August 15, 2008
Sitting here watching the lean mean swim machine aka Michael Phelps and folding laundry. I feel old and small.
June 9, 2008
Pretty Paisley
I have a new website!!! Please come visit.
June 8, 2008
testing whether twitter works with my new blog…
June 7, 2008
Bloom… my pretty babies…. bloom!
Bloom… my pretty babies…. bloom!
June 2, 2008

The T man says his ABCs dino style.

here is the list: ( I tried to add subtitles to the video, but it was getting to be too much of an effort)
Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Coelophysis, Diplodocus, Eoraptor, Fabrosaurus, Gryposaurus, Hadrosaurus, Iguanadon, Janenschia, Kentrosaurus, Leptoceratops, Maiasaura, Notoceratops, Oviraptor, Parasauralophus, Quesitasaurus, Riojasaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Ultrasaurus, Velociraptor, Wannanosaurus, Xenotarsosurus, Yangchuanosaurus, Zephyrosaurus

This morning, on our way to school

  • Tanay: Dinosaurs are pretend, right?
  • Me: Yes.
  • Tanay: Are you real?
  • Me: Umm..yeah.
  • Tanay: Is Papa real?
  • Me: He sure is.
  • Tanay: Why? Why? Why are you real?
  • Silence.
May 29, 2008
Me: Why did you glue all the leaves at the same spot on the trunk? Tanay: Because I want them to be safe. Or they will fall and the dinosaurs will eat them. Me: Hmmmm. You DO know that leaves are usually found on the branches. Tanay: MOM! I KNOW THAT! 

Me: Why did you glue all the leaves at the same spot on the trunk?

Tanay: Because I want them to be safe. Or they will fall and the dinosaurs will eat them.

Me: Hmmmm. You DO know that leaves are usually found on the branches.

Tanay: MOM! I KNOW THAT! 

I got these dinosaur erasers from the Museum of Natural History. Does Tanay know about them? NO! How can anyone use an eraser that is so darn adorable?! Yeah….. I have a thing for erasers.
I got these dinosaur erasers from the Museum of Natural History. Does Tanay know about them? NO! How can anyone use an eraser that is so darn adorable?! Yeah….. I have a thing for erasers.

I have been bitten

by the gardening bug. Please keep my plants in your prayers. They will thank you.
May 25, 2008
Just as I had promised, here’s the world’s baddest Kung Fu master doing what he does best. Kicking his dad’s butt.
May 24, 2008

Braveheart

Today we took Tanay to Bowcraft Amusement Park. It’s a small place with rides mainly for kids. We started off with the regular train and boat rides. Then Tanay wanted to sit in the Frog Hopper. This is one of those free fall rides….. I would say about 20 feet high. (For those who don’t know this about me yet….. I can’t do these free fall things at all). So I asked Shubham to go along, coz I mean how could Tanay sit by himself. The poor baby. But, as fate had it, Shubham’s big fat head could not fit through and I had to step in. So, the ride starts and we crawl upwards…….. and then drop. My insides sunk and I yelled, “Please…Please… can you stop it?”. OK… before you get all judgemental over me, the only reason I reacted that way was that if I was so sick to my stomach, then my lil baby must be feeling the same too. And my sole mission on this earth is to protect him from harm. Anyways, as soon as the words came out of my mouth, I could see Shubham and the guy operating the ride grinning. I turned around to see Tanay’s face and he had the biggest grin I had ever seen. The freak was enjoying it! Not only that, he sat in that ride three more times! Yeah…. so I made a giant ass out of myself. But by admitting this incident here, I have saved myself several therapy sessions. So thank you Internet.

As you would have guessed, I pretty much refused to sit in any ride which moved faster than a crawl. So it was the father who accompanied the son on the hot air balloon & the dragon roller coaster, which by the way we tried to get out of but he just had to sit on the dragon! After these rides, Shubham’s face looked as if he was trying to say, “Take me to the nearest trash can…. I gotta hurl”. We finally had to tell Tanay that the park was shutting down and managed to get him into the car.

Tanay, if you grow up and by any chance read this, I am sorry. I am sorry that your parents are wimps.

As the day comes to an end, I am very proud to announce that when it comes to park rides, Tanay is much more braver than me & Shubham can ever be.

Have a wonderful Birthday Ria! Let’s party when you get back.
May 23, 2008
I had asked Shubham to get me some Bollywood gossip mags from India. Now only if he would have got the “How to brush up on your Hindi” book to help me out a li’l bit.
I had asked Shubham to get me some Bollywood gossip mags from India. Now only if he would have got the “How to brush up on your Hindi” book to help me out a li’l bit.
May 22, 2008

This boy melts my heart!

  • Me: I am so bored. I miss Shubhu!
  • Tanay: It's ok Mumma. He will be back soon. Come, let me give you a hug!
May 21, 2008

Today's highlights.

  1. After months of looking pretty on one of my laundry room shelves, the Magic Bullet was inaugurated today.
  2. If I meet the creator of the Candy Land game in the next couple of days, I might strangle him.
  3. Usually when Shubham is away, it’s Bacardi that keeps me sane. This time I have replaced it with Snapple Raspberry Iced Tea.