abu & rabad

A couple of days back we were generally chatting in the evening. “I am hungry,” said Rabad. “And, I am sleeply,” said Abu. Then, having thought about this information for a while, Abu presented his analysis. “Rabad is hungry, and I am sleepy,” he said, “We both have feelings, you know.” I blame it on […Read More…]

It’s 7:15am, and Abu needs to start getting ready for school by 7:30. He also likes to watch a little TV before that. And, if some day, he doesn’t wake up before 7:30, he gets a little grumpy because he didn’t get to watch TV. So I go to his room and try to wake […Read More…]

that’s abu’s foot. this is a common occurrence in our household, so not to worry. we have a bone contusion which is not a fracture but deserves a plaster to be on the safer side. so be it. there’s more to this post than just “look, he hurt his foot.” now, just because it’s a […Read More…]

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…]

i’ve mentioned earlier that many a time we go to a movie after the kids have gone off to sleep. so, we did it again last week. this time the movie was playing at inox. and inox theaters play the Indian national anthem before the screening begins. we reached about 5 seconds before the anthem […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…]

so, i’m in this phase of telling abu and rabad that songs are not just sounds but have actual words that mean things also. pat comes the question… abu – what does ‘taare zameen par‘ mean? me – it actually means “you”…children…aamir khan uncle is saying that all the children in the world are stars […Read More…]

a papa tyrannosaurus watched his baby tyrannosaurus come out of an egg by cracking it open. after the egg cracked the pieces of the shell fell all around the baby dinosaur. a family of diplodocus’ killed a tyrannosaurus with their tails. it dies a bloody death. stories as drawn by abu