Blog Vrath :)

A few days have gone by and I've not visited my posting page to express any of my thoughts. It's been a hectic month with the birthdays of my two favorite people in the world. The birthdays themselves have not been as eventful as the thought processes that have accompanied them. The other big reason for the silence is that "summer has finally and officially been here for a month now- Hallelujah". I was too scared to make an announcement about the summer lest the weather gods get aggrieved and revoke their blessings. But the most important reason for intentionally staying away from blogging was that I had decided to take a "blog-vrath" (a silent demonstration) till I fulfilled my son's only birthday wish .... !!

I had to break the blog-vrath just for a day on Rayaan's first birthday to make sure I didn't punish him for my wrong doings.

I was really sad after Ishaan's birthday but I learnt a very valuable lesson, that I wish to share with all my fellow mommies, hoping it will put things into perspective for another mom who might otherwise bite the same dust I did. The kid asked me for only one birthday present in the language he knew and it was as simple as going to Chuck-E-Cheese's. With no sense of priority or planning, I went ahead planned a culinary centric birthday for a kid who does not even enjoy basic food. The whole day was spent in just telling him that he could not mess up the house and intermittent promises of taking him out to Chuck-E-Cheese's. Finally, the poor kid slept and didn't wake up in time for the scheduled "Chuck-E-Cheese's" trip. A point worth mentioning is, I entirely overlooked his sleep time during my doomed planning process. So all that was left for him to look forward to was this supposedly grand dinner that I labored at for two whole days. So much for all the "thought process" I put into his 3rd birthday. Eventually his day was saved because his birthday guests made it a day about him and all his favorite cousins made it a wonderful evening for him.

Moral of the story: Make a child's birthday about the child and not a day to showcase your culinary skills or whatever-other skills.

Guilt driven and utterly disappointed, I tried to make it up to him on his scheduled school birthday party. So right from assembling his party favors to his party at school to park hopping, I tried to let him drive the day. Even though at one point of time I thought I should probably take back control, when he decided that he is going to climb to the top of one those rope climbing maze structures in the park. I made a mental note to never come to this park alone because I just didn't have the guts to get to the top of that structure if he got stuck there.

Albeit late, I learnt my lesson and tried to make it upto him. But it was only today that I finally was able to fulfill his birthday wish of going to Chuck-E-Cheese's. What do you know...?? Better late than Never, Eh??