This year will be the first Cristmas that the kids are aware of. They are quite excited for obvious reasons – Santa and his gifts. Naisha’s quite clear she wants a ‘Barbie with a stick and a star’ – a wand in normal parlance. I’ve resigned myself to her Barbie fixation. Hrit keeps vacillating between a tractor and a trolley, a guitar (when he saw one during carol practise), a badminton racket and God knows what else. I hope they’re happy with the gifts ‘santa’ gets them. Am quite anxious actually.
Desi boy
H is such an Indian khana kid, it worries me sometimes. I wouldn’t want him to be hung up on one kind of food. I’d like him to be flexible. So at the Mall yesterday I thought I’d introduce him to the burger – the Mc happy meal toy was another incentive. The Husband and I had to really push him to finish just half of it. I presumed he wasn’t too hungry. He slept off and then at four he woke me up with his characteristic mega kick, right in my stomach.
He was yelling ‘khana khana’ in his sleep. And so in the middle of the night I got him biscuits and even in his half asleep state he was sure he wanted the ’round round’ ones, Marie, not the fancy cream ones. He had his biscuits, drank water and went off to sleep. Funnily enough N slept peacefully through it all, like she always does.
Note to self 1: It’s going to be idlis and khichdi for H no matter where we go.
Note to self 2: N can sleep happily on an empty stomach, H cannot.
Monkey or Pigeon
Hrit and Naisha having an argument….
Naisha: Pata hai Hanuman toh Monkey hain.
Hrit: Arre nahin woh pigeon hain.
Naisha: Unka face dekha hai.. monkey jaisa hai.
Hrit: Monkeys udte hain kya? Hanuman toh ud sakte hain… he’s a pigeon.
The Lakhnawi andaaz
Naisha: Mama Sita achchhi thi na?
Me: Haan, she was.
Naisha: Toh phir jab Ravan usko le jaa raha tha toh usne ‘chhod de’ kyon kaha? ‘Chhod dijiye kehna tha na’
Who’s the mom?
Yesterday was at a friend’s place so got home a little late… Hrit Naisha were in bed with Sunil. When I went to them, Naisha says… Mama aap thora late aye… achchha nahin laga mujhe’ Wonder if she’ll take the same line from me when she starts getting home late….