Spring is Almost Here

Talin,

My little boy -- the winter is now over for 2014-2015 and Spring is almost here in early March.  Like I've said to your brother and sister -- It's been soooo long since I wrote your last blog entry, actually last July to be exact. So much has happened since then, it's really hard to catalog here.  So here is 8 months in short:

1) We had a great summer!  Favorite time was going to the St. Michael's house on the water, where we swam int he pool, took boat rides on the bay and also tried (without any luck) to catch fish. You loved swimming in the pool, driving the boat and trying to catch fish!  We also visit your great-great grandfather's lighthouse!

2) You started Kindergarten a new school. September brought catholic school uniforms!  You love your new school Talin and you're doing so well.  You went from not knowing your ABCs to being able to write words and almost sentences 9 months later!  It's really amazing to watch.  It's hard to say who your best friend is -- I think it's Emmett at the moment but was Kadan, but you said you "broke-up", so not sure what that means.  You go to school so excited also joined cub scouts this year as a Junior Tiger!  You also are in chess club and know how to play chess too! In terms of funny things you say, sometimes you'll dig in on something -- like if you don't want to do something -- but then you give in and you say "Fine, fine....".  You also have a bad habit at giving our man-sized burps at the dinner table.  Don't blame me for that one later on in life :)!

3) Play time: You love playing with your brother and sister. You're actually like the referee -- you play well with both of them together and separately.  You all play games like freeze tag or hide-in-seek, and when lucky -- you grab an ipad and play minecraft.  Favorite shows right now -- curious George, transformers and ninjago.

4) Halloween -- you dressed up as a -- you guessed it -- a ninja!  We tried to all do a theme, so you and Rohin were ninjas, mommy was a Geisha princess and I was Sensi Wu.  We went over to Pooja aunties house and had a great time trick or treating -- you all ran between houses and received a ridiculous amount of candy.

6) Thanksgiving -- great fun at our house -- we had everyone over -- and had way too much to eat!   Most of our family was there, including Ammuma and Thaha!

7) Christmas-- total awesomeness!  Everyone came over to our house again this year -- Ammuma and Thaha and Grandma and Grandpa.  Sadhana chechi was there but Savitha Chechi couldn't make it this year.  But we had so much fun opening presents and spending time with family. If I get some time, I will post up pictures  from Christmas.

8) Winter -- so that brings us current.  This was the year of snow sports. You continued skiing this year Talin and were a natural.  It started by us going to Wintergreen, where we rented a one room apartment and did ski school that weekend.  You were so good that you were doing blue slopes by yourself!  We then went to ski liberty and did more skiing and ski school -- where you were fearless!  On top of that, Jan and Feb brought a lot of snow again.  So we would sled down our back hill (and try not to hit the tree at the bottom of the hill), have snow ball fights, and eat marshmallows over the fire.  We had one snow day on a Sat and all of our friends came over and we played all day together (sooo fun -- you played with Jovin and Jayan).  Finally, we went to the farm this past weekend, where it started to warm up -- but the snow was on the ground and so we dug out three snow caves, had a snow ball fight and skated on the pond at the farm.

Talin, your gift is really your ability to express yourself and your ability to show great compassion. A recent example was recently when you went to the store, you bought you sister, with your own money, a stuffed rabbit.  You also are the one who tells us how delicious dinner is and you just know how to make people feel good about that they do for you.  That caring, appreciative, empathetic and enthusiastic personality of yours will go a long way in this life!  I will try to be more diligent here and write in a few more months to check back in!  Until then, we move forward on fast-forward every day.  I love being your daddy Talin and let's make every moment count. We love you so much!