Monday, July 15, 2013

Random Updates

Everyday there are some left overs after getting back from school. So the conversation goes like this:
Me: Tiny, Little, Please finish the food in the lunch box. You know i do wake up early and pack your food and you get it back. It feels bad
Tiny: Ok amma, I will try
Little: If you keep what i like, then i can empty it, otherwise i will get it back....
Me thinking.... What kind of a kid did i give birth to???

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We had been to a wedding reception last night. The stage was thoroughly decorated started off with a salsa dance and what not. The banner on the stage read "Forever Together". Tiny all of 8 questions why they have have that written. I told her that the husband and wife (now the girl and boy) live together after marriage. After we returned home she had a few more questions on the same topic of marriage. In the night while we are on the bed lying and just talking away
 Tiny: Amma when will they start living together? Today or tommorrow??? ================================

Hubby says that he needs to go to Sydney on work for a couple of weeks. Tiny who is clearly a daddy's girl is already making a sad face and has a few questions...
Tiny: Appa, when you going? How long? Why are you going?
Little: Appa what will you get for me???
 Another couple of days later,
Hubby announces Kiddo's am not going right now but later...
 Now it is turn for the Little guy to put on a sulky face. Ask him why??
 Little: Can you go to Sydney, get a boomerang and be back soon??? You promised me one and this is cheating....

 The Little has taken a huge pleasure in doing Origami stuff. He loves making us do the origami stuff watching youtube. And when it does not come out right, be prepared for the yelling session.
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 Tiny has taken a huge obsession to make up looks like. We are in Sephora shop in Kuala Lumpur. I was just looking around waiting on the hubby who had gone to look for something. Kids were with me. Little declares that this is a lady's shop and that he is not a girl. Tiny is not to be seen for quite sometime and i go searching from one end to the other. I catch her trying out all the testers be it lipstick, nail polish, lip gloss, eye shadow and the cheek blush. I look at her, she looks like she is part of some drama troupe and she has done it flawlessly...
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Untill last year when Little was in Kindergarten he did not want girls sitting around him. His reason was they purposely shake benches when he is writing or taking notes. And he always complained of the girl T. Now in the 1st standard, the girl also chose the same second language as Little and happens to be in the same section. One day i found in his a swan made with one sheet torn from a note book.
 Me:Why do you tear notebooks to do Origami and that too in the class hours?
 Little: Amma, don't touch that, T gave that to me. She has asked me to keep it in my bag always

Thursday, April 4, 2013

In the middle of the night

The little fella wakes up in the middle of the night to say:
Why does the mosquito not bite itself? Why does it bother me???

We did a little bit of gardening yesterday and since the grill door was wide open they came in and got the little one who sleeps without any blanket on him..He travels to the corner of the bed where the wind of the fan does not reach and gets bitten.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

New pair of shoes

We have this habit of putting a pinch of turmeric on new sets of clothes. Anything new electronic gadget that is brought, a little bit of turmeric and kumkum is applied and then used. So the Little who observes all this called up one afternoon when i was at work.

Apparently we had bought him a new pair of shoes for his cricket sessions down in the complex.

Little: Amma, should i do puja to my shoes with haldi and kumkum or just haldi???
Me: LOL, you do not need to do anything. use it carefully.
Little : But it is new, so i will put haldi now and kumkum later. Bye

And the phone is banged down.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Tiny & News papers

Every day i tried to read the newspaper and also kept telling Tiny to do so when she started reading. Especially the block lettered headings. She enjoyed and used to come over to ask questions and meanings of words or the pronunciation. Needless to say i was happy. But today i curse myself. Ask me why, 
  
Tiny: Amma, Another rape in the city. What is that actually Amma??
Me: (Not sure whether a 8 year old needs to know the ABC of it.) It is a bad touch...
Tiny: So that comes in the newspapers everyday.

This all started after the Delhi Gang rape case. Luckily they  are taught in school about good and bad touches and i have kept advising her on the same. But any more questions around this it gets real tough to answer. A few years back we were left wondering how to tell the kids about an incident or how to make them aware of the societal happenings. But today they are reading the paper and come back with questions and all i have is to hold the tongue at a certain point.


Thursday, November 29, 2012

Tiny Tidbits

I was taking the kids to watch "Life of Pi". I had once gone with my colleagues and loved the movie. I thought kids might really admire and hence took them. On the way i was telling them the story briefly. This was mainly to avoid Little snapping every now and then in the movie to ask questions. I don't mind if i have seen the movie earlier but his talks get loud and disturb others as well.
  So after he heard the story from me, he asks:

Little: Amma, Is this a real story?
Me: May be, not sure
Tiny: No it is a fiction.
Me: So what is fiction Tiny?
Tiny: Don't you know? It is just the author's imagination....

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Secret Daughter - Book Review

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda is one amazing book of its own kind. Author takes you on a wonderful journey as though you are watching a movie. You never feel like putting the book down. I normally do not write book reviews unless i love the book to such extents. 
The story is about an adopted girl child who wants to know more about her biological parents and loves her adopted parents to the core. The insecurity the mother feels when the kids goes in search of the biological parents is described so so well, i had tears in my eyes. The story line is natural and well written.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Tiny and her discovery

Tiny although little in structure thinks big when it comes to using smart phones any brand any make. These are below findings:

  1. She says, Amma, there are 3 ways to voice record using your phone. Where as i only know one single route and never bothered others.
  2. The girl knows to switch on Background data and visit Google Play store to download new games. 
  3. Opens up browser and uses the Voice recognition to search for Dora and others while helping her brother search for spider man and Hulk and watch you tube videos.  Imagine one day when i was just getting ready for work i hear "Hulk and Spider man fighting" many times being repeated in the same fashion. I went to see what was going on. Much annoyed i snatched the phone. I always wonder how i get a 400 rs more always in my bills. Now i know it. 
God bless me and help me save my kids from the early internet usage...

Friday, November 9, 2012

Gadgets and Hubby

Hubby loves playing with new gadgets installing them, setting it up and anything of that sort. My 9 month old LG phone lost its touch. Blame it on the kids this time. Hubby is more then happy to hear this from me. So the conversation goes here:
Hubby: This is the second time he is buying me a phone and so he goes, alright I will buy a new phone for you..
Me: Specifications are mine though
Hubby: Fine, but don't bother about the cost. (All he wants is a gadget to play with here)
Me: So looks like you are done playing with BB and now that you need another to set up.

So hubby orders the phone and supposed to arrive on thursday. A day late it says online. Friday it is. And that morning: (in SMS)

Me: Need to go out today evening with the kids.  Can you come in early?
Hubby : No reply
Resend SMS thinking he has not received..
Hubby: Wait but the phone is arriving today.
Me: So???
Hubby : Need to set it up
Me: I can do it myself
Hubby: No but i need to make it easy for you...



Girl Friend Boy friend

The other day i was standing in front of the mirror and taking  a look at the amount of white hair that have sprouted offlate. Told myself, I am getting older no doubt but still so many ... when the below conversation happens in the other room

5 year old : Do you know who is my girl friend?
7 Year old : Not sure ...

5 Year old: P
7 year old: What about C, S etc??

5 Year old: Only P now...
Later
7 year old : Atleast you have a girl friend da. good

Later

7 year old: You know what I am going to call A for my birthday this time. A is my good friend and he is a boy...

Note: P, C, S, A are their classmates at school.

I am all serious about how the kids 7 and 5 are running on 13. The dad has a hearty laugh and mocks the ignorant mom.