Activities ...the typical routine

As a mother of two active toddlers, sometimes hyper(no exaggeration), sometimes angelic (maybe, am really exaggerating..hehe) ...I know how busy my life can get. Trust me, the entire day is revolved with so many activities that I sometimes really forget what day it is and how important that particular date is (my friends and relatives are a living example to this, when i keep forgetting their anniversaries or birthdays and then blame it on these kiddos). All the days are typically the same, with the same routine thriving in my home. ...atleast thats what it is on the weekdays.Weekends ?? its over to my husband !!

A typical day for me consists of the following activities (necessarily in the same order to maintain my sanity)

-> Wake up,feed milk to the younger one...he's still a baby and yes,still on bottles...dont know when he's gonna leave that...That's another challenge for me to deal with in the near future.


-> Brush their teeth,serve breakfast ....which typically consists of cereal , and sometimes sandwiches ...according to their mood...or mainly..its my mood which decides the menu...hmmm.....

-> Get them to potty , then showers , and then its TV time , their favourite time of the day...because..i think its the best resort for me to entrust them to the idiot box while i happily take my shower . Else, i would be having these 2 crazy kids fighting for the same damn(sorry for the pun) pencil...though there would be some tens of them in the house. I still dont understand why both of them want the same one ?? Come on , give me a break !!

-> Post-mommy shower...its learning-time for the kiddos. Since Tej goes to pre-school and Anuj is still 2....their ways of learning are essentially different...with the same content.I made my task easier by showing them the same object (like an Apple) and asking Tej to write its spelling..while anuj actually gets to know that its an apple by looking at the figure .Hmm..i know...its a lot of work...but yeah..its a lot of fun too....

-> Then, its time for me to prepare lunch .This is the most tricky part,bcoz Anuj wouldn't let me stay by the stove for a long time. This is where sesameworkshop comes into rescue. Luckily, my older one has mastered the art of using the computer in such a suave manner....I dont need to spend any more time with the kids and the computer at the same time....which wasn't the case when Tej was a toddler. Anyway, coming back to the present-day scenario....its computer time for the kids..while i get to prepare their lunches.

-> Earlier, when Anuj was still a baby...this was a challenging time "Lunch time"!! He just wouldnt eat anything solid..and everything had to be blended into one big paste! Well,he's past that stage and touchwood, both the kids are pretty ok with their food habits, save an ocassional tantrum or two...which of course, by now, you must be accustomed too...Hehehe.

-> Then comes the nap-time...oh wait !! its actually the dessert-time : Either a pudding or a fruit juice saves my afternoon definitely.

-> Then, the kids would take a nap....Ohhh ! how i wait for this time ....seriously, this is the actual my-time i get to myself in the entire day...now u must be wondering , how am writing this blog....Bingo...thanks to the afternoon naps of my kids, this blog is really increasing its bounds. The rest of the time , i wouldn't manage to even spell a word properly, let alone writing a whole post!! Huh ....

-> Post-nap is again the milk time for the kiddos...and then the garden-time...They love this time, using the bicycle and the scooter to their maximum extent. Thanks to the weather these days (it's summer here) the kids are definitely enjoying the nature, chasing the poor little kittens and delightfully squealing at the cute pigeons,going back to their mommies. Oh, did i mention that the same routine thrives in winter too....only that we have to be indoors bcoz of the bad weather...and so , yeah...you guessed it right !! I have to pretend to be a pigeon and a kitty cat at the same time .It actually increased my dramatic skills. Hehehe.

-> After the play-time..its snack time...Whew...by this time, you readers must be putting me in the chefs/saints league for preparing food for them relentlessly all the time without complaints. Well...let me make sure..that snacks are definitely coming up from the department store...either in the form of twinkies, or some energy bars...Wait, i need one too by this time !!

-> Then ,yeah...after some dabbling with colors and crayons and some more ABC's...its time to watch some nice videos ...Both of them love bollywood songs..and they provide some pretty decent entertainment (no,its isnt decent..but they are too young to understand that ..heeh)

-> Then, we wrap it up with dinner time.. and then some goofing up with some more toys...and then its finally , Bed-time....combined with milk and a story-book.

Most of the people who read this must be thinking that i have bluffed the routine.But, let me tell you, moms and babies thrive on routine...and that definitely helps us survive the entire day. In fact, I get very cranky if the routine is broke up by any reason. It just doesn't fit my bill !

Of course, come this August ...Tej will start attending his pre-school.So ,should i add more that my routine will just be more systematic...now that i am time-bound too.

Well, didn't i start on saying that my day is typically revolved with so many umpteen activities...its just not possible to list down exactly what the kids do in one complete day. But , yeah...we try to stick on to the routine to the maximum extent possible , which only helps in building up the discipline and the sense of responsibility in them. Not to mention, the various mood-swings and the meltdowns.Hmm....they are also a routine now. You must have understood by now.