“I don’t want to play with her anymore. All that whining and crying! I have lost my temper!” the senior …
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You’re One in a Melon!
“I love you and me,” yodeled the then-three–year old junior monkey. 🎶🎼 She had learned this from her play school, and …
Read More »Liver a Little!
“Mumma, my friend got really sick today in school! She needs CPR!” said my six-year-old on the way from school. …
Read More »Take a Chill Pill!
We were in bed, and the brats were not ready to call it a day yet.😴🥱 The never-ending questions, school …
Read More »Midlife Cry-sis!
The clock was ticking; it was time for school. Unmoved by all the commotion, the junior brat (six-year-old) took …
Read More »To sleep, or not to sleep!
“Is Elon Musk the richest man alive, Papa?” the eight-year-old asked as a Tesla car sped past us. We were …
Read More »Let’s Grow Mold Together!
Senior monkey(then-seven-year-old), after watching a horde of Disney movies, said one day, “when you want to get married, you just …
Read More »Sorry, I am Booked!
#Book of tricks We are plonked on the sofa, reading a book about Bhakt Prahlad and his evil father, Hiranyakashyap. …
Read More »For Crying Out Cloud!
Those days, discussions about school options were rife in the household as my daughter (then-three-year-old) was soon to graduate from …
Read More »Nothing Really Mattress!
Prologue—Those days, we slept in separate bedrooms, my husband and I, with one kid each (yes, that’s how it was …
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