A beautiful day with a lovely boy

 

Shafeen's page on Facebook

I want to share my son's page with you. I don't know how long I can be with him. You never know, right. But I want my good wishes to be with him. I want him to feel his mom's friends are there to be with him if needed.

Shafeen's page 

https://www.facebook.com/Syed-Ali-Shafeen-1241548329229959

Writing

Shafeen's art

Today my 9 years old son send me a big text message. Just for fun. I surprise that he wrote a story, kind of, with his feelings and current situation. He got cold now. So, couldn’t go to school and taking rest at home. So, he is missing his school and he wrote about that. I didn’t know that my son can write that well. I asked him to write something for me that I will post in his Facebook page. I want to share his writing. I am sure everybody will like it.

পেট্রল দিলেই আমার গাড়ি চলবে (My car will run if I just put some petrol in it)

[English version has given below]

শাফিনের (আমার ৬ বছরের ছেলে) একটা বড় গাড়ির খুব সখ। যেখানে ও নিজে বসে চালাতে পারবে। পা দিয়ে ধাক্কা দিয়ে বা প্যাডেল ঘুরিয়ে চালাতে হবেনা। ওর খেলনা গাড়ি অনেক আছে, কিন্তু ও বসে চালাতে পারে এমনটা নেই। ওর সবচেয়ে বড় লাল গাড়িতে বসে পা দিয়ে ধাক্কা দিয়ে বা ঠেলে ঠেলে চালাতে হয়। 

শাফিন দেখেছে, বড় বড় খেলনার দোকানে এক ধরনের গাড়ি পাওয়া যায় যা ব্যাটারিতে চলে. এসবে বসে বাচ্চারা নিজেই ঘরের ভিতরে গাড়ি চালাতে পারে। আমাকে অনুরোধ করেছে কিনে দেয়ার জন্য। আমি যথাসম্ভব ওর সব কথাই রাখার চেষ্টা করি। কিন্তু এ বিষয়ে এখনও সাধ আর সাধ্যের মিল করতে পারিনি।

একদিন আমার কাছে এসে বলল, "আম্মু আমাকে কিছু পেট্রল কিনে দিও"

আমি বললাম, "পেট্রল দিয়ে তুমি কি করবে?"

শাফিন, "আমি আমার গাড়িতে (যেটা পা দিয়ে ঠেলে চালাতে হয়) ভরে চালাবো। পেট্রল দিলে আর পা দিয়ে ঠেলা দিতে হবে না."

Shafeen (My 6 year old son) wants a big car for years. Where he can sit and run it. And he won't need to push it by his leg. Now he has many toys of cars, but none of is like that where he can sit and drive. His biggest toy is one red car where he can sit and then he had to drive it by pushing his leg on the ground.

Shafeen has seen in big toy stores, they are many big cars where kids can sit and drive (Need battery). He requested me to buy one for him. Generally I try to keep his entire request... but here still I couldn't manage enough money for it.

One day He came to me and asked me to buy some petrol for him. I surprise and asked, "Why?" He replied, he will put some petrol inside his red car then the car will run itself (He won't need to push it)...

মা ঘুমিয়ে থাকলে (When mom is sleeping)

[English version has given bellow]

ছোট বেলায় দুপুর বেলাটা ছিল পুরোপুরি আমার। কারন সবাই (বিশেষ করে আম্মা) ঘুমাতো। আমি একা একা সারা ঘর ঘুরে বেড়াতাম আর টুকটাক অকাজ করতাম। এই করতে গিয়ে কত কি  আবিস্কার করেছি। যেমন সব মসলার সাথে একটু চুন মিসালে রং পুরাপুরি লাল হয়ে যায়।  কিভাবে বের করলাম? একটা ছোট খেলনার বাটিতে সব রান্নার মসলা একটু একটু করে নিয়েছিলাম। সাথে একটু পানি ভালই রং হলো. এবার আব্বার পানের বাটি থেকে খানিকটা চুনও মেশালাম। দেখি রং পুরোপুরি লাল।  অনেক পরে বড় খালুর কাছে শুনেছিলাম, রেস্টুরেন্টে এভাবেই তরকারী রঙ্গিন বানায়।

