Whose Line Is It Anyway? - #21

Very first voice mail left by my son in my cellphone. The conversation is in Tamil. His initial inhibitions in talking to a machine pretending as if talking to me is priceless. His mom bolsters his confidence in the background to continue talking. 

The pictures are mine though.  (butterfly show at wild animal park)

Pesum Porchithiramae ! - #1

This is my first blog post. Before even I start, I should thank my husband for coming up with this whole idea of blogging precious moments and conversations with our little ones.  This will help us keep these moments ever green in our hearts..My husband has been asking me to do this for long, but I never found the bandwidth for blogging.  But now our second 'bundle of joy' is also growing up fast and I felt I should start contributing my two cents!

My husband and me have a special liking to Bharathiyar songs.  Now that our little one has started exploring her new world of vocabulary , we thought this would be an apt title for her share of this blog.
Maanasi is now a little over 2 years.  Just like her brother she loves talking and provides endless amusement to her listeners.  When she can't communicate in words, she does so with her very cute expressions.

The Besan flour scare!

So, this happened in one of our routine grocery trip to the Indian store.  Our little one was in very good mood that evening, as we had just got back from a fun filled day at Legoland.  Maanasi was all smiling and singing until she saw me place a packet of Besan flour into the cart. Suddenly the smile faded away and she started saying in a terrified tone ' no maa, no, no maa,no'
We had no clue as to what might have caused her the sudden distress.  I started asking some usual questions and then finally she pointed out to the Besan flour packet saying 'amma, no champoo', meaning she doesn't want a shampoo bath.  So now everything fell in place.  I occasionally give my kids oil bath with payatham maavu followed by shampoo. My little one dreads it. She thinks that is the worst thing that can happen to a baby or any person for that matter! Because both Besan flour and moong dal flour look similar to her, She had gotten mixed up and hence the panic!

Whose Line Is It Anyway ? - #20

Right on the Penny -

• Coming from India, when it comes to money, I have this habit of using the term Rupees in place of Dollar - particularly at home or with family members. Recently I had to borrow a few dollars from my son's collection (oh yes, he has some dollars and rupees) as I was short on cash to pay the plumber. Next day I wanted to return what I borrowed. Hence I put $20 in his collection myself while he was watching TV. On my way out, I asked him, "How much do I owe you ?". "Fourteen" came the answer, without taking his eyes off the screen. In my usual way of using Rupees to mean dollars, I said, "Ok. I have put back Twenty Rupees in your wallet". Without missing a beat, he swerved around and with utmost seriousness asked "You mean  Twenty dollars right ?".  In God he trusts, everybody else pay cash in the same units - even if its Dad.
• The families in my son's music class pitched in to present a gift card and a weddings greetings card to their music teacher. All the kids signed it duly and presented the envelope (with the gift card and greeting card inside) to the teacher during the class. The teacher felt happy and said thank you. My son suddenly felt the need to make sure the teacher knew that all they have given her is not just the greeting card. In his matter-of-fact tone, he said - "We also gave Money". Everyone blurted out laughing. For a while, I had to hide my face.