4th of July was the Independence Day for the United States. Little B and I were exploring flags from countries around the world, including the USA. I thought it would be a good idea to do a quick craft so that Little B remembers the …
My daughter and I are obsessed with science. It is something that is always encouraged at my house. Not because “science” will make my daughter “intelligent;” but because “science” is a way of life and it will make her “rational.” Almost every day she has …
About two years back, I got irritated working in the regular 9 to 5 grind. It felt that whatever I was doing, I was doing for somebody else – working for somebody else, working on somebody else’s idea and working to meet somebody else’s goal. …
(This article “Zoo Visits With Kids Tips and Tricks” is a reblog and was written especially for Kelloggs Chocos and MyCity4Kids.com. You can read the article at its original source at my parenting blog at MyCity4Kids.com here.) 6 months after my daughter was born, we …
This year I decided to participate in the interesting A to Z Challenge. The challenge required me to blog every single day in April (except Sundays) upon something that starts with the corresponding letter for the day. I started with a great start, got sluggish …
Recycling folding wooden hand fan was another long due project for me. Little B has a beautiful wooden fan with intricate carving. The fan has been with her for the last few years and so it has stopped appealing to her. I was thinking of …
Little B often gets confused as to what her city is and what her country is. Her confusion is not with the names, but with how these geographical entities are related to each other. For example, she would often wonder if India is in Karnataka …
That one party every year that I am always the most excited about is Little B’s birthday party. It is almost my raison d’être for a quarter of a year. The first thing to be decided for a birthday party is the theme. Theme is …
It is summer vacations for my daughter and they go on for two months (yeah, I am not joking – a two-month long summer vacation!). The task for me for these two months is to ‘entertain’ her, from morning all the way to night. Little B is a toddler …
Little B loves weaving stories. Almost every time she has to say something, she would make a story out of it, inserting expressions and her assumptions here and there. Just a couple of days back, we were at Delhi’s iconic Qutub Minar trying to find …