On the first day, Mowgli comes back with a tear streaked face. Reason being " Mowglinte classile ella boysum gerlsum cry cheyuva" ! Thus starts peer pressure
Genes. They are a strange thing. Funny how they pop up unexpectedly. Just like his father, anybody and everybody within a 500m radius are Mowgli's FRIENDS. He doesnot know their names, they might not be in his class, they most probably will be ignoring him big time, but for him everybody is a friend. Randomly goes and hugs other kids, pulls a girl's pigtails as we walk towards the car, waves bye to another chap. He plays with the kids in the apartment for a couple of hours and then invites them home to play some more! The BH has sobered down a little now, otherwise he used to be as bad as this. Our house used to be the unofficial guest house for anybody who came to Blore! Am preparing myself for the deluge of 'friends' that will grace our house in the years to come!!!
He totally adores Bambi (the little princess has been christened Bambi). So the day starts with him crushing her with one of his bear hugs and kisses.
Along with the love, there are moments of jealousy when I'm given strict instructions to not give duddu to baby.. let her cry. And he has discovered that this is somebody whom he can order about. A small pinch for " baby enthina bedill susu cheythe? Go to the bathroom". " baby enthina kai vayilidane?" "baby enthina karayane... chachan edukano?" Slyly trying to lift Bambi when nobody is looking, pulling off her socks when he is irritated with her, surrounding her with cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes, talking to her about his trucks and monkeys and elephants.
Genes. They are a strange thing. Funny how they pop up unexpectedly. Just like his father, anybody and everybody within a 500m radius are Mowgli's FRIENDS. He doesnot know their names, they might not be in his class, they most probably will be ignoring him big time, but for him everybody is a friend. Randomly goes and hugs other kids, pulls a girl's pigtails as we walk towards the car, waves bye to another chap. He plays with the kids in the apartment for a couple of hours and then invites them home to play some more! The BH has sobered down a little now, otherwise he used to be as bad as this. Our house used to be the unofficial guest house for anybody who came to Blore! Am preparing myself for the deluge of 'friends' that will grace our house in the years to come!!!
He totally adores Bambi (the little princess has been christened Bambi). So the day starts with him crushing her with one of his bear hugs and kisses.
Along with the love, there are moments of jealousy when I'm given strict instructions to not give duddu to baby.. let her cry. And he has discovered that this is somebody whom he can order about. A small pinch for " baby enthina bedill susu cheythe? Go to the bathroom". " baby enthina kai vayilidane?" "baby enthina karayane... chachan edukano?" Slyly trying to lift Bambi when nobody is looking, pulling off her socks when he is irritated with her, surrounding her with cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes, talking to her about his trucks and monkeys and elephants. She on the other hand is relatively calmer than Mowgli. Totally content with life. And has resigned herself to life with Mowgli and Cocoa :-)
And us? We are enjoying this mishmash!
When I was pregnant with Bambi, a senior colleague told me "A second child will make your family complete. It might sound cliched, but its the truth." I had jokingly responded that with just one kid and a dog our family was as 'complete' as could be. But now I understand what he meant. Totally.
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