It is Sunday and Sid - His Highness suddenly decides that he is a morning person and is up at 6.00.Yes I get it ;as parents we dont get "off" days. But,can't blame a soul for hoping.We crawl out of the bed. Sid is up ,fresh as a dew. I am not a morning person at all .Not even if u load me with caffeine. I like my silence and peace for the first half an hour. But let me just say with Sid in the picture those leisure days are just memories.
He picks up his toy phone says "HAVO!!!!!!"(his version of hallo)and starts his conversation with his imaginary friend on the other side. Sometimes his blabber sounds so real that it actually does scare me. I remind myslef to stop seeing movies like 'A beautiful mind ' and stick to the classic feel good movies like "The sound of music ' and 'Marry Poppins'.
Since he woke up early he takes a morning nap which drags till a little after noon. By then we do the cooking and cleaning and we are exhausted and ready to crash and Sid is up bright as day.
Keeping a 18 month at home an entire Sunday is no easy task any parent will agree. Sid wants to go out . I almost shout" son its sunday noon!!!!!! do you know what it means?" Even if I had shouted ,it would have fallen on deaf ears. He is trying to wear his shoes. I know how futile it is going to be to reason with him. So we decide to ride to the park near the university. I am still cribbing while Arun is fine. He was smart enough to take the morning nap with Sid.
Just as we ride a few meters can feel Sid jumping with joy sitting behind my bike and waving happily at Arun riding by our side. That was just the beginning of a wonderful afternoon we were going to have . The beautiful weather ,the lovely greenery, Sid picking up every flower ,twig and pebbles on the way and the toy train ride lapping up ice- cream . It could not have been better.
Sundays with kids around are never going to be lazy sundays but they sure promise to be fun. Not a bad trade-off at all!
He picks up his toy phone says "HAVO!!!!!!"(his version of hallo)and starts his conversation with his imaginary friend on the other side. Sometimes his blabber sounds so real that it actually does scare me. I remind myslef to stop seeing movies like 'A beautiful mind ' and stick to the classic feel good movies like "The sound of music ' and 'Marry Poppins'.
Since he woke up early he takes a morning nap which drags till a little after noon. By then we do the cooking and cleaning and we are exhausted and ready to crash and Sid is up bright as day.
Keeping a 18 month at home an entire Sunday is no easy task any parent will agree. Sid wants to go out . I almost shout" son its sunday noon!!!!!! do you know what it means?" Even if I had shouted ,it would have fallen on deaf ears. He is trying to wear his shoes. I know how futile it is going to be to reason with him. So we decide to ride to the park near the university. I am still cribbing while Arun is fine. He was smart enough to take the morning nap with Sid.
Just as we ride a few meters can feel Sid jumping with joy sitting behind my bike and waving happily at Arun riding by our side. That was just the beginning of a wonderful afternoon we were going to have . The beautiful weather ,the lovely greenery, Sid picking up every flower ,twig and pebbles on the way and the toy train ride lapping up ice- cream . It could not have been better.
Sundays with kids around are never going to be lazy sundays but they sure promise to be fun. Not a bad trade-off at all!
reality put hilariously
ReplyDeleteenjoy these moments with Sid, and enjoyed the writing Deepa
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