Celebrations- twice over

Go here for a belated but hilarious account of how we spent Ganesh Chaturthi.
Here’s the Munchkin in full traditional garb:-

I couldn’t peel my eyes off my son as I thought he looked extremely handsome and edible at the same time. “Mera beta“, I thought, chest puffed up and all.
In the same week, we got another [...]

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So here’s the verdict.

After much deliberation, I have decided NOT to make this blog private(for the time being). Many reasons:-
1. I have met such amazing women through this blog .Meeting via mommy blogs puts your friendship already on a different level of comfort. No initial awkwardness or effort. I mean I could have gone my entire life without [...]

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What has the Munchkin been upto?

I was going to write a post about this till the Munchkin’s Dad wrote one about the same thing on his blog. I am copying it here verbatim for your reading pleasure:-
Ocean’s eleven is a teaser ..

…compared to what happens at home. The little one is getting increasingly deft with his hands and implements. [...]

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The li’l shark

Reminds me of the movie Ice Age2, where Sid teaches Diego to swim. “Attack the water!”, he tells him.
That’s exactly what my tyke does -attack the water!

He has so much fun now, he refuses to get out of the pool. Only problem being, he tans really fast [...]

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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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No fighting allowed.

The day before the Munchkin’s Dad and I were having a heated argument. We probably didnt realize it then but our voices were getting louder and louder. I dont know when the Munchkin came and stood between us and started growling in tandem to the pitch of our voices. We didnt notice him till he [...]

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Emotional atyachaar

The Munchkin’s Dad and I were having coffee the other day. The Munchkin was playing in the far corner of the room, but the moment he saw the coffee mugs on the table, he started making a beeline towards them.Just as he was reaching out for them, I turned around and  loudly said, “NO!”
He took [...]

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Shit happens

Extremely hilarious or disgusting incident recounted below.( Depends upon your sense of humor.)
The other day, I opened the Munchkin’s diaper to change it and left him in the buff for five minutes to “air” him out. Unfortunately he fell asleep and not wanting to disturb him, I let him be. We started lunch in some [...]

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Daddy’s here!

The Munchkin’s Dad is finally here.
This also explains our disappearance from the blogging world. We spent the entire week away from television,laptops,internet,iPods,cellphones and any other distracting appliances.
Daddy’s been here a week and has completely hogged the Munchkin.He gives the Munchkin his baths, changes all his diapers,entertains him,puts him to bed and also does night duty. [...]

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Daddy’s-a-coming!

The Munchkin’s Dad is going to be home after almost 5 weeks. No amount of phonecalls,video chats or pictures sent as attachments were any consolation.
Although the Munchkin is too young and I’m too old , we are still gonna say this -
Yay.Yay.
Yipee.Yipee.
Yipee.Yipee.Yay.Yay!

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