The treasure hunt

A1 was in trouble with me for watching more videos than she was allowed to and then lying about it.
I told her that her punishment would be no access to any screen the next day. And that the bigger punishment was that she had lost my trust. She shocked me by saying "I don't mind losing your trust and I like doing other things too so it is ok if I don't get screen time". Madam is all of six and half.
A1 then gave me a card (she is big into making cards)  that said I wouldn't get any cards from her for the rest of my life. I could only react with "Thats ok. I don't mind"
I was wondering what sort of life lessons I was teaching my daughter when she suddenly handed me a paper and said it was a map to a treasure and asked me to find it. I played along and went into my room (as the map told me to) and found another map that led me to her room. She said the treasure was on the bed and as I saw her sitting there, I asked where the treasure was. She said "I am your treasure, Mummy. I am sorry I said you wouldn't get any more cards".
I guess she is too young to understand about something like trust. But in her world not giving a card is mean and she was sorry that she was mean to me. I'll settle for that.

I want to tell Mummy something

We usually put the kids to sleep in their room. Very often one or both of them will sneak back into our room. If it happens after they have been asleep a while, V and I let them get into our bed with us. If they haven't slept at all, we ask them to go back to their room and stay in bed.
One night A2 comes into our room, obviously not having slept at all and V asked him to get back into his room. He says 'But I want to tell Mummy something". V says "Ok, go ahead'. A2 scrambles into bed, lies next to me, gives me a tight hug and says "I want to sleep with you, Mummy". It would have taken a person with a much stronger will than mine to order him back to his bed after that. 

Boodiya Loodi

A1 has a special phrase she usees when she is in a good mood. It goes "Boodiya Loodi'. It has no particular meaning but when she says it it a sure sign she is happy. So a happy conversation between Dad and daughter will end with
A1: Boodiya loodi Daddy, boodiya loodi
Dad: Boodiya loodi A1, boodiya loodi
A1: EEEE (said baring all her teeth)

Slinky stairs: A jugaad/adjust maadi story

A1 wanted to go out and put the slinky on the stairs to see it walk down. So we went out.

Unfortunately, the slinky didnt go very far because the stairs were too wide and the slinky had been stretched from wear n tear.

So I created a stairs out of a cardboard strip from the prestige cooker packaging and some brown tape.
Much fun was had!

Pics taken, can't find the camera's usb cable. To be uploaded at some indeterminate future date :)

A1's version of "give me some sunshine

A1 finishes bathing and was waiting in her room for me to give her clothes to wear...

After waiting for some time and asking for them in words, when she didnt get a response, she started singing (in the tune of "Give me some sunshine" from 3 idiots):

Give me some sunshine, give me some clothes,
I wanna dress up once again!

Dinosaurs

A1 and A2 have been watching "Dinosaur train" and are very into dinosaurs these days. A1 knows quite a bit about different dinosaurs. A2 is not there yet, but he knows quite a few names. And all his bed time stories are about one dinosaur eating another. He loves stegosaurus and tyrannosaurus and they are his favourites. In the also rans are brachiosaurus and argentinosaurus.
A1 makes up dinosaurs. Her favourite is "Businessmakasaurus" that was created when I set up my first stall. From being a dinosaur that creates business it has since transformed into some kind of super saurus that is magical, has googol number of secrets, has many heads that go from here to the moon, has wings in the front and back, can fly, breathe fire and do a million other stuff.
She also makes up names like "Sleepalotasaurus' and "Wontwakeupasaurus", both for A2 when he wouldn't wake up one morning.
V came up with "Parkinglotasaurus" to compete with A1's "Businessmakasaurus" and one sure fire way of getting A1 riled up (very useful in waking her up in the morning) is to say how the parkinglotasaurus is better than the businessmakasaurus.

A1 is quite the grown up

A1 is all of 5 and half now. And boy does she surprise and delight me.
One morning we were pretty rushed. I had just got ready and realized that I hadn't packed the kids bags yet. As I rushed out into the hall I saw that not only had A1 packed both bags, she had got A2 to wear his as well. We were all set.

Today the three of us were in the park when I realized A2 was nowhere to be seen. A1 on the other hand was playing with her friend who wanted her to come home. When I told A1 she had come with me to look for A2, she did. She found A2 and brought him back on her cycle.
I am very proud of my girl.

Hey Na Na Hey Na Na

A2's version of this very-popular-around-here song "Hey na na hey na na I have got a mad little crush on her" sang while pointing at me. My little guy is a Mama's boy through and through :)

Ring a Ring o' Roses and more

The poem "Ring a Ring o' Roses" is very popular around here
This is how A2 says it now:
ringa ronga rosy
pocka ronga rosy
ashus ashus
all fal dawnnnnnn

eyen-ta-puppl-bunny = I want purple Barney.


Its almost bed time. I finish up at the kitchen and ask V "Ok, so which monster are you picking?"
Before he can answer A2 pipes up "This monster!!!" in his best of pleading voices.


A2 came into our bedroom and noticed that the two antennae of our wireless router were pointing down. He turns the antennae up, turns to me and says "Mummy, I put the wipers up, mummy"

Cowie the moo

A1 came up with this name for a character in a game V and the kids played today. I forget the official name for this game, but its the one where you go around the group of players and create a story one sentence at a time.

She named the first character Cowie the moo - it was a cow.
Not to be outdone, V came up with Piggy the oink :)

A2 then proceed to come up with some really plausible story extensions!