So the annual festival of gluttony and over-eating has been and done with. After months of whipping everyone to a “CHRISTMAS IS COMING” frenzy, the shops are now welcoming people in by the busloads, promising them twin carrots in the form of heavy discounts and less VAT.
But things chez moi cannot be more different. [...]
Pratik’s learning about animals and their habitats at school. He was asked to take a book on them yesterday to share with his friends. So I asked him what he had learnt. Conversation ran thus:
Me: What did you learn about animals then?
P: Did you know that some animals are awake only at night?
Me: Uh-huh.
P: They [...]
So my son asked me today, when I was feeding his sister:
“Cows and goats eat grass to give milk. So do mums eat grass too?”
Who wants to answer?
So P got his first ever certificate yesterday. He has been attending Kumon maths for the past couple of months. His dad and I were surprised when the teacher told us couple of weeks back that P would be taking his current level test. A test? After just 7 weeks? Oh well, we thought, nice [...]
My Baby is 6 today! I know, I cannot believe it! I keep looking at him, looking just the same as he did yesterday and the day before and today, suddenly, he is a year older. How surreal is this? Where was the red-faced, wrinkled, squalling baby I held seconds after [...]
So we had the first scan today, at 12 weeks. I was apprehensive about it for two reasons – any possible anamoly and more importantly, the requisite full bladder. Keeping a litre of water in for more than an hour, when I know my bladder is full is a feat I have never attempted [...]
Ever tried selling one of the stories from Ramayana or Mahabharata to a child today? Especially one raised on a PG or U certificate rating anywhere else but in India? Hair-raising, I tell you. For one, the stories are all way too gory for their bland tastes. Tell them so-on-so chopped the other bloke’s [...]
So the shaky tooth fell earlier this morning. The first one! WAHEY! Tooth Fairy, armed with a gold coin no less, is expected to put in an appearance around midnight. In the meantime, here’s my little man with his gappy smile.
This morning, P came up with this startling statement:
“I am so happy I am not a girl – so no one can put babies in my tummy!”
Speechless is what I am.
My son will grow up to be a great interrogator, am sure. He gets down to the res immediately, no faffing around. Last weekend, I was ten minutes into my weekly phone call with my mum when she mentioned that my dad has now taken this job of becoming a grandpa all over again so [...]
You know they say “be aware of what you tell your children; it may well come back to bite you in your ass”? Well, it happens to me many a time but the ninny that I am, I keep spinning my web of lies and flounder as my son ties me in knots using the [...]
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