I don't know why Almind is so obsessed with screw drivers, Allen keys and other mechanical items. Right from one and half years when he started to walk, he picks up those items and starts dismantling his toys, chairs and furnitures at home 👩🚀
Though we bought him all types of kids mechanic sets he ends up using real ones.
And whenever carpenter/plumber/electrician visits our home for repair work, he won't leave the place until they finish off the work, he loves watching them 😍
Off-late insisting him constantly he stopped dismantling (but it took long years to change him).
Happy that now he is trying to construct and build new things but I always keep an eye on him ❤️
**About the video - I'm observing him from the morning, he is using all tools in that box
Today morning I asked him to keep a share of Prasadam for his brother and dad...after returning from work, I got to know that he ate everything, I asked him whether he understood what I told him in the morning. He didn't say anything, I told him that it really makes me upset because I have clearly explained and trusted him because when I was leaving to work my elder one was in his online classes and my husband in his office call. I didn't talk to him for sometime. Later he asked sorry and promised that he won't repeat it again. Now before going to sleep he wrote this in his journal that he won't be selfish
Tears are rolling wanted to squeeze that kutty Sathan but he slept already
2013 - When Albrain was in UKG, we went for a doctor's visit. We usually carry some books and travel friendly puzzles to engage him during the waiting time. That time we had a Rubik's cube which has numbers in the side (It was a gift from Vijay's office). During our waiting time Albrain was shuffling the cube, it was a long wait that day, he lost his patience. He started nagging us. We asked him to solve one side of the cube. To our surprise he solved without our help. Then we asked him to try the other side too, he couldn't complete it but tried to solve it as much as he could.
When we reached home, Vijay immediately learned to solve Rubik's cube from youtube and taught Albrain. Next day when Vijay went for work, Albrain solved all sides of the Rubik's cube by himself. I was so surprised and wanted to capture the moment. Immediately i shuffled the cube and asked him to solve once again, he did and i recorded. I uploaded the video in his youtube channel. This is the video link :
I started hunting for Rubik's cube classes and competitions but in vain. I couldn't find proper Rubik's classes at that time and also the competitions listed in the internet were not in India. So, we bought him all types of Rubik's cubes(2*2, Pyramid, Barrel, No Centre and different sized cubes) that we could find in store and just encouraged him to explore and solve the different types of cubes at home.
Once when we saw an open Rubik's cube challenge at Hamley's Chennai, we decided to take him there. It was an open tournament wherein there was no age limit listed to participate in it. He was the youngest participant. While solving, his cube tumbled down but without any panic Albrain picked up the cube and solved it. He solved the puzzle in 2 minutes 46 seconds.
He got featured in his school website and Talentzhub website which was motivating for him.
His friends used to come home and learn Rubik's cube from him and also some of his friends' parents and my friends have also learned the technique of solving the cube. During lockdown he took online classes for kids who are interested in solving the cube. He has uploaded Rubik's cube tutorials in his youtube channel. I'll link down the tutorial below
From a friend named Aishu, I got to know about Tamil Nadu Cube Association. I called them and enrolled Albrain in speeding technique classes. Later the same month, got info regarding Nobel World Record from the same friend Aishu. We checked the records made previously related to Rubik's cube and we decided to set a new record. The event was scheduled on a weekend at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Erode. The slot given for Albrain was on Sunday(14-03-2021) at 10:00am. He entered the stage with 10 cubes and a timer. The judges shuffled his cubes and started the timer. Albrain solved eight 2*2 cubes in one minute. Yayyy he set a record in Nobel World Record under "Maximum number of 2*2 Rubik's Cube solved in 60 seconds". He was honoured by Mr Selvamani, Politician. That's our proud moment.
When I created an email id and a youtube channel for Albrain when he was 6 months old(04-08-2008), I thought of sharing the password when he turns 18. I used to send his fee details, his certificates and achievements pics to his mail id hoping to give him a sweet digital memory
Off late , when it comes to digital learning, I'm learning a lot from him, he teaches me the latest updates, makes me improvise my digital appearance...and so on....
Now..during the intense lockdown(April 2020) he started coding a game for Android, May 2020 he completed it. To motivate him further, we asked him to upload it in playstore. But he hesitated and was not ready for the same, so we left it as such...a month ago he asked us whether he can upload his game app in playstore
.. That's the day we were waiting for
...BOOM... Albrain's Google developers account was created and now his app is up in Google Playstore. Being an engineering and technological background parents it's our proudest moment
Happy that he is one young app developer (12 years old) in Google playstore
Congrats my baby boy, wishing you for more and more
One fine day Almind came running to me complaining of tooth ache. I observed his teeth and found more space inbetween them than usual. Yes, a tooth was loose. I thought of following few things which i did for my elder son, Albrain. I started playing "Tooth fairy" stories in youtube and asked him to read a PDF story book which i downloaded (for Albrain i was able to lend a book from a library but for Almind since it's pandemic, i took online materials). He was so excited about the fairy visit.
Yesterday (18-07-2020) during our lunch time, he felt uncomfortable and asked me to check his teeth. To my surprise the tooth had already fallen off. First I thought he swallowed it along with his food. Then we all searched his plate and finally found the tooth next to him. I took him to wash room cleaned his tooth and wiped off his mouth. He was in complete joy about tooth fairy's visit again. I wrapped the tooth in a paper and kept it in my wardrobe.At night before going to sleep, he wrote a letter to tooth fairy. I gave the tooth to him. He kept the letter and the tooth together under his pillow and happily went to sleep.
Need not to explain his happiness in the morning, when he found a gift replacing his tooth. He jumped up in joy and thanked the tooth fairy.
Happy that we were able to help him overcome his fear of losing a tooth and comfort his pain.
