Winter break 2009 - Day 2

Day 2 was interesting. I hit upon a little idea that would make our 10 day situation an interesting *err* enterprise. I am not saying what it is just yet, for what if it falls flat all my face, for all my grand scheming, and I have nothing here to show for it??? Let's just say that it was bound to give us some purpose and direction, and a little excitement of trying something new.

> So once R is dropped, and that rush is over, we have the whole day to ourselves.

> We start off with a little art theme --> shapes. I tell Winkie he can draw whatever he wants, but it has to be done only using the basic shapes that he knows. Not abstract ones either, but our solid, typical shapes.

> He wishes to practice on our trusty whiteboard, before committing his ideas to paper. And on the left is what he drew. A man holding a pyramid on top of his head (we don't know why that is, but suffice it to say, he must be a very important man to be doing such a weighty task), with fire emanating from to tip of the pyramid, shown in orange triangles, with shape clouds in the sky, and a shapely sun :), and the sun rays also shown in shapes all around the man, and a windmill (which I think was an offshoot from my own farm on farmville ;). Overall, it was a great effort, and he was ready to use paper and his colours. That took the better part of another 1/2 hour.

> An hour long bath, splashing in the tub, which could have been avoided given their colds, but what the heck!

> Thambi sleeps off and Winkie and I take our time with lunch.

> Its afternoon, and I have a headache which I want to sleep off with a nap. This is the point where I succumb once more and switch on the idiot box. He watches for an hour.

> Snacks and a fruit, and he goes off to the neighbour's house to play. We see him again only 2 hours later.

> Thambi has spent most of the day in my arms and sleeping, and no TV at all, and that's a small triumph.

> Evening time, boys have a good round of roughhousing and pretend play of Vampire Wars (heavens!) with their father, and the day is wound down with a story from our Curious George collection.

> Bedtime at 9:00.

Overall : Good day. Tho I was planning on some extra time with Winkie in the afternoon, while Thambi slept. But I think we did good, with only 1 hour of media time. Plus, had a lot of free play time with each other, which was really nice!

Rating : 3 stars.