So what if nobody plays with me, I can play Peekaboo all alone.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Happy Diwali
Mowgli's first Diwali.... 
Diyas softly illuminating our threshold for the fairies to dance over it
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The Rangoli courtesy Chotu]
The Rangoli courtesy Chotu]
Diyas softly illuminating our threshold for the fairies to dance over itFriday, October 24, 2008
pondicherry
A good weekend getaway from Bangalore. We drove to Chennai, picked up friends (Six of us; the BH’s friends and their 6 month old baby and two of our UG friends) and then drove on to Pondicherry or Puducherry as the locals call it.. We had a blast- both literally and figuratively!!!! Chennai was HOT. After living in Bangalore for so long, its quite a challenge to go to some place hot and humid. That was the only part that Mowgli didn’t enjoy.
The Chennai-Pondicherry road is quite scenic with the beach on one side and empty land on the other. On our way back there was a slight drizzle and the mood was definitely romantic.
We stopped at this picturesque location.
The BH, A and P cycled all the way to Auro beach while we, the intelligent folks, followed in the car. A clear sky, saw the sun set, spent time playing in the water, collecting shells did things which I had done many years ago. If there was time would have built a sand castle also.
Saturday was our last day at Pondicherry. Lazed around the resort in the morning. Then went to Auroville. Couldn’t see the Matri Mandir as they had closed for the day. Did some shopping and finally made our way back to Bangalore.
Travelling with Mowgli was not as tiresome as I had thought. The resort where we stayed allowed us to cook his food, he slept in the car while we drove around, ate a little bit of what all we ate, was interested in the new sights. He is quite a friendly chap, so no clinging to me or the BH. He was perfectly happy to roam about with his uncles. Just a little crankiness at the end of our journey. All in all he was the perfect traveler!
I was thinking there are so many places in India that we have not seen and like fools we hanker to go abroad. There are so many weekend getaways from Bangalore, we should travel out more often rather than spending the weekend shopping and roaming about in the umpteen malls. at the least it would be a welcome break from the city life.
The Chennai-Pondicherry road is quite scenic with the beach on one side and empty land on the other. On our way back there was a slight drizzle and the mood was definitely romantic.
We stopped at this picturesque location.
To our surprise we discovered that the waters, though they look deep, were only ankle level. We waded in quite a distance. Mowgli as usual was besides himself with joy on seeing so much of water. 
We reached the resort by night totally tired and hungry. The men immediately went back to Pondicherry town to get the drinks and food while we womenfolk were left behind to tend to tired and cranky babies. Well, boys will be boys!!!
Mowgli was very excited at seeing R. R is the cutest baby (after Mowgli of course!) 5 months younger than Mowgli he still weighs more than him and is very calm and content to lie in one place. It was a surprise to Mowgli to see this baby lie still and not run away when Mowgli approached him. They didn’t actually play with each other; both of them did their own thing. At times mowgli would go pull R’s hand or cheeks and once tried to pull his eyes and another time grabbed R’s essentials. My job was mainly to keep an eye on Mowgli and keep him at a distance from R. By the end of the trip, if R could talk, then he would have told his parents “Lets escape.. Mowgli is comingggggg!”
This is Mowgli pulling R’s shirt and me as the referee.
As such there is not much to see in Pondicherry. Its more of a place to relax. The French quarters and the promenade are nice. We cycled through the French quarters. I had almost forgotten what it was like to ride a bike;a very nice feeling, with the wind blowing against you and theres that feeling of complete freedom. Even Mowgli enjoyed the ride. Wide eyed with a blue bandanna on his head he was very happy looking around and finally slept off in the sling.
We reached the resort by night totally tired and hungry. The men immediately went back to Pondicherry town to get the drinks and food while we womenfolk were left behind to tend to tired and cranky babies. Well, boys will be boys!!!
Mowgli was very excited at seeing R. R is the cutest baby (after Mowgli of course!) 5 months younger than Mowgli he still weighs more than him and is very calm and content to lie in one place. It was a surprise to Mowgli to see this baby lie still and not run away when Mowgli approached him. They didn’t actually play with each other; both of them did their own thing. At times mowgli would go pull R’s hand or cheeks and once tried to pull his eyes and another time grabbed R’s essentials. My job was mainly to keep an eye on Mowgli and keep him at a distance from R. By the end of the trip, if R could talk, then he would have told his parents “Lets escape.. Mowgli is comingggggg!”
This is Mowgli pulling R’s shirt and me as the referee.
