Everyday a father's day

Tarana climbed into our bed on Sunday morning, and like most weekends, all that her parents wanted was a few more hours to lie in and all she wanted was to start her day! As usual she stood on the pillows to reach the switch on the wall above our bed and turned it on. "It's not night anymore, wake up" she says and I grogilly replied, "but it is fathers day today - that means it's Appa's day!". "No", replied T, "it's my day"! That was the begining and end of father's day in the Koshy household.

Robin doesn't have much reason to sulk as T is such an appa's girl that from morning to night there are enough moments where she celebrates her father. Even when she wakes up because of a bad dream in the middle of the night, all she wants is Appa.

One of Robin's favorite everyday moments is coming back home in the evenings. No matter where in the house she is, T almost always hears the sound of his car and runs outside to give him a hug. Her hugs are accompanied by some adorable statements like 'love you appa...how are you appa' and other slightly bizare ones like 'how was the traffic'?! My two and a half year old doesn't really understand the concept of traffic yet but living in Nairobi she hears about it so much that she has to use it in conversation every now and then.

My favourite appa moment is to see T insisting on tying the towel around her waist after a shower just like her appa ties it.

She does have a few strange observations of her Appa. "Appa has a pee pee in his panty but elephants have a pee pee on their face"! she observes. I can't imagine elephants being too happy to know what their nose is being compared to but the Appa is rather proud about the reverse comparison!