Dear another parent at the day care – I do not need you to comment on my kid’s age and weight. He might be underweight or overweight. It is not your concern. If you don’t have anything nice to say, please don’t say anything at all. Dear cashier at the departmental store – I know…
Author: Sushma
Books that we like
Sarath and Sanjay love books. We go to the library regularly to get books and I let them choose the books they want. Then, I choose some books that I want them to read. Everyday before going to bed, we have reading time. I don’t remember how we introduced reading time for Sarath but, by…
Birthday Celebrations
Originally, I wasn’t going to write a post about my birthday. But, now I feel like I should document this day. Today, as usual I woke up earlier than everybody. I went down to enjoy my morning cup of tea. I called my parents and talked with them for over an hour. Then, I talked…
New Year Resolutions
I used to make New Year Resolutions when I was in school and college. In the past few years, I had stopped making resolutions as I know I will forget about them in a few days. But, this year I think I need to have a few resolutions so that I give up some bad…
London Trip Day 1
Last summer, we took a stop over in London on our way back from India. We spent 4 days in London. It was very tiring but, we enjoyed a lot. The kids had so much fun riding the underground train (tube), the open top buses and taking a ferry ride on the Thames river. When…
Simple Pleasures in Life
– The way Sarath’s face lights up when he see’s me at the bus stop in the evening. Makes me melt thinking that some one is just so happy to see me 🙂 – Cuddling with the kids in the morning and whispering silly words and playing silly games. – Receiving a bouquet of roses…
2014 in review
Today, I am doing a cheat post. I hope I will be able to post some solid content in the upcoming days. Right now, I am so tired and ready for bed. So, here is the 2014 review from WordPress. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual r’eport for this blog. Here’s an…
Music Monday
Now that I am back to work after a 2 week break, I don’t think I can do a proper post everyday. So, today I am just posting one of my favorite song. Â
New Year and Anniversary
We welcomed the New Year at my brother-in-law’s house. They had a baby boy recently. My sister-in-law and her kids had come too. It was a fun week of cousins playing and fighting together. We had so much fun with the little one. He is a sweet baby. The four big kids shouted so much…
Parenting lessons I learn’t in the past 7 years
Sarath turned 7 a couple of months ago and I keep thinking about how fast the time flies by and also keep reflecting on myself as a parent. As parents, we always make mistakes and are learning along the way. But, today I thought I will write about the few things that I learn’t in the…