03/03/2023
The child was with her help
I took A for her piano class today. I was waiting outside peacefully reading my book when I suddenly hear this woman dressed in a shiny purple kurta and head covered in a black dupatta shouting at …
15/11/2022
Happy children’s day my sweeties!
The girls were so excited to wear “coloured clothes” to school. No uniform to school is like such a big thing for kids. I remember when we were in school also it was such a big thing that we got to…
20/09/2022
The unexpected outcome
It’s been a month that we have returned from the awesomeness that was the trip. An 18 day trip to Paris and Salzburg was only in our dreams. I feel as if I’m still recovering from the high it gave …
06/10/2020
How to get a sense of normalcy in kids
This pandemic has been toughest on the kids. They haven’t met friends in over 6 months and are locked up in the house. They can hardly go out of the house compound. Those living in apartments are f…
15/08/2020
Happy Independence Day!
Today in India we celebrated our 74th Independence Day. Usually children go to school to hoist the Tricolour. But as we all know, this time everyone stays at home. So what did the kids do at home t…
11/07/2020
Funditation
Funditation!! Weird word? P coined this word . It’s a hybrid of Fun + Meditation. The 3 of them (P, A and papa) were having some masti (fun) time. They tickled, they crooded (we call this “croods h…
26/06/2020
They still sleep in my room
Yes! Both my girls still sleep in my room. They both have their own mattresses and they sleep there. Although A always comes up into my bed at midnight. Sometimes she sneaks in so quietly that I do…
22/06/2020
It’s like comparing apples to oranges
As the online school vs no online school debate picks up, we can see so many arguments cropping up which really have not been thought through. One of them being “screen time is harmful for mental h…
15/06/2020
Ban on online education is a ban on our #righttolearn
It’s sad and disappointing the the Karnataka and Maharashtra governments have taken such a step. Banning online classes uptil grade 5 (grade 2 for Maharashtra) is not the solution. Even if the best…
11/06/2020
Online school or not?
This is a huge question troubling us in our state today. I’m a mom of a 5th grader and I’ve seen them take classes online for the past 3 weeks. They are soooo happy with the them. And not to mentio…
27/05/2020
Declutter tips after the last post
As a follow up to the last post and the previous one, here are the declutter tips I spoke about. Give the kids a personal space. It can be a drawer or a cupboard or a corner. We all know that kids …
23/05/2020
It’s back to school…. almost!
It’s that time of the year again when the new academic year starts. New books, new bags and pencil boxes, new uniforms. The kids go back excitedly to meet their old friends again. Some will be ther…