is long. In fact other than Lego there is nothing which has really held his attention for more than a month or two. Guess he is in a skill acquisition mode and in this case we like to believe that we are just his keepers. He will decide for himself when time comes.

  • mmk

    Interesting

    how worrying about children/{what they are going to do}/{how they are doing}/{skills} also comes with the package 😉

    • Re: Interesting

      Well, yes imparting survival skills is part of the *keepers* analogy, so while we are not overtly worried about the *what* part we are hard at work on the *how* part

    • Re: Interesting

      The tricky part for me is how to impart an attitude of perseverance without pressurising too much and I am sure you know that Dads do not get a book for all those things when they become one…

  • HAPPY BELATED B’DAY DEAR AASIM!:)

    • Thanks, Aasim now knows a new word – BELATED 😉

      • with parents like u and swati, am quite sure his vocab is already impressive for his age!;)