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27/07/201215/04/2017

Sar bada sardar ka

My grandma would often quote this saying ..
Sar bada sardar ka
pair bada ganwar ka
Which means “People with with large heads are intelligent (they’re sardars, leaders) and people with large feet are ignorant (ganwar, illiterates).

This year The Husband got the kids measured out for their uniforms and came back with this huge-looking school shoe for Hrit. Doubting Thomas that I am, I took Hrit and the shoes back to school, sure he’d got too big a size (No offence to The Husband). However, I came back with a new found respect for him and awe for The Son’s shoe size. Do look at that picture … my doubts weren’t totally unfounded, were they?

The blue ones are mine.. for reference

.. and he’s just 6. I’m hoping my grandma got it wrong.

21/07/201215/04/2017

A weekend resolution and some ice cream

The kids are in grade 1 and I feel they’re teenagers already — they barely have time. Hence my resolution for every weekend is to try out one craft activity with Naisha and one easy recipe with Hrit.

Here’s the craft for the week… ice cream cones out of egg cartons.

We made the cones out of handmade paper and reversed it for two different kinds of cones. Then we chopped off the tops to get an even circle at the top.

We cut out the cartons and painted them over for the ice cream scoops. Obviously we had bring out the glitter paints. Only we spilled some of the purple so we had a bit too much of shiny ‘black currant’ :-). “Thank God we don’t have to eat them,” said Naisha. Yes she’s not too fond of that flavour.

Then we stuck them onto the cones. Finally we added some pompoms for the cherry and we were done.

The kids are still fighting on which of their friends/teachers should get which ones. To Naisha’s immense annoyance Hrit chose the pink and the purple. So I suppose he achieved his purpose. Despite much rona dhona the issue still needs to be settled.

Linking this to Shruti’s Artsy Craftsy Challenge .

With Hrit I’m pretty much at a loss. We ended up boiling water and making Maggi. Talk about starting from the basics :-). I’ve been searching all over the Net for some kid-friendly recipes with little success. Ideas, anyone?

Edited to add: Our ice cream cones won the craftsy challeneg. Yay!

18/07/201215/04/2017

Classic Remix

Look up Elizabeth – It’s makeover time

Now I know what cricketers mean when they say they’re ‘out of form’. Strange it is.. to not have the drive to do what you love and enjoy the most… for me it’s reading, blogging, exercising. No thrill in any of those these days. But more on that later.

What has brought me back here was an article I found in today’s papers. You can read it here…
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fifty-shades-of-grey-effect-classics-get-raunchy-makeover/975710/

Apparently classics like ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’ are set to get a “steamy makeover”. Blasphemy or what??? Oh well once upon a time I did find them a bit restrained and staid. However, that’s part of the old world charm of the books, isn’t it?

An Elizabeth who finds Mr Darcy ‘hot’…. is not the Elizabeth I know.

12/07/201215/04/2017

On the trampolin

Thursday Challenge : “MOVEMENT” (Dancing, Jumping, Running, Falling,…)

That’s baby Hrit on a trampolin at Mahabaleshwar

… and that’s an older Naisha on the same trampolin but so much more sure footed.

05/07/201215/04/2017

Bottoms Up

Thursday Challenge : BEVERAGES (Tea, Coffee, Wine, Beer, Water,…)

BANTA… Yum..

I stumbled upon the ‘banta’ after ages during a recent trip to Mussourie. I’m not sure how to describe it and so I’m letting Wikipedia do the needful… (I’d never imagined I’d find it on Wiki).

Banta is a lemon or orange-flavoured drink popular in India. It is available in a Codd-neck bottle, a heavy glass bottle in which a round marble seals the mouth of the bottle by the pressure of the contents, instead of a cap. The distinctive bottle has led to the drink also being called goli soda in some regions (goli = marble).

NJOY!