All about the "SPOTLIGHT" of my world!

After a serious 3 month contemplation, testing my writing skills on all poor souls around me I decided to extend my trouble to a bigger audience...that’s the birth story of my blogspot!! My first post means a lot to me and hence would love to dedicate it to my most prized possession, the light of my life - my 32 month old toddler, Jayant.

My world is pretty much controlled by my boys....Jay being the master and Mr.V his most obedient servant. “Jay Jay” as he is fondly known in his day care is a task master already - dad's genes probably! The most active organ in his whole body is his mouth - mom's genes beyond doubt!!! With the exception of 12 hrs in a day when he chooses to give himself a little bit of rest, we get blasted by his non-stop yaks.

Jay is not only active but makes sure am also active. He expects me to join him in all his so-called challenging activities which include crawling between the four legs of a chair, showing off one's knowledge of numbers and alphabets standing on the patio, dumping off a complete bundle of toilet paper in the commode and flushing it, bathing and changing diapers for his Barbie doll, relaxing and admiring one's self on the inbuilt webcam of the Mac.....pretty challenging to me.

Jay is a great helper...he is so efficient that we dropped the idea of buying a Roomba for cleaning services!!! Sometimes it works out to my disadvantage that all my unread mails when left unnoticed on the table will also find its place in the trash bin. Jay is such a cleanliness freak that he cannot stand a drop of water on his shirt/pant. The maximum inventory that we have supplied his day care so far are his spare clothes:-) There hasn't been a single day when Jay has come home from the day care with the dresses that he left the house with!! Mr.V keeps complaining that he is tired of doing 3 exclusive loads of Jay's dresses in a week :-)

Jay's favorite activity is "back seat cooking"...the minute he gets back from school, he would take a comfortable position on the kitchen counter and start his cuisine instructions. He is so obsessed with gastronomy that when I asked him "K for" Jay's prompt response was "Kadugu"(mustard seeds in Tamil) mommy!! He is so clued up on the kitchen and its whereabouts that he knows where what is stored (spices/ingredients/utensils/food)...even Mr.V gets lost most of the time!!

My day starts with Jay’s innocent smile and doesn’t get done without listening to his loud laughter. He is my strength, weakness, delight, energy, passion, excitement, sparkle, trouble…the kingpin of the transition in me....I love you Jay!!