Red and I have always tried to use positive words rather than negative words when communicating things to MLM. Kids are like sponges and like mirrors...they'll absorb everything and reflect them back on you...add boomerang to that list since they keep coming back no matter where you throw them. You *don't* throw your kids? Pity....try... Continue Reading →
Hello 2014!
Goodbye 2013. Hello 2014.
The Parenting Chronicles
Being a parent (as I say a few hundred times in a week) is like nuthin' else! You don't know when you'll be sucker punched or melt in a puddle of treacly sweet mushiness; all by the actions of the person you call... The Offspring! Last night friends of ours decided to head out for... Continue Reading →
2013 In Retrospect- Part I
December is the default time of the year to retrospect. The regrets start off from the hangover on 1st January itself. But this has been a BIG year for us as a family. A BIG year. Lots of decisions, individual and collective, have shaped up the way our lives will be in the years to... Continue Reading →
Good Omens
Mother and son
Black Friday
A trip to the supermarket causes a meltdown
Who’ll Blink First?
Raising a child often turns into a staring contest where the winner is the one who blinks first. I rarely win. I imagine quite a few parents share my plight. Whether it's to get MLM out of the bath, get him to not whoop it up in his birthday suit when others are around or... Continue Reading →
When My Mom Learnt To Rock
My parents are fairly cool. I say fairly because given the fluidity of our lives during my childhood and adolescence they were usually ok with most of the things they came across when dealing with me.One of the biggest changes came when we relocated to US for a few years while I was still in... Continue Reading →
Time Management
Most moms get this advice from others, "when your baby sleeps, you should sleep too!" . Now that's sound advice but one that moms seldom follow. Or can afford to follow actually. Usually there's so much to be done for an infant and toddler that you can't simply go to sleep even when you are... Continue Reading →
You Just Can’t WIN!!
MLM and I have been engaging in lots of verbal skirmishes of late. I've been on the losing side I'm not ashamed to say. It's the truth. Anyone who has kids knows that they (the offspring) always win. Till they go off to college. Then we win. And keep winning because there is some role-reversal... Continue Reading →
Random. Structured. Haphazard. All Me. 