My Bambi

mm has changed a lot. I don't know how to explain. But he now-a-days behaves like a boy or toddler. i don't know whether i am putting it correctly.
As a mother, i am delighted and enjoying his activities and listed some of it here too..

1. He knows what he want and how to get it.
2. He want to check the mail box daily.
3. He likes to travel, want to go out and does not want to come back till he feels like sleeping.
4. When someone knocks, he want to open the door.
5. He understands every word, i/we talk (Those days are over, when we talked all secrets in front of the him).
6. He likes his dad's laptop and wants to type very fast.
7. He likes to wear his shoes/dress.
8. He wants to drive his dad's car, very passionate about it.
9. He knows to talk in phone.
10. He uses remote to switch on tv, but watches tv only if there is any good music in it.
11. He is very possessive about his mom.
12. He likes to dance.
13. Though he knows to say 'Amma', he still calls his mom as 'atai'
14. He likes to read books, (like to see the book, when i read)
15. He cleans the house. (Let it be a bit of paper or an important letter , he will throw it in the trash can, if it is in the floor)
16.He likes when his dad plays with rc toys but he is afraid of it.
17. He jumps in bed, after i clean the bed spread
18. He still sleeps on me.
!9. He hums rhymes all the time.
20. He often likes to explore fridge.
21. He knows colors and shapes, he even sorts them accordingly.
22. He talks 7 to 10 words daily.
23. He still drinks milk in his bottle and in his mom's lap. Likes tea, especially when his mom is drinking it.
24. He is not yet potty trained.
25. Always playing with his mom and his mom is relishing every bit of her time with him .

Though these activities are done by all kids, my mm being special to me, i cant stop admiring him..

people back home, told me that kids will annoy them by asking lots of question.. But i am waiting for the day, when he will start asking me questions. Lets see how it goes ;-)

Without laptop

Ah, days are too long... Without my laptop.
Have lots of things to share/learn, but when i have access to computer, i have other important things to do(like sleeping). So could not post. Lets see when we are going to buy a computer.. Hope that day comes soon.

My birthday party..

We started to India on my birthday. As we had to pack the telephone and laptop, i missed every call my relatives and friends made to wish me. Thanks everyone for wishing and blessing me... I was really happy to have you all with me(though not in person, i have you all in my heart)..

As I had lots of work, I dint bother about my birthday. The previous evening MM asked me to come with him to our Friend N's home. He told he wanted to give his GPS to N, so that he can use it while we were in India.. At first, I dint feel like going, as I had work. As MM told, that it will take just a few minutes, i started. I wore an ugly top and loose dull pant as i dint feel like going. I looked awful, as i was tired.

When we went there, we started to discuss about our trip to India.. I forgot all my work and started to chat with our friends and two more friends too came and accompanied us. Suddenly I heard N's wife R screaming and i ran into kitchen. She was holding a cake with lots of candle in it and her hair got burned due to those candles... OOOpps... She should have lost a bunch of hair and the poor girl is/was pregnant too. I felt very bad. N cleaned that place and the cake was all ready for me. I dint feel like cutting the cake.. Scream of R kept echoing in my mind.
Cake was served with ice cream. R served me sweet. Sweet was prepared by my another friend A. MM gave me a pearl necklace, Chocolate and a card. I was happy but the unexpected accident got into my mind again and again.


This is the pearl necklace which my MM gave me..

When i came out from N's house, i was scolding MM for planing such a surprise, amidst such a hurry.. At least he could have asked me to wear nice clothes... Anyway its my mistake. MM is a person who always give surprises. I still remember his visits/surprises on valentines day, birthdays etc before/after marriage.. It means, lots of blogs to come to describe everything, hi hi hi...

Me and MyLove

Our relationship..

How does it started?
I still remember the day, when my uncle brought me the snap of MM. I was shocked and i started to fight with my parents. I was doing my 2yr in college and my parents wanted me to be married. I dint eat for 3 days, i dint talk with anyone, nothing worked. No one was there to support me. The day arrived and i refused to wear good dress or jewels and i dint prepare myself for "penn parkum padalam". But when all the elders arrived and MM was there to see me, i was forced to wear things and was prepared for a show. There was a huge crowd at home, so i was not able to see him. People asked me to see him. I was irritated, depressed, pressured and what not.. In spite of everything, when i saw him for the first time(i dint see the snap), i thought "Oh this is my husband" and i started to love him from that second and still loving... marriage was fixed by our parents exactly 11 months after that day. and we utilized those day to love/know each other.

How is it going?
Its fab, Pleasing and Peaceful... God's grace.. As everyone, we too face ups and downs, i show face, he shows face, i fight with him, he fights with me, i irritate him and he irritates me etc etc etc.(note the point i do everything first) But once the fight is over, comes the interesting part, i play with him and he plays with me, i love him and he loves me again(note, here too i do everything first). hi hi. All in the walks of life.

How will it go?
Check this MAYS. Replace those 'I's with 'We' s.

