He joins his brothers

... at the Giant Kids Run 2013, officiating his first run!

I was away on a business trip.. so the boys went to the run with apps, taatha and ammachi. In the 4-6 year old category, the children are required to run with a parent.

Dylan ran with apps. When he saw some children being carried by their parent, he too wanted to be carried! Nevertheless, with lots persuasion, he finished his 760m run by himself, accompanied by apps. Well done baby! :)

My baby... a finisher of his 1st run :)

When Aaron was at the starting point, he told his ammachi, "Last year amma held my hands. If she had let go, I could have run faster and won.." So this year, amma told appa to let go of his hand if he can do it..

I was surprised that he remembered I held his hand during the last year's run. I was actually worried that the other children and parents might trip him.. in a bid to get to the finishing line..  He had not mentioned anything to me during the last year, and even in preparation for the run... Wow! What memory.. and analytical mind.

Aaron all set for his run!

Aaron was right. He could run faster than his taatha. So appa let go of his hand as they were nearing the finishing line.. and he beat two more children to become the 12th. Winning position up to top 10 :) Just missed...

Well done Aaron.. we are proud of you :)

While Aaron and Dylan ran 760m in the 4-6 year old category, Nixon ran 1.85 km in the 7-8 year old category while Thytus ran 2.2 km in the 9-10 year old category. While they were on the run, ammachi was interviewed by the media...

in the Star, published on Thursday September 19, 2013

Chandra Kanaga, 63, who came to the run with her husband and three grandchildren, said it was the third time that her grandchildren were participating in the event.“Their grandfather encouraged them,” she said, adding that they are keen to join next year as she believes that it is a good outing for her grandchildren.

in the New Straits Times, published on Thursday September 19, 2013

 Grandmother Chandra Kanaga, 63, who wanted her grandchildren to be fit, encouraged them to take part in the event."My grandchildren have been taking part since Giant first held it. I get them to participate in the run and they have always been excited about the event," said Chandra Kanaga.

Finisher medals and certificates of my little finishers :)

Nothing can replace...

... the fun they have, 

at their grand's place :) 

Every time I travel, the boys will stay with their taatha and ammachi.

Apart from being excited that I won't be around to give them any homework.. the boys love their stay with their grandparents because they have lots of fun!

Some of their activities include...

• painting.. even t-shirt painting!
• making ice cream!
• evenings at the park/playground.

Boys on lantern walk during the Chinese Lantern Festival.
Amma's comment on FB... "Deja Vu - still having fresh memories of children with lanterns,
now its grand children's turn."

Fun time at the playground..

Art time

I'm jealous

Amms told me that she made a special meal for Thytus and Nixon. She emails me...

I made something special for my grandsons. Since my grandsons love to eat their thosai with chicken curry. I ground the rice and lentils to make the thosai for the night.

I wanted it to be different.. I did orange, green and natural colour thosai for the night to be eaten with curry chicken.

I have not made this for my own children.

The boys liked it very much. They wanted more and more, and I was delighted just watching them enjoy their meal.

I asked Thytus and Nixon, “Did you know that you have just eaten your vegetable as well?” They looked surprised. I told them, “green thosai was with spinach, and the orange one was with carrot..” and Nixon continued, “the white one is with radish!” I chuckled. I told him white was just the normal thosai.

Hmm, I didn’t think about the radish thosai. I could have made it since I had it in the fridge anyway.

Not just having it for dinner, Thytus wanted some thosai for school. I told him that it would be messy to pack the curry. I made for them small chapatti with nutela and chapatti with cheese instead.

Obviously amms seems to find joy in creating unique meals for them... that they trully love!

In the mean time, she had to stress, "I have not made this for my own children".. and now I'm jealous!