Calvined

I love reading Calvin and Hobbs comic strips. Besides being highly intelligent, Calvin is ironic, funny, profound and there is absolutely no tiresome moralizing anywhere.
Now all my life (till I gave birth to my own Calvin) I always wondered why Calvin's mom looks so undernourished, hassled and sorely in need of vodka shots a vacation and multivitamins (strictly in that order). Finally post Dhruv turning six, I seem to increasingly resemble her. I have my Calvin moments everyday where I feel like telling my son - "Listen I am a first time parent. I don't have most of the answers and I blame my parents for it."

Tuesday the 28th:

Scenario: Me getting Dhruv to do his homework.

Dhruv: My homework is so dumb. They make us do one page of writing everyday. Did you get writing homework?

Me: (Putting on a superior air): When I was your age I used to not only write 5 pages, but also read like 10 pages as homework everyday.

Dhruv: Why you could not read and write properly? See if you did one page nicely, they would not have gived (Dhruv does not favor usage of the word given) you so much homework.

Sunday the 26th: Me putting Dhruv to bed (9 p.m.)

Ps: In my experience, the trickiest, toughest, most non-answerable questions get asked at bedtime when I am very sleepy myself and I want Dhruv to sleep

Dhruv: Mummy when people kill baby whales, do you think their mother's miss them.

Me: I am sure they do.

Dhruv: So what do they do when they miss them?

Me: No idea. But I am sure they must miss them. Don't you remember, in finding Nemo, his family got so upset when they lost him.

Dhruv: Pooh that's just a movie, all lies. You should google and see how the blue whale's mummy feels when he gets lost.

Dhruv (10. p.m half asleep but determined not to give in): Mummy also can you google and check if plants like to eat certain kind of manure? I mean which flavors do they like.

Calvin's dad says it for me - Being a parent is wanting to hug and whack your kid at the same time. :)