Last weekend, we were at a friend's place for lunch. The food was yummy. Within a few seconds of starting to dig into his plate, Ads piped up "Aunty, your paneer is awesome." Shortly thereafter - "Aunty, the food is really good. And your house looks like a restaurant." He meant - it was pretty and the table was nicely set :)Needless to stay, 'Aunty' was floored! I was quietly proud that he had remembered to compliment the hostess on her beautifully-kept house and great food. What I should have m

A few days back while eating juicy mangoes my sons were discussing mangoes! As the mango slices finished one by one the interest in mangoes seemed to go from mere pulp to its genesis. I was trying... Logical Research & Honest Reviews for Kids and Moms!

I remember my brother asking this question to my mom years back, and she turned into a red beet root ! He came and asked me later and I realized, I had the knack of simplifying things to make them... Logical Research & Honest Reviews for Kids and Moms!

Nkta. That's how Y pronounces her name. Start with a nasal N, rapidly followed by KTA. Reminds me and S of difficult Vietnamese names such as Nguyen!

Adi and I like to spend our time together reading books, eating out and playing. We spend sometime at our favorite place, The British Council Library - where the children's section is really a fun place to be. Kids, as young as one year old, park themselves in this section, crawling around and making gurgling sounds and the older ones learn to watch their steps so that they don't tumble over the crawling kiddies. Stylish moms also are a part of this space and they vary at different levels, of co

...the latest (and the longest) of Pattu's obsessions. Off she goes rattling out the names of all the cars that she sees on the road and she is almost always right! My categorisation stops with size, shape and colour, the details just elude me. This obsession reached its feverish intensity when Pattu, running 104.5 and shivering, on the way to the doc despite the chattering teeth goes, ssa-ffa-rrri, bbo-lle-rro, ffi-ess-tta, ppu-nnt-tto and so on.After a picnic to Guindy Children'

Aunt to Ash: What would you like to become when you are big? Doctor? Engineer?Ash: Ben 10!Aunt: Who is that?Ash: Havent you heard of Spiderman, Superman etc? He is somebody like them.p.s. Ben 10 is his present hero. So a Ben 10 watch, Ben 10 colouring book and Ben 10 exam pad are among his prized possessions.***Aunt to Mira: Will you give me you ear rings?Mira: Sure! Provided you buy me another pair. Or better still, give me yours.***Travelling with their dad, the duo spots an SUV. "Scorpio, sco

Her current obsession for dressing is pants ! Anywhere, everywhere and always, she wants to wear pants ! All the frilly frocks, non frilly frocks, skirts are all sleeping in the cup board safely.This leaves me to find devious ways (even cahooting with Jillu's close friend's mom - "hey Jillu, your friend "S" is going to wear a frock today and she has asked you to wear a frock as well to school today" ) for making her wear anything other than pants!Today, I took rest and let her go her way ! So na

Today during bath :Mumma : "Socho ki phoolo ka shehar ho"Aryan : "Lehro pe apna ek ghar ho "Mumma : "Aryan ho Mumma ho Papa ho"Aryan : "Baby ho"Mumma : :-PNOPE , there is no baby as of now , not even in making , however thats on his mind , thanks to all his friends with siblings , he wants "Aryan ka baby".

Yeah , he is all fasicinated by the P word these days and its a part of all conversations and fantasies. We have been trying all tricks and tactics to avoid the use of P word but its not helping much. So day before yesterday I told him , that you should not say "P****" all the timeHe asks "why"And I tell him , because "P**** is dirty"Here is the after effect of the conversation :Today Morning , "Aryan , take your bath""Why""Because you are dirty""Mumma , P**** bhi dirty hoti hai , main usko