Happy Journey Chachu !!

3 weeks back Dinu came to our place, he took a long vacation to stay with us before he goes back to India. Ishaan was very excited about his visit and was eagerly waiting to see him. During his stay Ishaan was happy because he got a person who can spend a lot of time with him, listen to his stories, answer his questions, do whatever he said and was not strict about eating, sleeping and silly things like discipline and manners. He tried and got almost everything that he planned for his Chachu like carnival, chucky cheese, Museum etc and got to play on Chachu's laptop, iPhone for as long as he wished, without worrying about what will daddy say.

When Dinu left for Airport today, Ishaan was all set to go with him to India leaving me and Neha. On our way to airport Ishaan kept asking and confirming if he is going to India or not, whenever I told him "Ishaan Chachu is going to India" his immidiate question was "How abt me ? I want to go with Chachu". We kept explaining him that he needs to stay back with Mumma and Daddy as they love him and can take care of him, but he hardly payed any attention to such logical explanations. He didn't even care about his favorite toys and his best friends which we told him wont be there in India. At last we reached airport and when Dinu got off the car and was taking his luggage, Ishaan asked him "Chachu, go get the tickets for me too"

We were laughing every time he said "I want to go with Chachu to India, he will take care of me" and if we tell him "Chachu is going to India to get married", his answer would be "I want to get married too", he was very serious about what he was saying and it was so innocent. Although we were a bit surprised by his act but were also happy that he developed such a bonding with Dinu that he has no problem going to India with his Chachu leaving his mumma and daddy. Being in US, we are always concerned about the bonding that Ishaan will develop with other family members and relatives. We keep reminding him of all our family members and keep talking about them, showing him pictures, even if he hasn't ever seen them. His memories with Chachu will always remain in several videos and pictures that Dinu took during his stay and in the end Ishaan did promise Dinu that he will come to India for his marriage and will dance with mumma on "Zubbi Zubbi" song. Finally Ishaan gave 3 rounds of hugs and kisses to Dinu before he boarded for the flight and said "Happy Journey Chachu"