আমার ছেলের মনে হয় এখন সেই বয়স এসেছে। দুপুরে ওর খাবার (একটা বাটিতে স্ট্রবেরি কেটে লবন আর চিনি দিয়ে মাখিয়ে, একটা বাটিতে ডিম ভেজে ইত্যাদি) টেবিলে রেখে একটু বিশ্রাম নিতে শুয়েছি। এর মধ্যে মহারাজ স্ট্রবেরি খেয়ে শেষ করে দেখলেন বাটিতে এর রস পরে আছে. তিনি সেটার মধ্যে পানি ঢেলে জুস বানানোর চেষ্টা করলেন। বলা বাহুল্য খেতে সুবিধার হয়নি। তাই এই জুস নিয়ে ভাজা ডিমের বাটিতে ঢেলে দিলেন। উদ্দেশ্য মহত। ডিমের স্বাদ বাড়ানো (এমনিতে ও ডিম খেতে পছন্দ করেনা)। পরে বিকালে উঠে আমি মহারাজের কীর্তি কলাপ দেখলাম। রাগ করতে পারলামনা, নিজের ছোট বেলার কথা মনে পরে গেল....

When I was a kid, noon was my own time, because all (especially my mom) usually slept at that time. And I had plenty of time to walk all over the house and do small experimental things. Because of these experiments I had found many things on those days. Like one day in a small bowl I took every kind masala and water. The color was deep brown. Then I added some "slaked lime" from my dad's Betel leaf pot. And the color of the whole thing just changed to deep red. I liked it.... After long time I heard from my elder uncle (maternal), in the restaurant people use this method to make red color of the curry....

My son now passing that time I guess. At noon I prepare his food (Cut strawberries and mixed it with salt and sugar, in another bowl kept fried egg) on the table and go to bed to take some rest. In the mean time my great man eaten the strawberries and found some juice left at the bottom the bowl. He put some water in it to make strawberry juice. You can guess it didn't test well. So he put that juice to the fried egg's bowl, to make the egg taste better (Actually he don't like egg). When I woke up I found these work. I wanted to show anger to him for his work, but couldn't... He just reminds me my childhood...

Kids skin care

It's spring time going on, in Bangladesh. But still this season is very dry. So, you should take care of skin. Always put moisturizer on your skin.

When our kid stays in early age, we have to take care of them in every minute. Day by day they grow up and you can give them some the responsibilities of their own. Like my son (6 years old) now can put face cream on his face of his own. That's a relief too. At least one jobs less for a day…

Now Shafeen don't like winter

Last year, my son said to his class (nursery) that his favorite season is winter, because he likes show fall. Though he never bin in a place where snow falls. He saw it only in TV and internet. We are living in Bangladesh, a tropical country. So, here winter is a small season, and temperature never gone below 0 Celsius.

But this year we faced some cold wind blows. Shafeen (my 6 years old son) really face trouble while go to school in the morning and also attending his classes. While walking towards his school he told me several times, "My hand and nose are freezing".

So, when his new class teacher (My son is now in KG1) asked her class, "Do you like winter?" all answered, "NO! We like summer". I am pretty sure; they are going to change their mind in summer ;)

Jacket inside the room

Shafeen likes his winter collection, this jacket. But it's too warm to wear it inside the room. Generally I put a sweater inside the jacket, so that when he comes inside a room he can take off the jacket and stay with the sweater. But Shafeen don't like to leave the jacket. Result, he became sweated and can't stay with the jacket more :)

Kids like cartoon characters

Shafeen (my 5 years old son) forgot to shake his hand with this mascot, so he is going back to them....

Kids like cartoon characters. No doubt. That's why where ever say see any picture of cartoon, they just love it. Same goes for mascots too. They like those schools where they can see cartoon characters stickers on the wall. They like those toys most, which are made from cartoon characters. Even they like those restaurant where you see a mascot or human wearing cartoon characters dress.

