Is ok Amma...

Arjun's tub usually has styrofoam A,B,C,D letters and some crayons floating around while he takes his bath... Tonight when I was giving him a bath, he wanted me to write the letters 'B' and 'C' on the white wall of the tub... I picked up a green crayon and wrote the same. While I was putting the finishing touches on the 'B' the crayon jammed and became very messy all over the place (Must have been because it stayed in water for a long time).

Immediately I was telling Arjun "Look, Amma made a mess!" and Arjun was also nodding and saying "Yyyyyesssssss Amma made messy".

(By the way in our house one strict policy that Anand and I adopt is that there is no preferential treatment for either Anand or me... If Arjun gets scolded for something that he should not do, then Anand also gets scolded by me if he does the same thing, and I get mock-scolded by Anand also if I do the same... For example: If Arjun sits on the table, we tell him "No sitting on the table...Onlieeeeeeeeeee Chair!". If Anand or Arjun catch me perched on the edge of the dining table, then Anand would tell me [in a manner that Arjun can hear] - Noooooo Priya, No sitting on the table - Only chair" and then I would respond "Okay..." and get off... That way he realizes that it is not 'him' as a person that gets corrected, but it is the action that needs to be corrected irrespective of the person involved... Gives the kid a consistent behaviour and then that consistency becomes his stability. And then that very stablility gives him the boundaries and the freedom... freedom to explore...)

Dont I just love to digress?

Coming back to this post, let me paste the previous lines for continuity sake...

Immediately I was telling Arjun "Look, Amma made a mess!" and Arjun was also nodding and saying "Yyyyyesssssss Amma made messy".

I then began to clean it up all the while chanting "Amma made messy messy... Clean up Amma... Clean up..." when this little pumpkin catches my hand and says "Is ok Amma...Is ok!" and gives me this lovely smile..

A minute later, he becomes engrossed in imitating a swimming crocodile and making all the toddler war screams...

:-) Forgiveness... Hope he doesnt lose it as he grows up...

I love you, pumpkin... your amma pia.