First Swimming experience

I took them out to BITS club they have a nice children pool about 1 - 1.5 feet. Had taken them once they had enjoyed dipping their feet in the pool. So bought them nice swimming shorts. Those tiny short are loose fitting.
Rishabh quickly enter the pool and stood. But he was not willing to let go of me. within a few minutes he started feeling better. I made him walk around bit. after that he started splashing water on bigger kids. He enjoyed when the kid splashed on him.
Rishica took much longer, she refused to enter though she was willing to dip her feet. Her thatha somehow managed make her enter the pool. Once she stood on the ground she quickly started moving about pretty confidently playing started playing with other kids. Rishabh was very hungry after 1/2 hour. He started eating the baby corn Manchurian which was another first for him.
We took them to pool after sometime again. This time both of them freaked out. I enter the larger pool. They some instinctively realize the pool was deeper. they hugged me tightly not letting me go.
The image that is with me is of Rishabh trying to avoid shivering by bending low keeping only is head above the water and moving about. Rishica splashing water about and licking the pool edge.
Both of them once each went under water and did not realize that they just had to stand up to come out of water. They had to be pulled out. There is still an amount of danger for them. We have to be careful especially with me be against aids like tubes. I feel children wont learn swimming if they have the those aids.

First movie

Took them to their first movie on 1st may.They are as crazy about mungaru male songs as I am. I was sure they were going enjoy the movie. I dragged mom along as she was the only one willing to come the second time. BTW it was also my second time.
I took them to vybhav theatre close to home. As soon they saw the poster both of them started screaming MM much to the amusement of onlookers. After the movie started, Rishica started saying MM point to Ganesh, then I realized she was under the impression that Ganesha was MM. They remember the seen when Ganesh falls into the drain. Rishabh was feeling very bad till he was pulled out. When the song onde ondu started both were awestruck with the bigness of screen and loudness of the music, then were watching stunned. Rishica was bored pretty quickly compared to Rishabh.
Rishabh was very angry when Ganesh was beaten up by villains. he started saying oye oye in a threatening tone. The dialogues bored them without they being able o follow. Whenever the songs started they were interested. Rishica started crying for amma so I called home and rishica feel better. By mid of second half they were totally irritated and probably hungry too. We were forced to leave 1/2 hour early.
Rishica started screaming and crying by the time I could get the vehicle out of parking. Refusing to be with my mom. I decided I will not take them to another movie for alteast 2 years because they are too young to relate to what is happening.

At 2 years 9 months

It is a very exciting phase of development for both children and us parents. Looks like everyday when we go back from office they would have learnt a new thing. The best part is the grand welcome I get when I go home, Both of them come screaming "Hi baby", which they picked up from me and now use it for me.
Son has developed a non stop hands and mouth. He has stared making sentence and starting to respond to questions. His favorite question is "What is this?" in a nice tune. People can become tired by the number of times he asks. He has just started to talk over phone with people. Suddenly he has developed attachment to his mom. He used to be appa's son. Maybe
because I berate him for his naughtiness, same with ajji. Mom hardly scolds him. He seems to pick up songs quickly. He can sing a stanza of Mungaru male's songs anisuthidae and kunidu. he always exhibited his liking for audio.
As a 1 year old he used to throw things down the stairs and enjoy the sounds. He as started writing, mom says he can write till 'I'. He seems to have grown very quickly.

Daughter the sweet one is cute acts like the younger one. She calls herself baby. Loves her pillow the best, she can lie down on it for quite sometime. She talks as much but finds making sentences a bit difficult. she tries out new things and son follows her. She is less scared, she fights back the parents and grand parent, hits us when we scold. We really don't fight much with her and give in. She is still her mom's baby, but shows more affection towards others these days.She likes making jigsaw puzzles, coloring. She is more visual kind. Though she writes only D her handwriting is better. She always like to do her own things, never let us help her whether writing alphabets or zipping her pants, only if she is tired she will let us help her.

They like to hear stories and try to repeat them, either skip lot of things tell the best part or combine best parts of different stories.They still don't eat and drink by themselves except for water. Son especially makes big fuss while drinking his milk one of his favorites.
Overall they are energy dynamos. Sleep much later than their tired parents. They keep playing till they fall of asleep.