Happy Birthday, Nishu!!!

We had a busy, busy day! We had a pretty leisurely morning at home before heading off to work/daycare. Which is always nice because Kiran loves the extra time with papa! I went to daycare at 3:30 to do an egg hunt with Kiran's class. He and I filled Easter Eggs with cars, erasers, stickers, and raisins last night. While his teacher distracted the other kids with songs, Kiran and I hid nearly 50 eggs around his classroom. It was lots of fun!

We had dinner at Nishu's favorite steakhouse in Bloomington, Janko's Little Zagreb. Let me just say, I really don't like steak, so this was a sacrifice for me! LOL! Kiran loved it, though....so I had two happy men, which is always good! We came home and banished Nishu to his office while we decorated for the "Pirate Party" that Kiran insisted on, and wrapped presents. I hope it was a fun birthday for Nishu! We're looking forward to having his parents down tomorrow night. It will really be a weekend long celebration!! Easter takes a backseat to Nishu's birthday in this house. LOL!

Filling Easter Eggs

Pirate Kiran...Aaaarrrr!

Kiran insisted on dancing around doing the windmill (just like Pete Townshend) while Nishu opened his gifts)

And then he had to wrap Nishu's head and make papa the present

And, of course, he had to get wrapped up, too. The kid loves wrapping paper!

More fun with wrapping paper...this is his bed.

A couple stories from our day

I have a kind of sad story...I broke Kiran's heart today, which in turn broke mine!! And it really all came about because I was being nice!

Kiran comes to my office relatively often to visit the graduate students in the lab. He has a bin of toys there, paper/markers, likes to draw on the whiteboard, and likes to pretend he's "working" or "checking my email" at the second desk/computer in my office. Well, over the weekend I learned that another postdoc in my department doesn't have her own office nor her own desktop computer. So, naturally, I offered her the second desk/computer in my office. What I didn't think about was how upset Kiran would be. We nearly stopped by the office this afternoon so I mentioned very delicately that someone else would be working at the desk he likes to sit at. He got soooo sad, his lip/chin started quivering, tears swelled in his eyes, and his voice was shakey. But he was trying so hard to be a big boy and not cry. And he was doing his best to rationalize it all, telling me, "That computer is old, that's why she gave it to me...but if she wants to use yours or mine that's fine." He just kept, on the verge of all out crying, telling me how the computer was old. When I suggested that we could take his laptop with us when we went to the office, he just lost it. Poor guy...my heart was breaking for him - he was just so upset! Fortunately, Nishu is full of good ideas and is bringing my old "real" laptop from the old house for him. And Kiran really likes that idea. He said, "It's only our computer only for you, me, and papa." When I agreed with him and told him we wouldn't let anyone take it he said, "If someone else needs it they can use it. They can just press the buttons." Such a generous soul...even after having his heart broken!

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Just to lighten things up a bit, when Angy (Nishu's sister) called tonight and I asked if he'd like to talk to her, Kiran said "Yeah, I'm not too busy to talk to my friend, Bua." LOL!

Easter Eggs!

FIVE...Five days with papa!

The morning I left for my trip (to Denver for a conference), Kiran emphatically raised his hand spreading out all 5 fingers and shouted, "FIVE! Five days with papa!" Needless to say he was excited to have a "boys only" long weekend. Nishu and Kiran had such a great time...they went to the museum, walking on the trails, exploring IU campus, went to several parks/playgrounds, went out for a steak dinner together, and saw Monsters vs. Aliens. I fun-filled few days! Of course, I missed them but am also so grateful that they have so much fun together!!!

Back to the new house.

When we got back to the "new house" in Bloomington there was lots of fun to be had. Nani had send a package (and we know how much Kiran LOVES to get mail) and Dadi had sent a VTech video game system for him. This three-year-old really has it rough...

Opening his new toy!

And of course, he got started right away...beginning with his favorite letter, K. "K is for Kiran"

Opening Nani's letter. I love reading her letters to him because she writes them like she's talking to him and he answers when I ask the questions she writes. I really should videotape it...

A visit to "the oldhouse"

We spent the weekend before last back in Yorkville, which is always lots of fun. Dadaji and Dadi came to visit and we spend Saturday in Chicago with great friends! Here are a few pics.

Kiran had lots of fun "building Chicago." He also remembered Dadaji's engineering lessons from months ago. He told me we had to build the sky scrapers on the hard, flat floor rather than the carpet. And that I couldn't build a tall skinny tower because it "needs a good foundabase, like Dada said." So funny that he combined foundation and base! What a smarty!

He spent a lot time playing caregiver to his new stuffed panda, Pappy, and Habidader (his baby doll)! This rug in front of the sink/dishwasher was Pappy's bed and the bag of blocks was his suitcase.

He even built Habidader a throne...and was proud of it!

Donuts with papa.

Strolling in Chicago. He was such a good sport and just shopped contently with all us grown ups! He was thrilled to get to spend some time with Aunty Jess, and spent a great deal of time following her around. He was just like her little shadow!

Finley's first haircut of the season

Well, another week flew by! I was away for 5 days at a conference in Denver so I have a good excuse for neglecting the blog! I'm posting a whole bunch tonight to make up for it. Here's Finley's first haircut of the spring/summer with before and after pictures.