Teenager's Parenting Begins..

Got Milk!!!!

My Tea Pot in Charcol!!

Transformed Moi is back

I was reading my old blogs on a Friday evening to just see what was I?

I am morphed beyond my own imagination J

I like the new me. I love the new me.

Its Monsoon day!!! Chotu has 5 of his friends over for sleep over. VJ aunty (cook) is preparing aloo parotas and Vin is being a big brother to all the 5^th graders. They all headed to the playground while DH is engrossed in his work – I stumble upon words.

Aparna Sarovar

Coorg Trip

Golden temple - Banglore

Nisragadama Cauvery

Gazers...

Its been a while..

Galibore Fishing camp..

www.junglelodges.com

Tree in front of my home

Enlightened

DH's ##th Birthday @ Bandipur National Park

DH (Dear Husband) & Chotu share the month of Bday. This trip was an eye candy for them.

Chotu's Question of the week?

My nails are growing so fast! why can't I see them grow?

Stressed? .... ;)

Second Holi in India

Chotus 6th Bday - McDonalds, City Center HYD

The Boss of the house

“I am the boss of the house and I have my wife’s permission to say so..” was the slogan in our house at Two Town Police station for long which my Grandfather never appreciated. He did not get the joke.

Recently while trying to convince Prasu to get a dog home Chotu gets into an argument with his dad..

Chotu: Nanna, can we get a dog?

Nanna: No Kanna I am allergic to dogs..

Chotu: Nanna! You are not the boss of the house you know.

Nanna: How do you know?

Chotu: because you did not win the ring contest.

Nanna: Which ring contest?

Chotu: You know the one in your marriage..

Nanna: Marriage…

Chotu: Yeah! Mommy won the ring contest twice so she gets to be the boss…

Nanna: < has no clue .. where this is coming from>

One day while watching a Telugu movie saw this ring contest in a wedding setting (where they throw a ring in a pot and let the bride & groom find it) and kids asked what are they doing? I did not feel like explaining how these small games are part of the Hindu weddings to get the bride & groom get to know each other and get intimate who were strangers a day before marriage. So, I explained they throw the ring into the pot three times and whoever wins will be the boss of the house.

Chotu: Mom, who won in your contest?

Mom!: Ofcourse! Me kanna I won two times .

This happened two months ago and Chotu mixed these two things and questioned Nanna of getting a dog home.

First Holi

Spring...

...not in Hyderabad, just on my canvas.

One among ?.....

When I see Americans, my face lights up in a smile and they pass by without noticing. Being so long in a foreign land unknowingly you grow into the culture. I am used to the greats and smiles in the hallways, walkways, malls, restaurants etc., I miss that culture here. Unconsciously, when I see Americans at work, strangely I feel like I am one among them. I only realize when they just pass by and not even notice me, because I am one among here. I am slowly realizing I look Indian and feel more like American inside. Probably it will take time to settle down the mixed feelings.

Taree Zameen Par

Fantastic movie! Vin, Chotu and myself rushed to this movie Sunday morning show after breakfast. I was in tears couple of times in the movie. Vin wanted to know in which scenes I was crying. I could not remember but the whole movie was taken so sensitively that I enjoyed every minute of it. I realized how much we influence our kids even though the movie emphasizes dyslexic kids. I think we (current education) put a barrier to kids’ free thinking. The movie depicted so well how kids day dream and how the routine education curbs this kind of imaginative thinking. Hats off to Aamir Khan for such a wonderful movie and sensitive direction. Vin wants to watch it again, I might get him a DVD once released with English subtitle and he might cry too, if he really understood the dialogues.

Up Close and Sonu

Last week we were at Sonu Nigam’s concert. Man! That guy has awesome voice. He has nice sense of humor that kept the audience engaging throughout. It must take lot of hard work and energy to put up that kind of show. My friend and I had to get through the dancing crowds to get close as 10 feet to believe it was real live show while DH and my friend’s husband were comfortable in their seats forty feet away. I lost my voice cheering and shouting. It was awesome experiance!