Baby's Day Out - Part Deux

The last weekend was a busy one.  For us, weekends usually mean a lot of time to be spent with family, in the restful bliss at home, cooking good food, playing with the baby, reading, sleeping, watching TV, going for long walks, occasionally eating out, and so on.  If it can be avoided, we prefer not to go out too much, especially if it is not a long weekend.  I mean, I would rather spend the time at home doing nothing, than spending hours together in Bangalore traffic, struggling to get to the place intended!!!

However, this weekend was different: partly due to circumstances and partly by choice.  On Saturday, we went for a morning drive...There is an IT area not too far from our place, and we just drove through the area, appreciating the buildings, seeing which companies were there and also enjoying the nicely kept lawns and gardens.  It was nice.  On the way, we also saw operators of the Metro Construction Equipment who were on strike, lined up against the road for at least a kilometre or more.  Jenny was pretty quiet throughout the trip...obviously, appreciating architecture is not among her fancies yet.

Sunday was a different story altogether.  We left our house by around 10 in the morning.  For a change, I allowed my wife to sit with Jenny in the front of the car.  Usually, I prefer the kid to lie on the back-seat as I feel it is much safer.  But we allowed her to sit in the front this once.  To quote Sylar from Heroes, "It's a whole new world out there!"  

After observing what I was doing for the initial five minutes, madam decided she can operate the gear lever for me.  My wife had a tough time restraining her: she would actually lunge across to get hold of the lever!  Once she realised that that was out of the question, things on the dashboard, buttons, stereo lights, etc. got her attention.  And she didn't sleep one bit!

We first went to Lalbagh where a Mango-Jackfruit exhibition was taking place.  Well, we were more interested in spending some time there rather than seeing the actual exhibition; I mean for a person from Kerala, these fruits grow in everyone's backyard!  The walk was nice...the weather was hot!  Ultimately, we decided we couldn't stay too long as all of us were looking more red than brown!  We bought some nice mangoes and left.

Next stop was at a friend's marriage.  Now for those of you who have never been to that side of Bangalore, allow me to explain.  There is a famous temple in Bangalore and the road where it is situated is known as 'Bull Temple Road'.  The address just said 'XYZ Kalyan Mantap, Bull Temple Road'.  Once we reached there, we realised the Bull Temple Road's primary business was in having Kalyan Mantaps!!!!  Every alternate street had one!  We were fifteen minutes early at the Road, but half an hour late for the wedding, by the time we finally found the right venue!

The wedding was nice...had a couple of friends with their wives/fiancées there...everyone just wanted to hold and carry Jenny...and as long as they would do it next to a fan, she was fine with it.   Even when we sat down to eat, the Brahmins in charge of the food would come on and off asking if they could carry her.  She had a good time.  Plenty of attention, some sweets and lots and lots of attention (did I mention this already?!).  We finally reached home in the late afternoon after visiting another friend.  

It was a nice change of pace compared to the usual weekends.  The evening was spent on the terrace enjoying the sight of a nice and cool rain.  Perfect ending to the weekend.  And about Jenny: all the energy she has been trying to get out of her system was drained by the end of the day.  She has been so hyperactive all week, that I guess even she was glad that she finally reached a state of exhaustion. :).  By 9, our baby was fed and asleep.