My Angry young charmer all of 2 yrs 2 months old

The art of communication should be learnt from the little ones, Its just that when we grow up we start building techniques ,science as to how to communicate ,what to communicate etc etc... and more often than not we fail. Cos its not spontaneous, it not heartfelt and its always an attempt to outwit each other.
Rishabh my tiny 2.2 yrs old todler has a few lessons of his own to teach me. He still cant form sentences, but has picked of all the "key words" needed to get his job done like "Come" , "Want", "food" Gaana as in song, etc etc...and a has way with those expressions, million a minute.
And he does get angry and packs a mean tantrum if you could call it that. The face goes all pink and he lets go a string of angry words, which very clearly communicates what he is upset about, who is the perpetrator A.K.A aditi (My other 5 yr old brat) is, and what he wants done which means if you cant spank her atleast yell at her. All this while whatever he has said is not english ,hindhi or whatever the rest of us mere mortals are aware of. yet its so crystal clear.

So much for the art of communication

Momments to live for

December 4th ,2009. My wife and kids set out for thier annual break to my wifes hometown bangalore for a 10 day trip. So my 5 year old daughter had a lot of advice for me .So she started telling me what i should do and what i should not.
Eyes all bright , big very seriously she tells me ,Do not open the door for anyone, 1st ask who is at the door and then open the door. shut off the lights before you go to bed etc etc.. I was amused and played along .I told her darling now what do i do i am all alone who will make tea for me , who will cook food for me. Why dont you stay back , this i asked of my 5 year old daughter.

She went silent ,i could see this was a major decision for her, she very softly said" But i want to go , see Ishant, mamama etc..( I.e. her 3 year old cousin, Mamama-grandmom). why dont u come with us. So i said sweetheart i dont have a ticket so i cant go .She paused, and said ok. So i persisted and continued "so what do i do for food". So she said in the way only she could " I have an idea, Go to the club house canteen ask for tea, snacks etc...they will feed you" So i said what if they dont have tea then what do i do. She said its simple " Go to kitchen take a vessel, pour a glass of water put something and something and make your tea." I laughed and said but i dont know what is that something that i should put.

Then again in those big brown eyes i saw she was feeling bad that i will be alone , and i had to continue, " so i say " I dont even have any money, your mom has taken everthing how will i pay?
She paused and said papa do you know i have a piggy bank, now i have lots of money in that. I am so small , i dont need the money what will i do with it. Y dont you take little from it, no wait you can take everything for your tea, lunch dinner etc..ok"

That was not all, while i was dropping them off. She was all silent sad and very softly said now you can watch TV "Araam se na", since i wont be there to fight with you for the remote and change chanels.
Thats when i knew i am going to miss them a lot .thank god it was only 10 days. everytime i go to the kitchen and put something & something to make something, I am going to hear my Aditi my 5 year old giving me instructions.

These small momments are the momments i will cherish for the rest of my like, these are truly moments to live for.