Everyday Good byes and night nights…

When I pick Sean from school there are still about 5-6 of his class mates in the after care with him and they will all break into a song when he leaves. The first time I heard it I couldn’t catch all the words but since its daily ritual I quickly got the hang of it and this is how it goes…

Good Bye Sean
Good Bye Sean
We’re sad to see you go..

Most of the time some of them will be busy with some activity and when he leaves their teacher will say ‘Everybody, say good bye to Sean’ and they’ll immediately start singing ...I find it amusing..its like a game for them and some of them will go on and on and we can hear them even as we leave the building...

So yesterday night Aji was working late and so me, Sean and Rhea were going to go upstairs to go to bed and Sean calls out Ammachi, Ammachi!! and starts singing,

Good Bye Ammachi
Good Bye Ammachi
We’re sad to go..

And then,

Good Bye Appacha
Good Bye Appacha
We’re sad to go..

I was impressed by how he improvised the same song and used it fittingly to say his good nights to Appacha and Ammachi. It reminded me so much of the ‘So long, farewell’ song from my all time favorite movie ‘The Sound of Music’ (Where the kids say good night to all the guests).

Sean seems to have an inclination to music, we hope to nurture his interest and send him for some music lessons…I’d love for him to be in the school and church choir. Now, I don’t know if it’s a cool thing for boys to be in choir but I hope he will follow his heart and just be himself and not succumb to peer pressure (I know that’s a difficult battle).

We’ll be behind him encouraging him all the way and helping him make all his dreams come true!