My Little Achievers

Chunchu and Shiku...of course!
Shiku completed one month at school today. Before he was admitted to school, he was always willing and in fact, too keen to follow in the footsteps of his sister. Sometimes, he used to miss Chunchu, and at other times, he even used to cry asking to let him accompany her. So I started sending him to school at such a tender age. He is in play group, where in he just enjoys his day with other kids, some even younger than him, and sometimes, he learns a little. The activities they do vary from drawing lines, coloring etc to singing poems and learning numbers and alphabets. He enjoys that part. The part that he detests is when he is ready and realizes he has to leave in a minute. I used to hear about what he does during that one minute from mom and Chunchu everyday. Last week, I was on leave for two days and saw it myself. And, did I enjoy it? Well, at first when he started crying and screaming, my heart went out to him, and I thought that he is too young to go to school, perhaps. But the next moment, when I carried him down the stairs, he bade goodbye to everyone, including a lizard he spotted on the wall! That was really a sight to watch...one minute throwing a tantrum saying "Atti (his name for himself) won't go" and then the other moment, enthusiastically saying "bye bye, lizard, momma, mummy, nana...bye bye".
Coming to my other little achiever Chunchu...she won two gold medals yesterday when her school held a sports day. She participated in a coin race and dupatta race, winning both of them! My angel! The night before yesterday, she was telling me about their practice for these races, and she was upset that she came second. OMG, how she hates coming second! She kept telling me she wanted to be first. So I told her, "Tomorrow when you have this event, why don't you run as fast as you can? Having good dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow morning will help you give strength." She was pleased to hear that and had a hearty meal. Yesterday when I came back from office and she showed me her medals, I kissed her congratulating her. She said, "Mumma, I came first because I had become strong after having good dinner and breakfast!" I wondered if that statement really encouraged her. Sometimes, even we as adults want to hear someone telling us that we can do it and then, we go ahead giving our best and emerge winners.
I wish my Little achievers grow up to become big ones and they still keep the spirit to fight till the end.