Today is full of possiblity

My Monster Mowgli and Naughty Nemo are doing good.  mm doing his 6th STD and nm in his 3rd STD.  Have put both of them in Tution, Music and Swimming classes.. Both are doing good in Swimming, Tution.. But they do not have THAT interest in Music. I am saying this because they skip lot of classes :(  ie whenever I do not remind them that they have their classes.. Previously Nemo was taking Guitar classes but I had to push him hard even to attend the class and he often complained that it hurts in the finger.  So shifted to Keyboard classes for him. I am trying to buy them a Keyboard.  Lets see.. Both of them are weak in Tamil (our mother tongue) Our friends/relatives just suggest us to take alternative language so that it is easy for them.  BUT I WANT THEM TO LEARN OUR LANGUAGE.. I am trying to find a home tutor to teach them Tamil.. Lets see how it goes..

For me, at work I had asked for a change in role and got in to an extended TM support role. So vigorous training is going on for us. The team is going live only during July 1st week.  So enjoying workless days for the past 1 month.


On Personal front, I have put on lot of weight so trying to get in to a routine to shed those excess weight. At present I am 65 KG.  mm has also put on some weight. I have to accommodate him too in my weight loss program. Will update on the routine and weight loss in my next blog..  Lets see.. And SIL has come to India with her son and daughter. And my kids are eager to visit them.. nm and SIL's son are getting along well(Same age group).. And my poor mm is left alone :( without anyone to give him company similar in his age.. My MIL has developed some spinal dislocation and is on traction.  Other than that, everything is going good and expecting the same in the future too..

My Crispy Apples - Mowgli and Nemo!

 

My babies are growing so soon that my Mowgli is studying IInd std and my Nemo LKG. Both of them are talking so well and most of the time I am left without answers for their question.

 

Both my babies call my mom as mamai.

 

Yesterday My Nemo was talking with my mom

 

Mamai, I was siting in an apple and my mom mistakenly ate me up and I started to grow in her tummy and one day I became so big that doctor cut her stomach and took me out.  Later the doctor pasted her back and she could walk. LOL...

 

Today, My mom was asking me to accompany her to a distant relative's house and I was saying that they are bad guys and I do not want to visit them. My Mowglie overheard this it seems.  When we started to their house, my Mowgli asked

 

Mamai, Are we going to visit Bad guy's house? OMG what if he asks this at their home. Only God can save me.

Mother's Day celebration at school

At Mowgli's school, the teachers arranged a party for Mothers(only mothers with their kid, that is the interesting part) and we had a nice time there sipping tea, munching cookies and fruits..  Every kid had arranged the table nicely and prepared tea for their mother.  It was awesome. The table had table cloth, vase with flowers, table liner, place mat, neatly folded tissue, name board,  trays with cookies, tea and fruits. Every single table had flower vase and everything I mentioned.  Even I dont arrange my table as neatly as that. (everything done by the kids) Unfortunately, I dint carry my camera to shoot the interesting moment.. They also celebrated the Teachers appreciation week at the school.. Every kid gave some flowers to the teachers. And my Mowgli made this flower...



After coming from his school, Mowgli started this conversation..

Mowgli: Today I am going to take you somewhere..
Amma: Enga da kanna?(Where?)

Mowgli: To the Diamond Store..
Amma: (I was amazed, but did not show that to him) Ethuku da?(why?)

Mowgli: I am going to buy you diamonds and emeralds and ruby..

Amma: Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa(!!!)

Mowgli: Yeah.. You can take whatever you want...
Amma: Anything???

Mowgli: Ear ring, necklace or anything you like amma...


So innocent my Mowgli is... He does not know, that we need to pay for them(he thinks that he can swipe his dad's card)..

