Around the world in 80 clicks

This tag comes my way from sole, one of my favorite mommy blogger (just trust me when I say I have a personal bias here ) She is amazing with kids and has loved every minute raising each and every one of her nieces and nephews before she had her two brats. Someone with infinite patience and very few words, every post I see from her amazes me at how much she has to say that she seldom does. Thanks sole for the lovely tag.

Here are my top 5…

Coming home to see dirty socks on the center table, lunch bags on the kitchen island, musical instruments adorning the dining table, bakugan balls that hurt you when you try to seat your tired ass someplace, homework papers lying all over the counter waiting to be done, empty food wrappers decorating the windowsill and two lovely brats who run to say hi knowing full well they are going to be yelled at in the next 30 seconds – a home that feels lived in.

Requesting them prioritize a few mundane tasks like brushing teeth, homework, bath,eating & reading resulting in a comments like “This is just not fair!”, “You are mean, amma”, “Can I do that after 5 minutes?”, “Can she do it before me?” & “How come you never tell him that?” – children you have raised to have a mind of their own.

American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Cheetah girls, Zack & Cody, Drake & Josh, Pokemon, Bakugan, Transformers, Super Mario Bros, fusion (not the obvious but the kind of skateboard), razor (not the shaving kind), Tony Hawk, Crazy 8, drug FAQs, of rubberbands on T-shirts – lessons that were not part of our curriculum growing up. How else do we stay smart & intelligent?

“Amma, can you make pulav?”, “Amma, can you sign this?, “Amma, can I go on this field trip?, “Amma, can I get this year’s yearbook at school?”, “Amma, can you mark your calendar for this date when I act in the Shakespeare play?”, “Amma, can you play scrabble with me?”, “Amma, will you take us to this movie?”, “Amma, can I got to my friend’s house to play?”, “Amma, does this shirt go with these shorts?”, “Amma, can you get me this game?” – so many mundane questions that makes you realize how much your world and life revolves around them and vice versa.

After an exhausting day at work, a tiring drive home, a mad rush running the kids to swimming, soccer, chess, dance and a thousand other activities followed by homework, dinner, cleanup, you finally crash for the day wiped out only to be tugged at vigorously by two pairs of hands that wake you. Just when you are ready to lose it & scream your head off, you hear two voices say in unison ”I love you, sweet dreams, don’t let the bed bugs bite, see you tomorrow morning, you are the best mom ever (followed by a kiss and a hug!!) – You are not left with words at this point.

As the Mastercard ad says, “Some things money can’t buy!!” – Motherhood has been one such experience. Thanks to them, I am not just a mom but a much better human beings

Now to the rules of the tag

Just write a post of your own (5 things that you love about being a mom/dad) and find someone to link to and tag – someone from your own country, if you like, but definitely someone from another country (Google is a good resource if you don’t know any; google any country name and ‘mom/dad’ in their blog search function) (be sure to let them know that you’ve tagged them!) – and link back to HBM and leave a comment.

The five people who follow me + the thousands more that I follow in the blog world have all been tagged. I hope these mum’s haven’t already been tagged!

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