Me and MyLove celebrated our 5th anniversary today. How nice it feels, when we look back at these days spent together, sharing, fighting, playing, shouting, crying, laughing... Heavenly..
Got a small boy, loving hubby and a very pleasant life(touch wood) what else do i want?

Asparagus salad

When i was in Germany, one of my good friend S taught me a recipe for cooking asparagus. Whenever i try any other recipe with spargal(German name for asparagus, hurray i remember), it is not as good as this..
All three of us like Asparagus very much, especially the greens and i bought it yesterday. So i thought i should do a post on it.
Here is the recipe
Asparagus - a bunch
salt - a pinch
sugar - a pinch
butter - 1 table spoon
cheese - a little bit

Wash asparagus, trim the end and peel just some skin from it. If the asparagus is white, peel the skin fully, leaving the bud. Boil it in water along with a teaspoon of butter, sugar, salt and cheese. It would be done in 10 mins. Strain the water. Serve with melted butter, salt and pepper. So simple but very tasty..

This salad can also be baked with lime juice and olive oil and cheese, till the cheese melts.

A new way to check the growth of plants?

This happened when i was doing my schooling...
We lived in a rented house. It was a small house and was surrounded by a small area. As it was newly built, the soil was covered by cement, stone and other building material. When we first went there, my mom, me and my sister dint like the place, as we hardly find any greens there. So we three worked very hard and cleared all building materials and manured the soil and planted lots of small flowering plants. Within 2 months, the place became very beautiful and cool, due to plants. Our house owner appreciated our work. He was very happy, as he too could see some greens and colors around.

After few weeks, we started noticing that a few of our plants were missing daily. One day we caught the thief too. It was the house owner's grandson. He was 5 or 6 yrs old by then. One day, we saw him, plucking the plant and running. Another day when we asked him, he replied, he too wants to grow plants. So we gave him some plants to grow. 2 weeks went and the plant died. We gave some more plants and within a week, it died too. We asked him to water the plant properly and place it in a sunny place, gave him the plants again. It was placed in a sunny, airy place and watered properly. We started to notice the plants and him. The next day we saw that. He was examining the roots of the plant. He shook the plant and took off all the soil from the root and poured some water in the root and then he planted it again. When we caught him, he told, "roots valaruthannu parkurein?" The silly boy was plucking the whole plant from the sand daily and examining the roots, to know its growth. ha ha ha.

Always will be with you..

Hey, i am your shell
Will cover you, my pearl..

Hey, i am your lids
Will save you, my eye..

Hey, i am your road
Will lead you, my dear..

-- Will be with you, in every step..



The above is the literal translation of my tamil poem, which i wrote long ago..

Tamil version written in english:

Naan vundhan sippi,
Muthey vunnai mudiduven.

Naan vundhan emai,
Kanney vunnai kathiduven.

Naan vundhan pathai,
Nalvazhiyil nadathiduven..

-- Enrum vunnudan

En kutty kurunji

This happened long ago..
I was feeding mm and he started to say something. I could not understand anything. He said ki ki ki ki. I was thinking, what does this ki ki means. suddenly i saw the birds in the window. Oh man, my son wanted to introduce his new spring friends to me.

This happens daily..
mm got a bad appetite. He eats just 2 spoon of anything. Whatever we give, he will eat 2 spoons and will start to play with the food. Usually he spill the food, all over his dinning chair and that day, he tried to reach to my face. I thought he is going to throw the food on my face. Instead my dear chellam, tried to feed me. Heavenly, like valluvar said..

This happened in India..
For the first few days, mm used to be fine with everyone. When we go for shopping, he even stays with people(when they play and entertain him). Suddenly, he changed and started to cry when we me/MM leave. he was not scared and even likes them all still he wanted me/MM to be with him. He plays all the day with everyone, in between he will come and have a soft snuggle with us.

This happened when we came back from India..
I was playing with him and he pointed to T.V remote. He switched on the T.V and started to watch it. Sometimes he even demands me to switch on. He used to watch T.V, but he will never demand us to switch it on. In India, T.V will be 'on' even there is no one to watch. I hope he forgets this habit.

This happened when mm behaved as a Daddy boy..
I was playing with mm/ watching a show in T.V. my concentration was 50/50. mm was saying something.(Really i dont understand his mazhazhai) i heard it partially and i went deeply into the show. Suddenly he got on me and pinched me strongly. As is the father, so is the son.. (it means mm likes me to concentrate on him and not that MM pinches me)

my tiny superman has become a big boy, i mean toddler. he knows a lot and understands when we talk. My future blogs will contain all his chettais and kurumbhus and vishamams...

Bye to India, Hi to US..

Though i am back 5 days before, could not come back to my usual life..
Left our laptop in chennai and without land line connection, i am totally cut off from the world.
mm is not feeling well. First he misses all his audience, who claps, enjoys and laughs even for his silly activities. He is feeling lonely, he is getting bored. he is tired due to jet lag. He is having stomach upset and running nose along with cough..
After 4 weeks of toiling('work at home'), MM is having a nice time at office.
Will explain everything, once i am free ie when mm is fine and i get a computer.
Lots of interesting/funny things to write. I hope, i get the computer/free time before i forget any of them.