The "why-s" of life.

The "why" has started .....
Mama, WHY?
Never in my life was I so scared about the WHY thing.
The main reason is that the answer to most of the WHYS could be found.....somewhere...

For eg: WHY did Muhammad bin Tughlaq change his state capital from Delh to Daulatabad?
The question , though sounds difficult has the answer on page 187 of my history text book. See?

But the WHYS that I have to face now sometimes have no answer......

After spending 4 long weeks in India, A-junior is absolutely horrified by the fact that here at home his freedom level is soooooooo less compared to that in India. For a four-year-old, this transition from a world where whatever he did was all glory to the world where his mother is in full control can be so shocking!!

Anyway, last Sunday (he was still suffering from the why-do-I-have-to-do-stuff-and-not-be-free-as-in-India syndrome), he was getting ready for his swimming classes.

A-junior: Mama , WHY do I have to go for swimming?
mama (nice smile, soft tone): You see, swimming will make you strong..will give you lots of energy.....(bla..bla..bla)
A-junior: WHY do I need to learn to swim? [the WHY stays]
Mama (less smile, tone one pitch higher): You have to grow up, be a big man etc etc..
A-junior: But mama, I am growing up ANYWAY!!

For a few seconds I just did not have an answer.......................

The new models are smarter....

The other day, I was trying to clean the floor of my living room which like always was strewn with A-juniors toys. He was busy drawing.
Me: A, can you please clean up your toys?
No response.
Me[slightly higher tone]: A, Did you not hear? Please clean up your toys...
No response.
Me[trying to keep cool]: A, please put away your toys, and if you do it neatly enough I shall put on a NICE movie for you.
No response, slight tilt of head.
Me: A, I REALLY want you to put away your toys neatly. I will switch on a NICE movie for you...

Looks up, thinks something, says, "Mama, can you put on a BAD movie for me now?"

New models are definitely smarter....

The junior

..So the big question is, why suddenly on this 15th of Feb, 2008 did I start to blog? What really triggered this sudden action? What actually is the purpose of this blog? Whats special? whats new? whats interesting?
Hold on folks, I have no clue!
I just "felt " like doing it today......
I think that dominant factor in this whole episode is that recently I have visited some blogs where parents make a note of the nice anecdotes of their children....which inspired me!

A-junior (thats how I shall refer to the 3.5 yr old , absolutely fantastic boy I have) has just started to speak...every day he surprises us with his funny-yet-small vocabulary....we smile, enjoy but also forget the exact comment as the days go by...mostly replaced by a funnier and happier comment he makes...

This place can be such a nice diary to monitor "his growth.."..
I am infact a bit sad that I did not start this earlier.....Actually I am still a very pen-and-paper type person..I prefer "writing" to "typing". So I started scribbling down stuff when A-junior was born...Initially it went quite fast...I made albums with handwritten notes but gradually the time constraint came in [I know, its a lame excuse] .
The point I am trying to make is that NOW I realize that "typing" can be done even while at work...so.......
;-))

...better late than never.......what do you say?

Hello, mike testing... 1..2..3..4..5..6......

Just testing...........
;-))
When its all brand new, it has to be tested, right?