This and that

Sid is close to 6 months now and has started identifying people and his surroundings. Anything which looks new on his radar excites him to no end and he either stares at the new thing/person constantly or he tries to reach out and grab it.

Now I know why mothers get only 2/3 months maternity leave at work! Its soooooo much easier to leave the kid at home and go to work when the kid is 2-3 months. Now, he smiles, talks, recognizes you and what not! Its going to be very tough leaving him and going to work. Working from home was better.

Deepawali was fun with family. Sid was the star attraction of course! He must have enjoyed it thoroughly, as he refused to be put to sleep 2 days in a row!

My experiments with the oven continues and the oat cookies I tried came out burnt. The temperature is to be further reduced and the heating coils need to be taken to task! :-|

Sid typed on the laptop for the first time. These were his exact words/lyrics..call it what you want to!

sa szh jk ,mwcxa,mnaZgv za b xmn;'p-mklpl-okm mds?/zas[k,asdcpj[ko,[x .'z  'eee /M,LM,mndz /     u ;l,'m

At 11.00pm, Josh nudges me and suddenly asks - 'Do you know what gives me immense satisfaction?'. A few things come to my mind. Maybe the fact that he put the kid to sleep and in spite of the cracker sounds in the neighborhood, he has not got up.. Or maybe the fact that he cleaned his beloved cycle and changed the tire's tube today?

Aloud, I ask, 'What?'

He says 'There is a whole stack of pigs and with 1 single yellow bird, you hit the wooden base and all the pigs fall and die'

A moment of silence and then I said 'This is so going on my blog!'

A different Saturday

Josh and I took Sid to a photo-exhibition. It was a first for the 3 of us! The theme was wildlife and Josh's colleague was one of the exhibitors.

It was at Chitrakala Parishat. What a beautiful place that is. So calm. There were some classes happening outside, children trying to draw/paint. All this amidst lush greenery. Truly enjoyable for a kid on a weekend.

We enjoyed the display very much. And Sid enjoyed it as well, oohing and aahing at the bird photos, lion photos that were on display!

The rain stops..

...and the Sun momentarily peeks out from the clouds.

Conversation

Sonny boy having a meaningful conversation with our maid. She delights him to no end and he ALWAYS starts conversing with her, no matter how sleepy or hungry he is!

Doodling

The thing I miss most about not writing in a book or on a paper is doodling. Ahh, the idle times spent creating 'patterns' or a fancy way of writing your name. I used to have a lot of doodle 'art' (yeah, that's what I like to call that) in the last page of every notebook I owned! So when Josh opens his notebook to jot down some chip measurements while working at home, I quickly grab the pen and book and write my name or draw a flower or some such stuff.

I think we should have a social nwing site for doodling.
DoodleTwitter anyone? Remember, you heard it here the first time!