As such there is not much to see in Pondicherry. Its more of a place to relax. The French quarters and the promenade are nice. We cycled through the French quarters. I had almost forgotten what it was like to ride a bike;a very nice feeling, with the wind blowing against you and theres that feeling of complete freedom. Even Mowgli enjoyed the ride. Wide eyed with a blue bandanna on his head he was very happy looking around and finally slept off in the sling.
The BH, A and P cycled all the way to Auro beach while we, the intelligent folks, followed in the car. A clear sky, saw the sun set, spent time playing in the water, collecting shells did things which I had done many years ago. If there was time would have built a sand castle also.
Saturday was our last day at Pondicherry. Lazed around the resort in the morning. Then went to Auroville. Couldn’t see the Matri Mandir as they had closed for the day. Did some shopping and finally made our way back to Bangalore.
Travelling with Mowgli was not as tiresome as I had thought. The resort where we stayed allowed us to cook his food, he slept in the car while we drove around, ate a little bit of what all we ate, was interested in the new sights. He is quite a friendly chap, so no clinging to me or the BH. He was perfectly happy to roam about with his uncles. Just a little crankiness at the end of our journey. All in all he was the perfect traveler!
I was thinking there are so many places in India that we have not seen and like fools we hanker to go abroad. There are so many weekend getaways from Bangalore, we should travel out more often rather than spending the weekend shopping and roaming about in the umpteen malls. at the least it would be a welcome break from the city life.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Today is one of those days….
The BH and Mowgli have not had breakfast. Both of them left it half way. Mowgli has caught a cold and cough and though today he is much much better than the past two days, the “I –will-not-touch-food” strike continues. Well, that is his excuse. The BH rose in protest at the way I was trying to forcefeed Mowgli. He just has to protest and shake his bum and dance to office. I am the person who has to run behind Mowgli the whole day trying to get him to eat and when he does not deal with a hungry and cranky baby.
I just feel like resigning from this “job”. The job pressure is getting too much and none of the deliverables are being met. And to add to it I have an unsupportive team member who is not doing his share.
Can I resign?
Momma????
Oh I forgot! I had signed a lifetime contract when I took up this post.
Righto!!!!
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Things are much better now. Mowgli took pity on me an hour later and ate up all his oats all the while pointing at the birdies and the cars. I think he understood that mama has reached her breaking point, so lets pamper mama some. He climbed on top of me pulled my ears towards him and bit me hard on the chin. Not fully satisfied he started slapping my cheeks with those stubby fingers and to round it up one good poke in the eye! Ouch! I could do with less of this pampering, son if you don’t mind. he played with his toys till lunchtime and just as i was beginning to feel proud of him for being such a sweetie pie, he threw his lunch at me @!@$#$%^&%^%$#@!
DID I SAY I WAS RESIGNING????
I just feel like resigning from this “job”. The job pressure is getting too much and none of the deliverables are being met. And to add to it I have an unsupportive team member who is not doing his share.
Can I resign?
Momma????
Oh I forgot! I had signed a lifetime contract when I took up this post.
Righto!!!!
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Things are much better now. Mowgli took pity on me an hour later and ate up all his oats all the while pointing at the birdies and the cars. I think he understood that mama has reached her breaking point, so lets pamper mama some. He climbed on top of me pulled my ears towards him and bit me hard on the chin. Not fully satisfied he started slapping my cheeks with those stubby fingers and to round it up one good poke in the eye! Ouch! I could do with less of this pampering, son if you don’t mind. he played with his toys till lunchtime and just as i was beginning to feel proud of him for being such a sweetie pie, he threw his lunch at me @!@$#$%^&%^%$#@!
DID I SAY I WAS RESIGNING????
Monday, October 13, 2008
Hilarious!
.. and so true. I felt like laughing and crying at the same time while reading this-"Parenting Issues". This is soooooooooooooooo true!!!
Enjoy folks.
Enjoy folks.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
of kids and kids
Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how
unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy
food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather
is there any real chance of fun. ~
Yesterday we had gone out for dinner with friends. They have a 3 year old boy Yuhan who is absolutely hyperactive and very sweet. The whole 3 hours that we were there mowgli was totally fascinated with Y. He kept on crawling after Y, looking at him laughing; trying to throw the ball the way Y does and all in all became a one man fan club for Y. It was so nice to see both the kids play together. Mowgli dedicatedly following Y… Clambering up on the bean bag, trying to throw the basketball into the hoop and then clapping his hands himself, delicately licking the ice-cream from the spoon, Y running away from Mowgli, then repenting and giving him his toys with strict instructions “Donot put it in your mouth.” The look on Mowgli’s face, he was sooooo happy and thrilled. When we were about to leave Mowgli crawled up to Yuhan and held his leg tight. He then managed to get Yuhan to bend and planted two lovely bites on his cheeks. A bite is the highest form of adoration that you can get from Mowgli. His physical “I Love you” is pulling the other person’s ears to him and biting the cheeks or the nose. Poor Yuhan sure didn’t like that part!
