A happy Vezhambal*

The much-awaited northeast monsoons have set in. It made a tame entry yesterday, so thankfully the laundry could be washed and dried without much problem. But today it is in full swing, and the kids went to school in the steady drizzle. Classes were only half full, with many children absenting themselves or walking in late thanks to the traffic jams.Mira has been telling me that she wants a raincoat - "all the children put this button, this button and this button with a cap on". Guess we will have to get them raincoats as I dont feel they are smart enough to wield their colourful Popy umbrellas; though in Kerala each little kid is armed with an umbrella since we get rains a good part of the year. And when it doesnt rain, we hold it against the sun to protect our complexions!
Back to Mira. Everyday she comes up with some demand or the other.
'All the children bring noodles/bread and jam/ice cream to school, so I want that.' So yesterday I sent her bread and jam, and today noodles. I know she is cooking up the ice cream story. Requests for a Barbie doll schoolbag or a Spiderman snackbox or a Pokemon waterbottle are not far behind.
Ash however is not so ambitious. He is happy with whatever we give.
*For the edification of non-Malayalis - Vezhambal or the Great Hornbill is our state bird, and it is believed to look earnestly at the clouds in anticipation of rains.