My Distracted Bumling!

We hear the sounds of the boys playing... Siddy runs to the window..

'My boys are playing, I want to go!!' 

So we change our clothes, wear our shoes, take our bat and ball and go down... 

We come down they are playing cricket... 

They are happy to see siddy.. 

'Wassup siddy?!' High fives... Fist bumps...

A leaf flies by us....

And he's distracted... 

He ignores 'his' boys... He walks off I stand there with my embarrassed smile going 

'Oh, He just woke up.. He's a bit zonked' 

Not!! 

One of the kids is riding his bike .. So bumling wants his rabbit cycle... I pull it out and make him sit... 

He doesn't move... He's busy staring at the boys play cricket... 

' you wanna go play with them?' 

'No' 

Ok... But we aren't cycling ... 

After a few minutes of watching them...

' where is my bat and ball?' 

I go get them ... 

We go to the back compound to play... There is more space and he won't come in between their game...

I take the ball give him the bat... 

' lets play you and me...' 

I throw the ball.. But by now he's spotted a bird or an aeroplane in the sky and is busy looking at it... I get the ball try again..

'Focus siddy .. I'm throwing the ball' 

The ball goes past him... He's too busy watching a little girl and her maid run around... 

By now the boys have finished their game... they are ok to come chill with the kiddos...

' I'll throw the ball Aunty...' 

Ok I say and sit down...

Not once did he hit the ball.. Each time he was distracted by something or another...or he was just busy singing or talking or something... the game was just something that was happening in the background for him... But the poor kid who was trying to play with him was so confused!!!

Suddenly some one yells...

' kulfi has come... Come siddy meet kulfi'

Kulfi is this friendly dog that comes by our building.. All the kids are crazy about her... 

So we put our bat and ball down and run out... 

He stops mid way.. He's seen the yellow flowers... He collects a few and puts them into the basket of his rabbit cycle... 

' I'll give them to neneh' 

And finally we get out... All the kids are playing with kulfi... 

This is his favorite time of the evening... One where he usually doesn't get distracted... And so he plays with kulfi..tries to touch her.. All the while squealing and pulling at my pants!!! 

We go back in... He sees the football... He tries kicking it around... The boys join in... He's playing now... But every once in a while... He goes into this trance... This zone... He just stares out into space... 

Somedays he'll talk to himself... Somedays he'll start singing a song... 

Randomness... Complete and total randomness... 

His attention span to anything is a half second... Any leaf flying any sound of any kind.. A kid running, a car starting a bird chirping... And he gets distracted.... 

' what's that sound Mumma?'

' who started their car Mumma?' 

' who is coming Mumma?!'

' why is she running Mumma?!'

Non stop! 

Are all kids this easily distracted?!!!