Kathir is obsessed with "cars". Am sure all mom's of little boys will nod in agreement. His obsession with cars can is equivalent to little girls obsessions with Barbie dolls.
Kathir brushes his cars' imaginary teeth, gives them a bath, feeds them, rides on them, sometimes whacks them etc.
In the last 4 months ( he is now 2 and half) he recognizes most cars on the road. His first question in Nov during our Kerala trip was: Yeh kaun sa car hai (pointing to a Merc parked in the restaurant we had stopped on our way to Alleppy). Since then there's no stopping him - From Chrevolet Cruz to Santro to all Maruti brands... mercs, Skoda... you name it and he recognizes them.
Yesterday, kathir saw some buffaloes on his way to school. Here goes the conversation:
Mamma, buffalo chalta kaise hai? Uska to wheel nahin hai!!
Buffalo ka steering wheel kahan hai? Aur uska horn kahan hai - horn kaisa bajata hai?
Its difficult for him to imagine anything on the road that has no wheels!!
Middle of the night in his sleep: Sab rocket udd gaya!
While painting: Mamma ek space ship banao pls; mamma ek alien nikalo space ship se...
What he wants to watch on Mac: Baba, ek xylo dikhao. Mamma, ek Ferrari dikhao...
What he wants to watch on TV: Discovery Turbo, Doremon and Kitretsu (all the more interesting if they have aliens and space ships in them)