My everyday

5.00 A.M Alarm Buzz
5.15 to 6.00 Pranayama(Breathing exercise)
6.05 to 6.50 Gym
6.55 Water therapy
7.00  Morning chores starts Cooking, Feeding, Dressing up my Mowgli to school
8.25 MM takes Mowgli to school.
8.30-11.45 Feeding, Bathing, Playing with my Nemo, India Calls, Cleaning house, Washing clothes
Nemo used to sleep by 10.30 A.M now-a-days he does not sleep at all.. On Tuesdays he got his Mother Goose program in Library at this time. I go for shopping either on Mondays or Fridays at this time.
11.30 Tea time
11.45 Picking-up my Mowgli.
12.15 Feeding the kids again, Reading books, Playing, Chit chating blah blah...
1.00 Lunch time for me.
2.30-4.30 Kids goes for their nap..
While they sleep, Mail checking, Dhyanam, Farmville, Chatting with friends, Library routines, Blogging and again a Tea.. Now-a-days even Mowgli rarely sleeps.. If he doesn't, that is a real big problem for Nemo to sleep.. He will bang this or that and wake up Nemo. And  Mowgli has his Ice-skating classes on Wednesdays and Swimming classes on Thursdays. So those two days are busy days for me..
4.30-6.00 Kids wake up.. snacks for them, small walk or cycling..
6.30-7.00 Cooking, Dish washing, Grinding blah blah...
7.30 Dinner time.
8.30 Milk for the kids.
9.00 Story/book for the kids
9.30 kids goes to sleep.
This is the perfect routine, I always love.   But mostly my Nemo wont let me go to Gym, by being awake all through the night or exactly by 5 AM .. I think he has an alarm in his body... or Mowgli wakes up exactly by 5.30 AM for his pee-pee and bangs the bathroom door & wakes up Nemo..
I really really wonder, how women work along with their household chores. Some days I will have lots of time to chat with friends and relatives. Some days I will be running here and there with lots of work & that is exactly when I will get call from people saying I am not calling them:-(
I always feel bad about me not working. But the interesting part is that being at home gives me lot of time to spend with my little ones. Let me enjoy the innocence of my kids, as I may not get them as they grow older. At present, I really love being a mom..

Mowgli likes Little Einsteins(Cartoon).   It comes in handy many a times for me like this...

Mowgli: How did I pop out of your tummy amma?
Amma: Doctors dissected my tummy and got you out da kanna..
Mowgli: How did I got in Amma?
Amma: Hey shall we watch "Little Einstein"?

It is just the beginning,  he is just 4 year old.

Comedian of our home

Mowgli is really a comedian now-a-days..
Last week I put him to sleep and was washing dishes and he came running to me
Mowgli: Amma, I was trying to sleep, but my nose is not working. What should I do?
He had cold..

We went for shopping and as it is winter here, sometimes we shed tear due to cold wind.
Amma:  Do you know, why you are shedding tear?
Mowgli:  Becaaauuuse I drank a lot of water..
He looked so innocent when he said that.  Hats off for his imagination..

Yesterday he got up from his nap and got some tiny dust particle in his eye. It was so irritating for him. he started crying. I told him to close his eye for a while and washed his eye with cold water, but it was still irritating for him.  I asked him to lay down for a while, he started crying saying, "My eye broke, while I was sleeping"..

A few days before, he woke up from his nap, Instead of rushing to the bathroom, he went straight to kitchen, opened the shelf and peed in the trash can. I caught him and he said, "Mommy, we got a new bathroom and a new potty".. He was still sleeping. 
Kids at this stage are soo interesting to be with.   Thank God, that I have enough time to spend/enjoy with them. God bless them to have a bright and interesting future..

More Dialogues (orey comedy ponga)

Our house is so cold, so we always wear slippers at home, yesterday, mm got up from his nap. He came running to me asking for his slippers.
Mowgli : Where are my slippers amma?
Me : They are below the cot kanna..
Mowgli : Below the cot?
Me : Hm..
Mowgli : Oh under the cot, got it amma!
Ennoda mukka kakka thookitu ooodddi pochi. 
He is just 3 1/2yr old now..

Last week I prepared tomato rice and it dint taste like tomato at all.
mm was watching some cartoon.
Me to MM : It dont taste like tomato rice isn't it?
MM to Me : eppavum pola eruku, dont worry (his way of giving bulb)
Me to Mowgli : Amma eppo da samaika kathuka poren(when I am going to learn cooking??)
Mowgli to Me : Why are you asking me, ask daddy..(and continues with the cartoon)
(En kita ethuku kekura, vun purushan kita kelu nnu solluran)

He talks a lot now-a-days... Very interesting and especially funny.. Enjoying life with my kids..(Touch wood)

Dialogue

Yesterday we were having our dinner. And there was a dialogue between daddy and son. mm was about to finish his food.

