Poochi!

It's a weekend afternoon, and we are at Ikea after a long time.  Taking Aditya to Ikea is always interesting, as we get to see something new every time we go there with him (since starting Son Rise, of course).

This time around, he fell in love instantly with a soft toy "Puppy" that sister picked up and identified as "Poochi".

A few minutes later, A was lobbying for "Poochi" to have a new home.  "He needs love" he said, and further added that "love from far away won't work, he needs to be at our home" thereby rejecting the idea that we could come back before his birthday and buy it at that time.  "I want the same Poochi, not another copy" was another argument put forth in favor of taking him home right away!  Lastly, the twins also offered to pay from their "piggy banks" so we could buy him.

And what's special about that?

It's the fact that A was acting much more like a kid his age.  It felt cute.  And it is something that we could take for granted with his sister, but not with him. 

Cost of "Poochi"- 8 dollars.  Witnessing this subtle change in Aditya... priceless!!!

By the way, he also had a much easier time playing in the "play area" at Ikea.  At one point, he even asked a girl to "Go ahead"... as he and the girl had reached up to the slide at the same time.