The Family - Night Watchman

Mom - Sleep deprived and nothing much to do
Dad - Sleep deprived AND busy
Akka - Rushing to school
Tammudu - Yes, the title is for him - THE nightwatchman

Yes, that's last month for you. This guy doesn't sleep earlier than 3 AM and that's when you are lucky, normally it is at about 6 AM in the morning by the time he is fully, properly asleep. But then when he is awake all night long and in the early hours, he smiles a lot and laughs at times (yes with sound!!) and then plays. But the moment he gets irritated you HAVE to carry him and walk, doesn't help if we hold him, we just need to get going...
So, the result, absolute lack of sleep, frayed nerves, biting anybody who wants to talk sense :) It helped a looooot that Shiva didn't have to travel this month and then we had his akka and kids over at our place for about 1-2 weeks. Now, April's suddenly looking very difficult. I know, I know, I said the same thing with March, but then we had help this month, god knows what's going to happen now.

Dhriti was back to school after a month and lots of backlog, yes BACKLOG for a pre-primary kid!!! Too many alphabets to learn.
We've somehow scraped through. She finished her PP1, first year in school and it is over already. Got very emotional in the ceremony they had at her school to celebrate the occasion. She danced for the "Bum Bum Bhole" number and felt SOOOOOO content and happy to see her up there.

Maybe things will settle down, and maybe the baby will get things right and sleep at night, maybe everything will be okay in the coming month.
What's life without a little bit (yeah okay lots of!!) hope???!!

Quotable Quotes

Some interesting dialogues while playing in the evening

Dhriti: Ammulu (her cousin), you found the pencil---Great Job!!

Dhriti:Mummy, where is the eraser?
Me: Here, nanna
Dhriti: I have to use this eraser so many times, what nonsense!!

And now I can't take my words back, can I?

No Shiva didn't go to KL yet though I have nightmares that the day might come soon and yeah it's his birthday today...Happy Birthday!!
And just so that it gets "recorded for eternity" here, he is THE BEST PERSON I've ever met. And yes, I mean it. How else do you define a person who stays up all night long carrying the baby, goes to the office in the mornings (yes, still busy) and still is sane. I also stay up all night long, but cant say the same about being sane part :)