Scope for Improvement

Good Morning Aaliyah,

Yesterday evening I decided to put on my ‘Sincere mom’ robe and chased you on taking up your books and read your Hindi lessons. You clearly were not very happy about it.  You started walking backwards.  But main bhi kuch kamm nahin.  I took you to the room in which your daddy too was working on his Laptop and apparently also cleaning an already clean room, which by the way should ‘count’ as being participative in constructively contributing to the home improvement. That’s his code for asking for another coffee.

I put your Dad on watch so he could motivate you.  Apparently, the moment I shut the door behind me, you put your book down and reached for the ipad.

Ipad are tablets we use at this point in time.  It will be a vintage item by the time you read this post.

Anyways, When I was walking back to the room, hearing my footsteps you swapped them again pretending to read.  Jis School ki tum student ho, hum uss school ke Trustee reh chuke hain beta.  I actually came into to room to check on your Dad to see if he was still watching you. Who by the way was only looking at you.

When I left the room, I believe, I REPEAT, I believe your father ‘CORRECTED YOUR BEHAVIOUR’ and told you, ‘ Aaliyah, this is not the right thing to do.  You should listen to your mother.  She is telling it for your good’. 

I am dead sure he said it to you, giggling all the way with his eyes wide open and trying to appear to be inspiring. You go on to tell your father, just as you pick your ipad again, ‘Ignore her Daddy’..

I am even more sure he had his heart in his mouth, in happiness.  He asked you, ‘Until when?’.  Again eyes open wide and genuinely looking for an answer.  You go on to say ‘Until she improves’.

Aaliyah…sweetheart, I am sure there is lot of scope for improvement in me.  Trust me, there are other moms out there going crazy with pushing kids to pursue things they have no clue about and I am laying off just to let you BE. 

But today when you come back from school, you have tons of self improvement TO DO today overnight.  Bola tha maine..  Jis School kit um student ho, hum uss school ke Trustee reh chuke hain bet… Doing a lil dance here. :)