The Twos Xpress

talk slowly, Mommy,
and let me play
i usually ignore
what ever you say

be it night
or be it day
all i wanna do
is scream and play

make some cupcakes
make some tea
make some mess
and then i flee

when you start to eat
is when i wanna pee
when you make that face
i giggle with glee

what you select
is what i can't wear
i'm the king, and
i choose my own pair

i'm a laptop pro
i'm an iPhone pro
how i do that
you'll never know

anywhere, anytime
i can burst into tears
and that i know
is the worst of your fears

now i'm happy
and now i'm sad
now i'm curious
and now i'm mad

but i say thank you
and i say please
these words are magic
i get it all with ease

And the Terrible Twos continue...

Just when I was wondering what terrible twos are all about, San showed me a trailer of what they could be like. It was nothing great - just a don't-wanna-go home scene at school, topped with a don't-wanna-go-in-that-car scene. Oh yes, I did feel embarrassed - not about the scenes, but about not being able to control San. I had to give up in the end and she happily went home in her friend's car, only to present a don't-wanna-come-out-of-the-car scene on reaching home. The day ended on the same note.

What San did was so not like her, but it was her. I never knew that San was capable of doing it. I also understood how other parents feel when their kids act up in public and they watch helplessly, among the mean stares, wicked smiles, and look-at-that-kid and it's-all-parents'-fault conversations of people. I've been a part of such 'people' at times, but it's another world at the other side of the table. 

A good friend told me that it all happens in phases. You have to bear with it and just hope that one day it will pass (only to be replaced by a different one). It goes on.

So just when you'd think that I'll stop telling you the terrible twos stories, I'll be ready to bother you with a new one! ;-)

Here's a little snippet that I wrote after long... does it sound rap-songish to you? :-)

I am you,

I'm the terrible two

Everything's mine

anything I can do.

Whine, I still shine,

and stamp my feet

Scream my lungs out

and accept no defeat.

No, nothing else,

only No I'd say

Scold, tear your hair,

or run you may.

Bear with my acts

in the middle of the street

Songs or howls

enjoy every beat.

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On a good note, here's what San's up to these days - solving puzzles, coloring pictures, and building stuff with blocks. :-)

Terrible Twos, what ARE you?

Suddenly, I feel that I'm experiencing the peak of San's Terrible Twos. She's become whiny; if you don't listen to her the first time, or happen to ignore her because you're busy, or because she is in a crazy mood, she acts up with the worst of the whines... sigh! And she's been telling me to do things 'slowly'; things like drying her hair with a towel, making her brush her teeth, combing her hair... I wonder if I've become harsher or she's become more delicate! She always demands the opposite of what I do or offer... quite common in kids, right? Why do they do that? I wanna read her mind!

Kids change avatars like clothes. Just when you're adoring the sweetest smile that she flaunted a while ago, she'll turn it all around with the ugliest scream! But then, even after battling with the different mood swings of your kid throughout the day, you end the day with a smile on your face, as you watch the angel sleep... and you know that all's well cuz' it ended well. (unless she keeps waking you up at odd hours with her sleep-talk and screams! )

I dunno when the Terrible Twos started and I dunno when it'd end. I dunno if it is even there yet! I wonder what it is! :)

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One day, for the sake of fun, I gave her the fake-long-hair-look with her towel. San calls it the Flamingo look, I wonder why!

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San's new-found love: The Jungle Book. She's even memorized the title song! I'm hooked onto it along with San. :)