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My Son Caught Us In The Act! That night had involved some fair amount of planning. Since the kids had begun to gather sense of what was happening and the awkward questions had started, we moved slow. Cautiously. Lines were defined. We didn’t want to do things that would trigger questions or get caught inRead more

PRETTY IN SIENNA by Ritu Chadha Thank you SIENNA by Ritu Chadha for sponsoring this blog. All ideas, opinions and enthusiasm for SIENNA by Ritu Chadha are our own. Today’s post is an exciting one for me because it is the first collaboration I have accepted! I am very selective about who I work with and IRead more

Another fantastic project done over this Diwali break. A classic DIY Storage Organizer. Did you know Pringles could be so much fun even after they were all gone! Well apparently they are! We made this very easy DIY Storage Organizer out of the empty Pringles boxes (courtesy lots of travelling and munching on junk overRead more

It has been a long celebratory weekend in India. After the long nights of dancing during Navratri, the celebrations culminated with the auspicious Dussehra Pooja. India has thus witnessed a long awaited weekend break from school. We grabbed the days off and took the kids to visit their grandparents. It wasn’t a long road trip,Read more

Foam! As a kid I loved foam. My kids have this gene from me. They absolutely love it. And so does the internet. There’s so much dedicated to this as a sensory exploratory material. So we decided to have our own sensory play foam fun yesterday. It was fantastic!  We spent the larger part ofRead more

“I can’t get my child to stop from talking back!” lamented one visibly disturbed mom in a parenting workshop recently. This, I feel, is becoming an increasing concern. Not just does your child  talk back but somehow, he doesn’t realize that it is also disrespectful.  This cannot only be frustrating but becomes a bridge youRead more

Sweet potato is one of those healthy vegetables that is so available in the local market. Yet it reigns the list of veggies that I have absolutely failed to incorporate well in my kids diet; unless of course the sweet potato chips I made sometime last year in a moment of optimistic parenting counts! SoRead more

It breaks my heart to think that in all my associations with children as an educator and a parent, I at some point, am definitely guilty of making a child feel this! There’s always too much work, too frayed brains, relentless pursuits of targets and lesser of what we should be doing the most: enjoyingRead more