THE BEAST IS COMING FOR THE FEAST!!!

Roarrrrr..the BH growls and lunges for Mowgli. Looking at them roll around, tickling each other I cant say who is enjoying this more. Mowgli giggling away to glory. The BH treasuring this time and filing away this moment in his cabinet of memories
So howz life with a one year old? Did I think it would be more peaceful? Nah!
The kid is behaving just like his namesake Mowgli! Like a true jungle boy. Climbing up and down the furniture.. trying to lick the shoe polish… almost swallowed a cockroach(YUCK!!!) harassing the little fishes in our balcony… smiling at the neighbors and behaving so nicely with them that they refuse to believe my scary tales! He is one endless bundle of energy. Active from the time he gets up till he sleeps. The moment he gets up, he scrambles over me , down the bed, crawls to the door wriggling his cute butt turns around and looks at his amused and sleepy parents and waves his hand “tata”. In fact that should be named his slogan of the day! Tata at all times, the moment he sees the lift, the car, the maid, anybody outside. Its always TaTa. He should have been on the Alto ad “Lets go, tata”!
He is getting naughtier by the minute... by the second…Lots of small things were missing- mowgli’s powder puff, Vaseline, sipper cap and the like. I had given up on finding them thinking that they’ll turn up when I least expect it. And guess what today morning I discovered his treasure trove – a small gap between the bed and the wall. He would climb on the bed drop the article down that tiny gap climb down; get the next thing and do the same thing over and over again. From where do kids learn all this? It’s so amazing.
His laziness knows no bounds. Too lazy to crawl around, he pushes his car or any object with wheels with one hand and uses that momentum to get to one place from another. Walking is another story altogether. He walks holding on to objects, but till now has not shown any initiative to start walking on his own. If we try to make him walk holding on to our fingers he is more interested in kicking the ball or anything that is in the way!
His lunar sign is famous for its stubbornness and its becoming evident in some ways. He points to wherever he wants to go and we have to take him there. If we don’t then one short scream and sometimes one slap! In the beginning this was very cute, but innumerable slaps later (some with my wooden spatula, comb, toys) it is pretty painful.
This past two weeks Mowgli has been enjoying himself with his new toys. A Winnie-the-pooh bear train, building blocks, a tent house, a red cycle and a small chair are the main headlights.

Of all these the tent house seems to be his favourite. It’s the perfect place for him to hide away from us, use it as a secret getaway to store the spoons and plates he flicks from the kitchen, play peek-a-boo with us, use it as his own space.

My favourite is the chair. He has not yet figured out how to get down from the chair by himself, so it’s the perfect place to plonk him whenever I need to get something done. He is happy to just sit there nibbling on a biscuit offering some to me whenever he gets bored with it. And the way he sits is totally bindaas.He draws up his legs, puts his hand behind the armrest gunda style and looks totally adorable.

Yet to download the birthday snaps. Will be back soon with them.