MM: SOMEBODY is going to finish his plate
mm: Daddy, I was not eating my plate...
MM: ????
Me: ( Evil me felt very happy.  At last, my son has come to give bulbs/buns to MM  hi hi)

This happened last week.

mm: Look at this thambi.
nm: No reaction (Can't expect any from a six month old)
I was reading a magazine. I felt sorry, so I continued the dialogue for nm.
Me: What is it Kanna?
mm: Thambi
Me: Enna da?
mm: Thambi
Me: Enna Kannamma?
mm: I was not calling u amma,  I am talking with thambi.
Me: BulbBulbBulbBulb..

It is really sweet/cute/interesting/exciting/../../.. to hear my mowgli talk. I think, for a few months/years from now, my blog will be filled with such sweet dialogues.

My Mowgli has grown a lot while Nemo is growing

After a very long time(approximately after one year), I took mm to library today. I think he forgot all about his visits to library in this long gap. Before getting inside the library I told him to be silent all the time, inside the library. He was amazed and excited seeing all the books neatly arranged in the shelves. First we went to kids dvd section. I let him select some dvds for him to watch. He selected lots of Thomas dvds and a few fairy tale dvds. I suggested him a few, but he refused.(3 yrs ku ethu too much da) Then he started to go thru some books. I was really happy thinking that he loves to read book and took my eyes off from him. I was browsing thru some book, suddenly came the question, (There was a tank in which, they had kept an African frog)

mm: Amma, look,what is that?
Me: It is a frog, Kanna.
mm: What is it doing?
Me: Its sleeping.
mm: Why is it sleeping in top of the water?(Actually it was floating in the water)
Me: It likes to sleep there kanna.
mm: Why not in the bottom amma?
Me: ? (Seriously I dont know)
mm: What is that?
Me: It is called the oxygenator. It gives oxygen to the frog
mm: We need stop that.
Me: Why kanna?
mm: It is hurting the frog. (the bubble was hitting the frog)
Me: It wont hurt him kanna, it is just a bubble.
mm: No amma, it is hurting him, see.

I was forced to drag him to other shelf, saying there are books about train. Though he came with me, his mind was revolving around the frog tank. He selected some music cds and books and started saying "lets buy this amma" and I started explaining how a library works. Time just flew. We checked out the items we took and started home. While coming out he even said bye to Mr. African frog quietly. (he sure remember things). I used to long for him to talk. Now, I dont have answers for many of his questions. But sure I am enjoying his enthusiasm to know.

Poor Nemo was at home with his dad. Though we have lot of baby food at home and lots of diaper, he was hungry waiting for his mom, with soiled diaper. Oops. No one can replace a mom. Nothing much to say about nm, right now. It will take some more time for him to perform his "LEELAIs".

Jus like that

One of my blogger friend published this Q&A. Felt like publishing mine too. Thus the comparison starts here like this..

1. Were the pregnancies planned?
1st: Yes
2nd: Yes

2. Was I married at the time?
1st: Yes
2nd: Yes

3. Reactions?
1st: Happiness
2nd: Happiness

4. Abortion an option?
1st: No
2nd: No

5. My age then?
1st: x-4
2nd: x-1
x being my age hi hi hi

6. How did I find out?
Sort of suspected both times, because we started planning.
1st: Pregnancy test at home
2nd: Pregnancy test at home

7. Who did I tell first?
1st: Dear MM tested ;-)
2nd: Dear MM tested ;-)

8. Due dates?
1st: November 18th 2006
2nd: August 17th 2009

9. Morning sickness?
1st: Lots and lots of throwing, tiredness, headache, giddiness, mood swings, stress and what not...
2nd: Same as the 1st

10. Cravings?
1st: Mangoes and Nungu..
2nd: Lots and lots of cravings... I even wrote a post about them..

11. What/who irritated me?
1st: MM
2nd: MM

12. And the children are...
nm is precious while mm is priceless EVERYWAY...

13. Did I wish they were boy/girl?
1st: I wanted a girl
2nd: I wanted a girl

14. How many pounds did I gain?
1st: 6kgs
2nd:5.2kgs

15. Baby shower?
1st: Yes
2nd: Yes

16. Surprise or not?
1st: No
2nd: No

17. Complications?
1st: Low lying placenta and Failure to progress while labor so had a c-section..
2nd: Umbilical cord around the baby's neck but delivered safely.

