first sketches..OMG!!

She completely shocked me with this crayon painting.. i drew a rabbit ( in red ) like i always do, and she took her purple crayon and painted the ears, eyes, lips, and feet on her own without me even asking her to hold a crayon while telling me each apart that she was [...]

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and she took my heart away…

Apart from lots of other stuff, Kunju identifies a square, triangle, rectangle, her fav circle and a heart. Wherever we go, whatever she sees…there is some shape she figures in it and announces it.. for eg.. sandwich is a triangle, plate is an circle, a remote control is a rectangle, random things have random shapes [...]

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Sleeping Snow white Beauty and the..

baldy dwarf one and a half year old kunju sleeping…

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Lakdi ki kaathi..

Point out one Indian child who’s favorite song is not Lakdi ki kaathi?? Can you? i doubt it.. I don’t know what it is about that song.. there have been many songs with kids singing them , but this one definitely is an all time hit. Even in my own bachpan ( childhood ) i [...]

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kunju bai ( maid )

Kunju loves doing house work….cleaning, mopping, folding, wiping…. anything… everything !!!
SInce she was born, she would gape at Parshuram ( kaka for her ) , our house help, cook, friend, and the back bone to maintaining health and hygiene in our bombay home. He is one man who knows to smile. And WHAT a [...]

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Devil in disguise

Kunju has acquired a status of being an “angel , quiet, calm or well behaved” by everyone with a positive approach in life and a status of being ” sticky, unfriendly, anti social or cold” by pessimists. Sometimes, the pessimists get a plastic smile from me, but ahem.. i just carry on with the [...]

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Firsts…

Since i just started blogging.. let me quickly capture at least some of her firsts so far…better late then never right… what better than pics to do the job…

Her first cry … in the tray and then in the incubator .. she was born in the afternoon and was the only baby in that [...]

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Bookie girl

Kunju and her books
Kunju can sit all day flipping through picture books and knows some words in her fav books .. when i read out her One Page one line Tory ( story) books she ends most of the sentences. My story narrating skills have definitely improved now and i have subconsciously [...]

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Kunju’s Jargon ( Quiz)

Of course all kids have their own dictionary , rather, than own style of pronunciation.. something that sets each child apart and makes their childhood super memorable. By two years of age, most kids have a fairly decent vocabulary and they use it extensively to command, demand, order, and of course, express their approval for [...]

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baby Batman

The Justice League were doing an event during their promotion. I was wondering if kunju would be scared with the costumes, the hysteria, the crowd, the loud cheering.. but theres always an option of getting out of that place if she hates it. Sooo.. i excitedly took her there.. Bridge, amma and me..nervously preparing her [...]

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