I woke up this morning with a new found determination. It was time I got off my backside and started updating my forgotten blog. Trust me, I hadn’t forgotten it. In fact, I have about a dozen drafts lying unfinished in my folder. It has just been a crazy few weeks. But, if you ask me just why exactly have these weeks been crazy…..well… I really don’t know. I cannot seem to make a list of things which have kept me busy without sounding trivial. I mean… I really cannot put laundry on that list…. or other everyday boring things. Either it’s the curse of being a housewife/SAHM or I am just plain old lazy and pathetic. I chose to believe it’s the first….. but deep down I am pretty sure that it’s the later.

Anyways, the last few weeks have been busy with a number of wonderful Indian festivals which we have been celebrating. This year, Tanay has been taking a rather keen interest in learning about our culture including getting all dressed up in ethnic Indian clothes. At present we are all celebrating Diwali… the Festival of Lights. Every year we light up the house, eat tons of yummy sweets (but of course!), pray and meet up with friends and family. To do his part, Tanay announced that he wanted an “Indian festival surprise gift!”. groan!

This year, two rather amazing and wonderful things have happened. Diwali goes on for about three to four days and almost always begins with Shubham announcing that he has to travel on business during those exact few days. It sucks big time. Obviously, he hates it too… but well… what can you do?! So I wasn’t surprised when he called me yesterday to tell me that he will be gone for the next three days. But then, today has turned out to be…. in a way…magical. It had been raining all night and this morning just as I was about to start cursing the nasty wet weather…. the rain turned to ice and then to snow! It was actually snowing! I love the snow. But to see it in October was such a pleasant shock. I can safely say that we had a White Diwali! That’s not all. Shubham called to say that his trip had been cancelled. This has never happened before!!! I am so excited to have him home on this very special day. 

As for Tanay, he cannot wait for Diwali to be over coz he knows that Halloween comes next. He forced us to buy a “Horny Devil” (nothing but a red devil with horns) mask from Party City so that we could look cool….just like him. I think Friday is going to be rather interesting, I will keep you all posted. I promise. I am done slacking, Next step is to update some recent pics.

Last year, when Tanay started going to play school, it was the very first time he stayed away from me. It took him (and me) almost 3 months to get used to it. Of course, he loves going to school now, although every now and then he does come up with a, “I only love you Momma and I want to stay with you all day” look on his face. Now, only if I could explain to him that if I had to let this happen, it could seriously affect my sanity. Anyways, other than school, I have never left Tanay with a baby sitter or even with any friend for that matter. Frankly, there never was such an occasion where I had to.

But this last week was different. It started off with Back to school night at his school. I left him at home with Shubham. No problems. The next day, Shubham & I had to go visit a friend who had just had a baby. So we left him at a friend’s place for almost three hours. Again, no problems at all. Then came the big one. Some of you may have read about my very good friend Nidhi who was training for the Avon Breast Cancer Walk to be held in NYC this last weekend. Since I was not sure if I was physically up to the challenge, I had promised to provide her with all the moral support she needed. So, all the girls left the husbands and the kids behind and went off to spend the night in the city. For the very first time, Shubham and Tanay were by themselves for an entire night. And, I am so glad I did it. We had the most fabulous time. And here is the best part…… so did Tanay & Shubham ( I am assuming he did)!!!

When I told Tanay that I had some work in the city and that I would be back only the next morning, he seemed a little suspicious. He said,” Why do you have to go? Send Papa. He goes there all the time”. But after promises of a visit to the toy store and Chuck E Cheese’s, he kinda reconciled. He even came to pick me up at the railway station the following morning.. a big smile on his face and a brand new shark in his hand.

I guess, my baby is really growing up. Although I think he has kinda sped up the growing process a bit in the last few days. He came back from school this afternoon and announced,

“I GOT MARRIED TO CHARLOTTE TODAY!”

Hmmm…… OK… slow down dude! I am not ready for THIS!