18. Where did I give birth?
1st: Gunasekaran Nursing home, Chennai India.
2nd: Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk US.

19. How many hours in labour?
1st: active labour, 9 hours
2nd: active labour, 9 hours

20. Who drove me to the hospital?
1st: My mom and I took an auto-riskshaw later joined by everyone in the family, actually the clinic was crowded by my family mems ;-)
2nd: MM drove me to the hospital

21. Who watched me give birth?
1st: Doctors
2nd: MM and Doctors

22. Natural or c-sec?
1st: C- Sec
2nd: Natural

23. Pain medication taken?
1st: None till complications developed and then anesthesia for C-Sec
2nd: Took epidural.

24. Weight of the babies?
1st: 3.2 kgs
2nd:3 kgs

25. When were they born?
1st: November 5th, 2006
2nd: August 8th, 2009

26. What did we name them?
1st: mm
2nd: nm

27. How old are they?
1st: 3 years, 1 months and 3 weeks old
2nd: 4 months and 3 weeks old

28. What was our reaction when the doctor announced they were boys?
1st: I thought that doc and MM are playing with me.
2nd: I was told during my 6th month and thought I have to go through the torture again to try for a girl

29. What was my reaction after seeing them first time?
1st: He was so soft as rose petals, I kissed him(so felt him)
2nd: He was very soft and looked yellow and tiny.

30. Did you cry?
1st: No
2nd: Yes, was worried about mm, so cried...

Thats all for now. will update other comparisons later ;-)

My lovely son...

What a mom i am..
I don't spend time with him.
I don't read books for him.
I don't draw/write for him.
I don't take him out for walking.
I don't play with him.
I don't feed him properly.
I don't brush his teeth or bath him properly.
I don't listen to him when he complaints.
I don't carry him when he ask for.
I don't dress him properly.
I don't take him for library/park/play area.
Still he loves me. The unconditional love...
And he kisses me, whenever i am sad/tired, making me guilty..

My little apple is soo crispy...

I dint write about mm for a long time. I have lots and lots to say.

mm is 30 months old and just now started to talk a little bit.

When i took him to India, he was a baby boy but in this three months, he has been shaped into a toddler boy. He talks, he got his own characteristics, he chooses what to eat and play and even to wear his favorite dress.

Today, i was playing with him. After a while, he started to read/watch a book. So i took my slogam book and started to read. A few minutes passed, mm called me to play with him. i told him that i am in middle of the slogam and asked him to wait. After a while, he again called me, i repeated the same. He came and took the slogam book and kept it in the floor and sat on it and said "Kannom". I told that it was with him. He thought for a second and hide it in his car trunk and said "Kannom amma".. I told him, if the slogam is stopped in between, god will feel bad. Then he thought for a while and told "Om shanthi shanthi shanthi hee" and kept the book in the swami stand and grinned at me.

Whenever i say slogam or Omkaram, he says, "No Om amma" and starts singing "Mary had a little lamb".

Whenever any kid visits our home, he will offer his toys to them and will ask them to play with him. he will try to make friendship with them. I am really happy for this character. This he inherited from his dad.

During our travel to India, we had a break at Brussels. There were lots of Indian kids playing. There he met a small boy, he should be 3 to 4 years old. mm tried to play with him. mm observed him and behaved very sweet to him, shared his toys, obeyed the rules in the game and called him anna. The boy was so impressed that he got some snacks from his mom and shared it with mm. He prized and gifted him a blue color car. He said to his mom, that the baby behaved very well, so he wanted to gift him with a toy to play. He dint feel like leaving mm at all. I was really proud at that time.

On board, during our travel, the air hostess presented him some coloring book, crayons and a bag and a bottle to play and work. On the way to the seat, he saw the other air hostesses, who greeted him and he started to give them the gifts he got (instead of holding it tight). They were really impressed. They said that the kid is soo generous.

mm is a copy cat. We use to call our people in India during weekends and his dad will hold the phone in his hand and will be walking while talking. mm will also take his toy phone and walks along with his dad while talking.

