Police station...

Varsha visited the police station with her class. She was super excited with the event the day before. When I went to pick her up yesterday from school..she seemed tired and was not very enthusiastic about sharing her experiences. I let it go and slowly she shared how she had seen thieves :-) at the station. They had been told that one of them was there because he had stolen a gold chain. Not sure, why the children were shown people in lock up and told about what they had done?? 
I told her that she seemed a little uncomfortable talking about the visit and she promptly said,'yes'. I just acknowledged her feelings and let her know that she could talk to me about it when she was ready. She also mentioned that she did not want to talk about it.
In the night before sleeping she said,' Why do people murder?' I said,' you are thinking why people hurt each other?'.. she replied, 'yes... can someone come in and murder us?'
I said,' You are worried that someone will hurt us' and she nodded.
I also told her that people hurt other people when they do not know how to express their needs otherwise. I also assured her that all the doors were locked. She seemed satisfied ...she just hugged me and told me to be with her the whole night.. I promised her I would and I was.
She was her cheerful self in the morning.

So..simple

I am blogging after a long time. I just had to put this down :-)
Varsha needed 4 inch diamond shapes with chart paper for her craft work today. She went and bought the chart paper and we both sat down to cut it out. She brought the scale and as we were measuring.. I wondered aloud how do we make it as a diamond. What do I need to do?
''Mummy, it is so simple... we just have to cut it out as a square and the square becomes a diamond shape''.
Honestly, the thought had never crossed my mind at the time. It was soo simple :-)