Marriage Anniversary

Our 7 yr old son made our 10th Marriage Anniversary(M.A) as memorable  as our wedding day. A day before he bought a couple of  gifts from the shop in our society. Then he asked my husband what time will your M.A start --got the answer 12 midnight. He tried waiting patiently  but by 10 his excitement had reached his peak, unable to keep it under wraps- out of innocence he came again & again to me & kept telling me, --“I have a surprise for you. Do you remember what is tomorrow,” seeing his spirit  I behaved as  if I didn’t no what he was talking about --“Oh mama you guys don’t remember anything, I will have to  teach you so many things.”
So at 12 he asked us to sit together & close our eyes & then came the big surprise--- Happy Wedding Anniversary Mama Papa. He got a pack of cakes, wafers, chocolates, Hippo and most of all came the Maggie Romantica Capsica which he had specially selected for us. Though we kind of presumed  it, he was upto something but this Romantica Capsica turned out to be a real surprise.
It felt so nice - the feelings were so mixed- amazed ( at how he could link romance & marriage), delighted (to see he cared for us & tried to do something to make us happy), contentment (to see him grow as  a person who is caring & loving) & of course love on his cute cute innocence. So at 12 in the night we & our kids cooked our Romantic Maggie with the Hippo & Chocolates did  Cheers with a glass of apple juice. My day had already been made but there was still more to come -- hubby dear got me a bouquet of roses with a set of necklace & of course a dinner date along with our kids.
At the end of the day I could just feel how time is passing by so quickly just want to hold it still, I know its not possible so I have clicked my moments & treasured them in my memories & of course my album.

Kiddy Advise

My 3 kids--(2 kids and 1 their daddy- who is rather the smallest one) have this penchant to buy toys, toys & more toys. Initially when my first baby was small (hardly 3 months) I was also quite enthu about it & we would religiously pay our local toy shop  a monthly visit searching -The New Toy in Town. With the coming of the 2nd baby it just added on to it- Result- over the years we have developed a huge collection of toys (could be converted into a mini toy shop of our own-actually a good idea-isn’t it) so much so that one full room has been devoted to them & we are still running short of space.
I finally decided someone has to put a control on this, so who is going to take this unpopular job-- no one else but of course me. So now I have the tag of this grumpy mama as I try  to curtail the toy shop visits & at times also try to edify them to save money.

Now it just happened that last weekend I bought some artificial jewellery from the Lifestyle sale. When we reached home my son was sharp enough to return the lecture back to me." See mama you have wasted so much money. You have enough jewellery in the cupboard which you rarely use and this you are just going to stack up along with them. We could have saved the money  or at least bought something more useful." Not knowing what to say, it was  now my chance to listen quietly.

Parents & Me

After  yrs of marriage  my parents for the first time stayed with me at a stretch of some 15 days. Earlier their visit would be restricted  to 4-5 days at a max, but this time I managed to hold them for a slight longer period. I was kind of  a very pampered girl  before marriage. I never cooked much, I would cook or clean only when my mood wanted me to. Though my mom would be after me saying that typical Indian thing---what would you do after marriage?-- but it was my daddy who would always help me out from my mother’s grip.-- who would be after me to teach me some household chores(of course for my benefit only which I now realize)

I remember once when I was in 12th grade my mother had  a slight fever, she asked me to try & learn to make chappaties--thinking I would not be able to excuse myself now,, but but but here was my superman dad to help me out from her desire to entrap me. He came with a brand idea & declared---I don’t feel like having chappaties, I think I want to go for bread  & so once again I was saved or at least that’s what I  felt at that point of time-- their are innumerous instances & I will go on & on. Coming back to my present, they were surprised & quite pleased to see me taking care of my home, cooking  & other household chores. They couldn’t believe  I was the same little girl who always tried to escape work. They were quite impressed seeing me mange my roles of a wife, mother, cook, homemaker quite well, at least that’s what they felt--Our Daughter The Best-- that might be an exaggeration but parents will be parents. For them I am & will always be the best in the whole world & this I realize  now after being mother myself. I know for me my kids are the best.