What I saw yesterday between those two boys just validates the argument that kids need kids to grow up. And it made me think hard about a second baby, sooner so that there will not be much of an age gap between the two and they’ll grow up together and be more of friends.
P.S. I can imagine the heart attack the BH is going to have when he reads this! and i am not thinking about the nappy changing and the 2 hourly night feedings!!! maybe fast before i change my mind!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
WATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Mowgli’s latest addiction is water. Not to drink, but to play with and splash around. Bath times are mega masti with him putting all his toys into the bucket and splashing the water all around. The moment the tap is opened, he tries to catch the water in his hands and then looks surprised as to why he is not able to. He gets so excited at just the sight of all that water all around him, starts clapping his hand and giggling away to glory. Its truly a sight to behold! His crazy momma joins in the fun pouring water from one bucket to another, creating mini waterfalls and rivers and springs within those four walls
I catch my breath and say a silent prayer that this unadulterated fun will always remain, that he will always have the ability to find joy in the simplest of things and to enjoy each moment as they come. Here mowgli is the teacher and I am just a novice.
I catch my breath and say a silent prayer that this unadulterated fun will always remain, that he will always have the ability to find joy in the simplest of things and to enjoy each moment as they come. Here mowgli is the teacher and I am just a novice.
Monday, October 6, 2008
BACK!!!!
A looong break…
Nothing happened, just the usual lethargy.. caught up in different things.. net not working when the mood to write came… back pain, so couldn’t sit for long.. and so on and so forth!!!!
What has been happening all this while? A LOT!!!!
Mowgli has been initiated into the adult world of toiletries starting with our very own toothbrush to brush those small pearly whites that have cropped up (at last count four of them!). He seems to enjoy the daily brushing opening his mouth wide and grinning away to glory. Other developments, wellllll… he can stand up now holding onto something for support. This can be translated as everything under 3 ft BEWARE! Dressing tables, corner shelves, knick-knacks everything is at risk from teeny weeny exploring fingers and an adventurous mouth. Nothing is safe anymore. I have to be constantly on the lookout as to what is going into his mouth. While I do the cooking he sits with me on the floor playing with his spoons and plates and making a huge din. Opens the kitchen drawers and stuffs his toys inside them. And once I caught him sitting inside the cupboard while all the utensils were thrown out. (Couldn’t get a picture of that cuteeeeeeeeeee sight!)
Fiercely independent (don’t know whether to feel happy or sad at this).Can charm the clothes off your back with the sweetest smile you ever saw and the worst part, he knows it too! Completely at ease with everybody. Has total strangers eating out of his hands with just a smile. A ball of energy, running around the whole day. Mischievous to the core. Fun loving. That’s my boy.
Nothing happened, just the usual lethargy.. caught up in different things.. net not working when the mood to write came… back pain, so couldn’t sit for long.. and so on and so forth!!!!
What has been happening all this while? A LOT!!!!
Mowgli has been initiated into the adult world of toiletries starting with our very own toothbrush to brush those small pearly whites that have cropped up (at last count four of them!). He seems to enjoy the daily brushing opening his mouth wide and grinning away to glory. Other developments, wellllll… he can stand up now holding onto something for support. This can be translated as everything under 3 ft BEWARE! Dressing tables, corner shelves, knick-knacks everything is at risk from teeny weeny exploring fingers and an adventurous mouth. Nothing is safe anymore. I have to be constantly on the lookout as to what is going into his mouth. While I do the cooking he sits with me on the floor playing with his spoons and plates and making a huge din. Opens the kitchen drawers and stuffs his toys inside them. And once I caught him sitting inside the cupboard while all the utensils were thrown out. (Couldn’t get a picture of that cuteeeeeeeeeee sight!)
Fiercely independent (don’t know whether to feel happy or sad at this).Can charm the clothes off your back with the sweetest smile you ever saw and the worst part, he knows it too! Completely at ease with everybody. Has total strangers eating out of his hands with just a smile. A ball of energy, running around the whole day. Mischievous to the core. Fun loving. That’s my boy.
And I leave you with these taken at his Bua's wedding. Good night folks:
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