Fixations

"To talk of many things:Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings."

1) Bikes
2) Sunglass
3) Helmet (2,3 postinterchangeable)
4) Cricket bat
5) Football
6) Gun
7) Shoes
and the list continues....

Idhant is forever convincing, cajoling, persuading his dad to lend him a pair of his sunglasses and even Shubh could not withstand the power of those big brown eyes (migh well up any moment) and parted with two pairs of sunglasses but what have we....he wanted the one Shubh wore to work...now
With his grandmom undergoing a cataract surgery and his dad lending her, his sunglasses - yes those ones which lil Calvin had been yearning to wear - brought out the best in the lil conniving fellow in all his avatars

1ACT 1: Persuasion: How are you feeling thammu? Nice sunglass...wont you let me wear the....big eyes,,,get even bigger, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease
Nope...doesn't work! Time to try the next act
2) ACT 2: Barter: See I got you these sunglasses. Why dont you use mine and let me use yours?
Tough customer...Let turn on the charm...some aggressive seling
3) ACT 3: Temptation: Hey thammu? check out my sunglasses? Aint I looking handsome?
Yes?!..Yippie....Why dont you wear mine and let me wear yours?
This doesnt work either...shall we then try the old trick at hand, TANTRUM!
No luck! These guys are getting good at this! They dont even look at me!
4) Ready retort
Thammu: These glasses are dirty.
Calvin: Dont worry, I will ask Asha didi to clean it.
5) Shall we then go the root cause way?!
Thammu: See, my eyes hurt.
Calvin: Mamma: My eyes hurt too.... I have to wear her sunglasses
(mamma...chokhey ooh hoeychey...thammu sunglass ta portey hobey)

But Thammu emerges the final winner ...a tough cookie to crack
see my eyes...they are so dirty...do you still want to wear them?
Calvin: Yuck! No! Never!
and his finickiness get the better of him...

Yes, yes he is a very very finicky guy....dominant paternal gene ...I am cursed with bad luck all my life !!
...cannot eat food without having a box of tissue around
...need to wipe mouth, hands, neck, body after every morsel swallowed
...clothes need to be changed even if there is a drop of water...we realised this when he was 1 week old and throwing a tantrum despite being well fed and clean...the outer corner of his shirt was wet...drop of water if not half a drop!...gurgled back to sleep once we changed his clothes...
...need to clean the cricket ball everytime we hit it with the bat and it rolls on the ground(mumma muchey dao, nongra hoye gaechey)

Flip side ...yes there is a positive side
...every lil scrap goes into the dustbin
...two and something takes off his shoes and put them neatly near the door...will even go back and put his socks in his shoes...did that recently at a friends place when we had gone for dinner....He had taken off his shoes and an hour later he asked me take off his socks...then he took those from me...located where his shoes were and neatly put them inside his shoes
...mostly puts his toys away after playing with them
...never comes back dirty after playing downstairs
...loves taking a bath...always has...soaking in the bathtub...this summer managed 5 soaks in a day