Comment by Preethi

how things change..even our thinking
around 2 yrs back when nihal was a baby i used to go to our play area daily in the eve.
i got irritated seeing kids playing in sand and wondered why parents never stopped them..
But then i watched the kids daily having lots of fun..
enjoying building their castles and decorating it with shells n flowers umpteen number of times with such interest.
and they take care of it with utmost care.they reminded me of my childhood days.
we played many games in mud. one was collecting custard-apple seeds.
each player would dig 3 holes and hide few seeds in 1 of the holes and close all the 3 holes.
now 1 of the other players would come and guess in which hole the seeds are hidden.
if he hits the rite one he wld take all of those seeds else go empty handed.
at the end the player having max seeds would be the winner.
how we wld treat those seeds as treasure in those days!another game,shaping mud like a long mound and hide a bangle or anything keeping our hand over it and moving it few times to misguide the other person who wld then keep his hand on his guessed place and if found in that location he wld be the winner.
and then there was another game we wld play collecting many colorful bangle pieces.
dont remember the game exactly.
and so many other games with bare foot and least bothered abt cleanliness and health.
a couple of weeks ago i saw on TV a clinical psychologist saying how playing in sand with sand tool kit helps improve motor skills and creativity too.
So this weekend i will buy one for Nihal tho he doesnt like playing in mud.