abu & rabad

so, the day before hubby dear had this conversation with rabad… rabad – “mamma, when i grow up, i’ll have a pee-pee like abu, right?” (i think i sensed hopefulness in her tone) me – “no baby, we were made girls and girls pee-pees are different from boys” rabad – “but, why?” me – “uh…..that’s […Read More…]

“I wanted to be a boy,” said Rabad to me, out of the blue, a couple of days back. This is a common refrain with her. “Why?” “Because I want a pee-pee like boys.” Mamma and I have had this conversation with her before, so I knew what to say. “But then you would not […Read More…]

for the first time yesterday morning, abu tread water in the pool without any floats!!!! now, he is all excited about learning how to swim fast (translated to breathing, moving hands and legs in coordination, etc – because according to him he already knows how to swim, you see, he can be in water without […Read More…]

after a long time, i found the time/felt like applying some eye make-up. Was applying eyeliner, no mascara, no eyeshadow. rabad walks in, “mamma, what are you doing?” me: getting ready rabad: you don’t look like this me: huh? rabad: your eyes also don’t look like this me: how do you mean? rabad: your eyes […Read More…]

this was when she was 3 months away from being 4 … no instructions from no one and no one asked her to do it either…i am sure you can sense the pride i feel…

aaah! the comfort of someone running fingers through your wet hair! but, this is taking it one step further. i think this one deserves a place in the “believe it or not” section. and this is not the first time either.

so, we are scanning channels, and we come across this Reliance Mobile’s catchy advert. rabad – those things cannot come out of her head like that…how are they showing it?

this was when we went to watch om shanti om. during the “31 star” song, rabad started screaming “om shanti om” at the top of her voice, every time they said it – which is like 256 times. anyways, i tried to “shhhhushhh” her. “mumma, they are shouting “om shanti om”, i am only copying […Read More…]

I was telling a group of friends how anurag kashyap hated the dialogues he wrote for Shakalaka Boom Boom and that he wrote a post titled shaka laka fuck fuck at Passion for Cinema. rabad, who i thought was sleeping, asks …”mamma, what did that uncle say?” hubby dear – “Shakalaka boom boom” rabad – […Read More…]

one morning at the breakfast table rabad, “mamma, how is milk made?” me – “an uncle gets it out of the cow’s stomach” rabad – “hmmm…ok” rabad – “are plastic bags also made in the cow’s stomach?” we get milk every morning in sealed plastic bags.