Is silence always golden?

I was talking to one of my good friends and she mentioned that she and her husband had a fight a few days back and they weren’t really on talking terms for now. I mean apart from saying mundane things like ” Pass the salt”, or “We’re out of detergent” they don’t speak at all. [...]

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Gym-boree

My last weight loss update was ,as I remember 1.5 months ago. Things haven’t gone absolutely according to plan since then; I lost just 3 measly kgs and now weigh 69.8 kgs(as of yesterday). I blame the three birthdays and all that cake
Last week, the Munchkin’s Dad and I joined [...]

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Mommy +Munchkin= Masti!

A candid video taken by the Munchkin’s Dad:-

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Domestic disasters

Abha and Monika tagged me for this one.
I have been racking my brains ove rthis for some time now and frankly can’t think of anything(!)
Lets start from the beginning, truth be told, I am a born housewife- I love cooking ,cleaning,decorating, organizing et al. By a freak of destiny I turned out to be a  [...]

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The everything-but-the-kitchen-sink-khichri

Since, I am doling out baby food recipes like a pro-mom ,here’s another winner-
1 fistful masoor/toor dal
1 fistful rice
a dash of turmeric
a dash of asafoetida
a dash of salt
peeled and chopped onion, potatoo, carrots, beans, peas, cauliflower,coriander..this might take a while…zucchini,pumpkin,cabbage,eggplant,spinach( and any vegetable you never had but want your kid to have)
water(till about an inch [...]

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Does your kid fuss about eating fruits?

Mine used to hate the pureed stuff I used to give him and feeding him the actual fruit took way too much time. The following solved all my problems:-
1 small banana/apple/peach/any other fleshy fruit  roughly mashed(If the apple is too crunchy, zap it in the microwave for a minute)
A dash of Nutmeg
A dash of Cinnamon
A [...]

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The year gone by..

So it was my birthday the day before and I turned 27 years old. Hey, shouldn’t I be turning 26, I wondered? That’s because my 26th year zoomed by so fast that I didn’t have the time to even comprehend that I had turned a year older. The past year has probably been the most [...]

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Another birthday and the making of a new Calvin

My life has been super busy the past 10 days or so. May started with a bang with the Husband’s birthday celebrations. He turned 29, and is at the  “base of the hill” as he refers to it.We had planned to have a barbecue party but unfortunately for us , the latest weather report predicted [...]

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We went swimming!!

So people, summer is officially and finally here. With the weather being so warm, I finally took the Munchkin for his first swim ever. I slathered him in sunscreen ,put a swimming diaper on him , grabbed his swimming tube and off we went!
Once we reached,I tried lowering the Munchkin into the water but he [...]

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