Fractions

I was sitting with L to teach fractions in Math. G comes along to learn all what L has to learn and she often keeps telling her own answers and opinions.

There came a part in book where L needed to figure out the fractions from the pictures provided, where mostly shapes are divided into different equal parts and when I came to the page where a circle was divided into 4 equal parts and a quarter of it was shaded,

I asked L "What is this?"

Pat came G's reply:" Domino's Pizza"

Round Bones

Mama(when she sees G's bones sticking out while she poses in front of the mirror without her clothes on): G you need to drink milk, as you bones are visible to everyone.

G(investigates her bones): Mama you have a round bone

Mama(starts laughing): Where do I have it G?

G: All of us have it, Papa, Mama, L and me. It is here, she points to her tummy.This is the round bone. All of us have it.

Sensibility

We had a Birthday party last Sunday. L and G had dressed up and were in full excitement. G was wearing her favorite dress, which consists of anything in the world that has a Duppatta attached to it. And when the time came to take the gift before we left for the party, for which usually a fight occurs as to who should hand over the gift to the Birthday Girl, G tells us seriously
"Mama, you can hand over the gift to L because my Duppatta may fall off, if I happen to hand "M" (the Birthday girl), the gift.

Mixed Emotions

It was a hot Summer. I was returning after my Grocery Shopping from the Local Nilgiris Supermarket. I was in a hurry to reach home and so was walking very fast. Some parts of the leftmost side(where I was walking) of the road, was under construction on approaching the main road. One had to be careful to walk on this road. While thinking about various chores I had to do for the day, from the corner of my eye, I got a glimpse of a fluorescent pink Saree lady with jingling bangles trying to overtake me in my stride. I didn't want to make way, as I too was in a hurry. Suddenly this lady gasps out loudly "Hai Rey". We had reached that part of the road which had been dug up deeply. I turned to help the lady just in case she needed any help.

As I glanced at her face, to my horror I find it wasn't a lady, but a man dressed up as a lady. One of those kind of people with peculiar expressions and mannerisms. He held his bangle filled hands to his face in terror. It was one of those strange moments in life where I didn't know whether to speak, smile or laugh ...or to cry ...or run off. My mind was laughing to see this strange person but I had to control my wicked feelings. For a moment I froze (tho my heart was beating very fast), not knowing what to do, as I didn't want to offend those Kind of people in anyway whatsoever. I looked in front of him if there was anything terrifying that he should gasp out loudly. But there was only a deep dug up ditch in the ground. To my relief he said "Madam Jaa" (almost angry that I was staring at him) with a peculiar expression of the hand pointing me the way in front of me. Thankfully, I walked off. Up to this day, I still don't know what terrified him/her but it remains a funny moment in life.

Scary Intentions

G: Mama,I want to be Superman!

Mama(surprised): Why do u want to be Superman, dear?

G(in animation): I want to scare everybody!

Dad: Then u have to be Supergirl not Superman because u r a small girl.

G: No, I only want to be a Superman !

All in the Genes

My Elder girl had(now getting better with age) this habit of watching TV, upside down from the time she was almost 3. I used to wonder what made her do such acrobatics...her head would be down on the sofa watching her favourite cartoon and her legs up in the air leaned against the back of the sofa. No matter how much I scolded her or spoke to her with love ,she wudn't budge. I even used to explain to her the bad after-affects specially after any ,meal. She just wudn't listen. I as a mom, wud think if she had any problem scientifically, but found no answers.

Some time ago when we went to Kerala for vacation. We went to visit my Sister-in Laws home after a long time. Lo and Behold, I see her elder daughter watching TV in the same position as my daughter does. For a moment I was surprised to see her do that and then we all were amused by the similarity. When I asked my SIL, she said thats her usual style. I also came to know that somebody else had these same characteristics as a child(TOP SECRET, else I will be strangulated). It was a releif for me ,as now I got the answer. Its all in the Genes.

Cherai Beach

It was a Sunday. Our (2 month)vacation in kerala was coming to an end. WE were planning a trip to Cherai Beach(jst 12 KMs from our place in Aluva) at 4 o'clock in the evening, with my Sis,who was longing for a trip to any end of the world,coz she's hardly travelled anywhere for ages. Her Boss's marriage happened to be on that same day. A 'pick and drop facility' had been arranged from her office for attending the function. And so we were all waiting for that evening.

Kids were excited to go. Me too. I am a fan of Beaches and this was the only chance for me to visit before we left for bangalore. Time passed. All of us were sleeping and waking up in turns from our afternoon nap, jst to see if my sis was back from the function. 3 o'clock passed, 4 o'clock passed...by 5 o'clock we all started getting desperate. We noticed that she left her bag and mobile where she usually keeps her stuff. She obviuosly had taken her bigger bag which she had bought recently.

We were wondering,how cud she leave the mobile and go to a faroff place without informing us that she's gonna be late. We started calling her colleagues and even her Boss(Poor Fellow got tensed on the day of his marriage!) and all of them were surprised that ,she hadn't reached home. Infact a few of them mentioned that she was the first one to get off the bus at 2:30. Then we started assuming that she wud have gone for shopping to cochin,as she was mentioning about it the other day. My dad was ready to burst with anger and was waiting to fire her if he got her in his sight. By 6:30 PM we assumed that she had run away from home.

I went off upstairs to see if she has taken her clothes, and left a note or any clue to her disappearance. I opened her bedroom door and Lo and Behold, I see her lying on the bed, snoring away to Glory. I rubbed my eyes to chk if I were hallucinating. For a moment I thot she was there the whole day,as we were in Church when she had left home for the marriage . I burst open my emotions at her (tho it took some time for her to realise what i was saying) and she too at me. She hadn't known what commotion she had created by not just letting us know where she is.

What happend was that she had reached home at 2:45 and it seems the front door was open and all of us were in deep sleep . My dad was somewhere outside and he didn't hear too. My sis was too tired to let us know that she had come and she didn't want to disturb our sleep. She left her bag and mobile down(which was what we saw while we were enquiring bout her). From the time she hit her room and closed her door,she knew nothing that happend at home nor did we know that she was in the house all the while. Another round of phonecalls were made, to let everyone know that she was home afterall. It was embarassing for her, that all her colleagues were dragged on for her whereabouts.

Even tho we had many arguments ...we were glad to see her but sad that we cudn't make it to Cherai Beach.