Train traffic system

Everybody has their dream project or planning. Especially when we stuck in traffic jam there many solution comes in our mind. If we made this road then it will be reduced, underground railway is the only solution etc.  We never thought our kids have their own plan too.

I bought this train set for him. After getting this toy, my son created his own way of traffic system, in the above picture. I like his plan for this city J

Unique style of playing

Every kid has some different and unique style of playing. Sometimes parent are the only person who can see and remember those. Even kids forget that style.

Shafeen use to play like this (shown in the picture). Now he forgets about it. But mom remembers this with this picture.

Wallpaper by Shafeen

I like to change my desktop wallpaper frequently. Previously I use to download free wall papers. Then I started set wall paper of those pictures which I recently used is Facebook or blog. My son didn't like that. So, he started drawing pictures for my desktop. No matter how they are I had to keep them. Allah helped me, now he doesn't dislike my wallpapers, and let me keep our pictures as wall paper.

Shafeen doesn't like, when floor moves

My son likes this Ship from Capricorn restaurant, at Bashundhara City Complex (shopping mall). Whenever he get chance, he ride it and doesn't let other boy to ride. But he never let me put coins in it. He doesn't want to move the ship like pendulum.

Several times I try to make him understand, nothing to afraid, but he didn't listen to me. Generally he doesn't afraid of anything... but if floor moves... he doesn't want that. Something happens with him. I wish I know, how to get rid of this afraid.

Hand writing

My son's hand writing is very poor. My hand writing was always very bad, so far can my son go. But if he write with little concentration he writes well. But his only concentration is on playing. So, he tries to complete his writing as soon as possible to make more time for play. And the result is poor hand writing. Now because of his poor hand writing his teachers are not giving him marks. They said, he has to write properly to get marks. My poor son...  :(

Shafeen's pray

I was preparing for my prayer. Suddenly my son asked me to wait for a while and wave my hand. I did, and then he took this picture.

Now a day Shafeen (my 5 years old son) says prayers with me too. At the end I told him you can ask anything from Allah. I heard he is asking "Please give me a big car, a big car.”  I don't know whether his wish will fulfill or not. But he is asking this always.

Shafeen said, it’s his headache, where will he keep his big car and he will manage. Here big car means big toy car which runs by batteries and remote.

My son is very desperate (he always desperate for his toys), now in my mind, I also wish that he should get a big car soon.

Shafeen’s house

Everybody wants a cute little home. My son has this dream too. So, from everything he wants to create his home. In the picture he brings out all blankets and cushions from wardrobe and makes space to go inside. Then it became his house. Sometimes he took small box and decorates it as his toy house... He definitely needs a toy house now.

Food really became tasty

I believe some people have some extra ordinary power to cook well. My son believes that too. He thinks, when he touches any food while cooking, it became sweet (meant tasty). So, he came to the kitchen and cooking (or touching) the boiling egg. Some it works too. Food really becomes tasty…

If there is no space to play then my son won’t go there…

Now a day (after my son’s born), wherever I go, I take my son with me. Main reason is, all day he has to live with me, so for some change I take him with me. Another reason is to make him familiar with the busy world.

Now my son grow up little bit (5 years and 5 months old). He has his own opinion. So, if I asked him to go out with me. He asks, is there anyplace to play? If I say, no, he told me to keep him to his grandmother’s house (maternal), and then I could go anywhere I want.

But 5 years, a long time habit. Now I don’t want to go without him. I don’t feel good working alone…. Though I should…

So, I am thinking, I won’t ask him, just make him ready, and take him with me. I am the mother; my decision would be the last decision…

Shafeen tried to make his mom look beautiful

My son likes to see me beautiful. He wants me to wear ornaments, put make up, and wear beautiful dresses. If for any occasion I wear ornament he doesn’t want me to put off after returning home… In the picture he put henna on my hand by himself. He was only 3 years and 9 months old.

Shafeen became tired

Shafeen became tired, because he was waiting for his mom for long time on the beach. Well, it was hourly paid beach chair. Anyway his mom was in a nearby shopping place. She was very busy with shopping for all. And she knows how fast she was shopping with limited money, because she has to maintain the budget and also her son was waiting and calling her through cell phone.