Summer Hols

It was just a mere month compared to the two and a half that they were used to. But what a month it has been! It was everything a summer break should be. Lazy, fun and utterly routineless.

Vaibhav has a great gang in the neighbourhood. British, Australian and Chinese boys who are all as crazy as he is about sports. They organized tennis games between themselves,requested one of the dads to escort them to play two external cricket matches and raced each other in the condo pool. Sweaty, happy, 10 year olds were running in and out of our home every afternoon, stopping only for a snack or drink.

Shriya, on the other hand had several playdates and sleepovers with her school friends. I'd find the girls involved in elaborate art projects (one of which turned out to be a major learning lesson that ended in a lot of mopping and washing!)or endless rounds of Monopoly.

We spent the last week in pristine Langkawi.Leisurely meals, mid-morning naps (for the Dad), hours in the beach and more in the hotel pool were only interspersed with movies and more board games.

In between all the fun, the kids squeezed in Math and Tamil. The former because they enjoy it and the latter because they had promised.

To me, the big highs were running alongside the torquoise beaches, helping Vaibhav fly his first kite;sharing the big moment with Shriya when she magically overcame her fear of the deep end and started swimming confident laps; my new love for table tennis thanks to the many games I got to play with Vaibhav;Shriya's accelerated interest and improvement in Bharatanatyam which I taught her every other day.

A summer truly well spent!