My first test paper

Daddy & I have been working on arithmetic these past few days...The focus has been on addition. We would ask each other complex questions on additions, using fingers to denote numbers... Then daddy made the mistake of challenging me to take a test! A tough one! I was a bit skeptical, since I had no previous experience, but decided to take the plunge. Have a look at the test! I am sure that you will agree that it was a tough one for an four and a half year old...

But I kept my calm and took it one question at a time. As you can observe, the results were good. I could see daddy's jaw dropping, which ensured my happiness quotient went up :-) Do you want to know why? Because we had a bet :-)

The bet was that if I answered all the questions correctly, I would get an ice-cream of my choice!!

Well, since my daddy is a gentleman, he kept his word, and I got an ice-cream of my choice (which is hardly a choice... Henry Ford used to say 'I can give you a car in any colour, as long as it's black'. I use a similar example to share my choice on ice-creams!)

For the intellectually challenged folks, I had a strawberry ice-cream. Duh!!

Well, the happiness did not end with one ice-cream. I pushed my luck, and asked him for one more with an expression I usually reserve for tough situations :-)

Needless to say, the idea worked & I got another one!! This time, I chose alphonso.

Nice :-) I am looking forward to more tests! Daddy has been recently certified on the MBTI. I may take that soon...