Last weekend, we went for fishing to a nearby river. We three, along with some friend, it was nice hot day. While we were fishing, "the float and the pin" which we used, caught into a plant. One of our friend, folded his pant, removed his slipper and went into the water to get them back. copy cat mm got into action after him. mm's pant was already folded as it was very hot. he removed his slipper and went into the water. The water was really muddy and contained lots of tree remains. Ooops mm dint expect that. He started to cry, as he became very dirty. He dint move even a little bit. It was a funny scene.

He likes elder kids than younger ones. After a few time, i came to notice, he is trying to learn from them. With younger kids, he plays 'peek a boo' and try to make them laugh.

Yesterday he came to me saying, "Kadichi amma, kadichi". I asked him, "Ennada kadichi". He took me to his toy dragon and said, "Dragon kadichi amma". He was telling it, as though it was real. Actually it is a fire engine which can be transformed into a dragon. After a while, i realized that while transforming into a fire engine, the dragon can hold our fingers. My son was right, the dragon bite him ;-)

Yesterday, I was playing with him. and this happened

Amma: Amma kathula nee ethavathu vishayam sollu and amma vun kathula ethavathu vishayam solluven.
mm:Ok amma
Amma, mm kathula: Tomato rice panninein
mm, amma kathula: Amma
Amma, mm kathula: Rice mm ku pudikum
mm, amma kathula: Appa
Amma, mm kathula: Vera enna pudikum
mm, amma kathula: (was thinking didn't know what to say)
So i told him to repeat what i say
Amma: enaku
mm : enaku
Amma: amma na
mm : amma nna
Amma : Pudikum
mm : no pudikum
he started to roll in the bed laughing. Ooops Appa madhri pulla Arrr..

One day, we were having our milk and cereal. I was feeding mm. After a while, he put a break.
Amma: palla kudichidu mma
mm : no
Amma: See naan fulla kudichiten, neeyum kudi
mm: no amma.
Amma: Yaaravathu palla methi vaipaangala
mm: Daddy
Ooops, he noticed the bowl, even i hide it behind the cereal box. MM left some milk as I poured too much of milk in his bowl. Arrr...

Last week we were seeing a movie, I dint even notice the movie's name. In that movie, the Plane was being hijacked and they were about to have a crash landing. Suddenly i saw mm rolling in the floor. Then I realized he is pretending to be in the plane, while it is landing..
My baby has grown so much. He knows a lot and his mom is thinking that he is still a baby.

Pleasant Day!!!

Today we went to Calf pasture beach again for fishing. This time we had company and even luck ;-). Two of MM's colleague were with us. When we went there it was almost noon.
There was a deck for fishing. It was a wooden deck and as it was unsafe for mm to play there, i took him to the nearby play area. In which, mm was interested in a slide. He was playing in the slide, while one of the girl (who was playing there) taught him how to hang in the top of the slide. thats it, mm started to hang holding a rod which was there for a grip. My heart skipped its beat for a while. It was some 8 feet tall slide. I took mm and moved away from the slide.
Then i took him to the nearby garden and we were catching butterfly. Again mm started his naughtiness. he picked some stones from the sand and started to throw them on the people walking nearby. Its again our time to move away from that place too.
Then i met a lady(Afro American) who used to talk with me in library and mm started to play with her kid, while i was talking with her. That boy was holding a ball and some more toys. mm started to snatch away his toys and ball. Hmm again we moved away from that place too..
We both went to the shore where they had laid some stone to walk. As we were walking over the rock, singing rhymes, mm tried to jump in the water. Again we moved. But this time, i went to his father. He was having a great time fishing and chatting with his colleagues..
Hmm, 3 hrs paused & I was really tired running behind mm in that hot summer day.
Then we both went into the beach water and was playing there. As mm started to go deep into the water, I dragged him out. Some 1 hr went like that.
Then, it happened. MM caught two fishes one after another.. One was a Flat fish and the other was a blue fish..
It was exciting to see the fishes. MM's colleague wanted the fish for dinner. Otherwise, i would have dropped it back into the water. (we dont eat seafood;-)) I never thought about fishing before. When MM asked me to come with him for fishing, i was not much interested.. But when we caught two fishes, somehow the sport interested me.. Fishing will be in our list of activities for the days to come ;-)... I will have enough energy for fishing and hope God grant me the energy to run behind mm...
I made some boiled corn and sundal for snacks. We nicely ate our snack. We were there for a while and started home. It was a fulfilling day, teaching mm not to hang in the slide, not to throw stones, not to snatch things from other kids and not to leave my hand and jump while walking and in water.. Hmm.. Being a mother is really a great JOB...

Rasa leela..

My dear friend J has given birth to a baby girl. Congrats J. Even my other dear friends, SH and SS have girl babies. I think my tiny superman is going to have a great time with them, when he grows up.

Celtic knot..

mm is 20 months old.
I am really happy being a mother.
I enjoy every minute being a mother.
I prefer changing diaper than coding.
If i were before 3 or 4 generation before i would have given birth to lots and lots of kids. Thank god!!!
Why all this creamy thoughts?? I really mean them..

Today i was really tired, my hip ached a lot. MM had to assemble some ipod adaptor in the car. So he went out. me and mm was left alone. mm wanted to play, as i was not feeling well, i played some cartoon in the tv and was sitting with him. My condition worsened (then how r u blogging?? will explain that) and i lay on mm's lap. Yes, i lay on my son's lap. He looked at me and patted my face and started to watch the cartoon. Wow the whole experience was amazing.

மக்கள்மெய் தீண்டல் உடற்கின்பம்; மற்றவர்
சொற்கேட்டல் இன்பம் செவிக்கு.

This is a kural by thiruvalluvar. which means, 'touch of our kids delights our body and their speech delights our ears'. It is a fact. I got relieved from my aches slowly.. I feel better or ever i am fine now after being in my son's small lap for a little while..

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 ;-)

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...

Kiss

My life has become cool, interesting, meaningful and exciting after mm's arrival. I am really happy that i could not even sleep. mm is 16 months old. i never asked him to kiss me. His father asks him for a kiss and mm wont kiss him and they both will be fighting.
For the past 2 days mm gave his father some flying kisses. MM was really kicked to have them. I suddenly got the urge to ask him a kiss and told "Amma ku kiss kodu". I was thinking that he may run away or he may not feel like to kiss me or he may not understand. He slowly walked to me and gave me a kiss in my cheeks. Oh God!!!! Heavenly, i dint expect that. Those two small lips kissing me making artificial sound in the mouth.
At that instant, i am the happiest person in the world. Do i need, anything else???

Daily Work

Me and mm are always playing at home. No other work to do.

Whenever i call him(mm), he will never listen to me. But if i say, "Amma kaanom, kandupudi parpoom" (mummy is hiding, try to seek) he will search the whole house and will come running to me..

Teaching A,B,Cs to mm is a fun. He can say A, E, I, G thats it. But whatever i say, he will say any of this 4 letters to repeat the letter. Likewise, he can say only 2 and 3. So whatever i say, he will just say 2 or 3 to repeat the number.

I feel drawing will lead to an imaginative mind. I will draw small pics(like apple, ball, cat, doll etc) to him and will make him watch me. Now he knows how to hold a color pencil or a crayons. He will just scribble using them.

I like reading books to mm. He like to say A, B, C pointing to the pictures in the book. Now-a-days, he brings books to me to read for him. He even says a, AA, e, EE(tamil alphabets) pointing to pictures.

mm likes to hear music. He enjoys music. He even dances to them. When he disturbs me, while i am working, MM will make small music with his hand, mm at once runs to his father, dancing. MM used to call him "kalakuthadi" which means one who dances in the road.

We got lots of educational cd for mm. They are attractive, educational and colorful. I donot know about mm, i like them a lot. When mm refuses to eat, i will play some video cds. Automatically, everything will go in..

We go for a walk in the afternoon, its fun to show mm all the things in our locality. he likes to see cars. so i will wait, if any car passes.

We go to library. There we have a lapsit program. They will tell stories and rhymes and will let the kids to play with toys. he meets kids of this age. So mm loves to go there.

We go to YMCA. I will leave mm with the babysitter. he plays there with other kids, while i use the Gym.

Our time goes like this... People in India(my fellows) feel that i am toiling with mm. But i am enjoying my time here. Recording each and every moment of my time spent with my kutty.