Summer vacation!

We are so enjoying these days of sleeping in, drinking mango milkshakes, hanging out in the pool, fun playdates, endless reading, mindless TV watching!

Another month of vacation left...we still have so much to do..and so little time!

An update on the Ramayana post

"So remember in Ice Age, Manny tells Sid that in a herd you always watch out for each other and take care of each other..? Rama didnt really take care of his herd..he left is wife in the forest. Thats not taking care of your herd is it?"

Daddy is trigger happy

The legacy continues..

When we visited Bombay in October, Vaiju aunty had gifted me some of mommy favorite books- The enchanted woods, the magic faraway tree and The folk of the faraway tree.

And I think that was the moment I fell in love with books by Enid Blytons! I read the entire 3 part series and was hungry for more. So we went to my grandparents house and picked up the very same Enid Blytons that mommy read when she was little.

I cant wait to read the rest when my ajja and mamama return from the US.

Thank you Vaiju aunty..you have started, what my mommy hopes is a lifelong love for books!

Why did Rama abandon Sita???

Mommy decided its time to introduce me to our great mythology and of course like most other plans, this one has come right back to bite her in the ..er..tushy

So I read a kids version of the book yesterday and as always have a truck load of questions for mommy to answer

"Why did Rama leave Sita in the forest?..After he had fought so hard for her and after he had burnt an entire city down? It doesnt even make sense!!"

"So when Sita got swallowed by the earth, did she get smushed by all that dirt around her? And once she got swallowed, where exactly did she go???"

"Also, Dashrath had THREE wives???? Is that allowed? How is it that we do not know people with three wives?????""I do know someone with 2 mommies tho'..remember Krishna has 2 mommies."

"I feel sad that Rama didnt get to see his kids as babies..but then its his own fault. He left their mommy in the forest. But I feel sad the babies didnt have a daddy..and it wasnt their fault"

Oh and when mommy asked me what I had understood from the whole story

"Laxman fainted twice in the story"-THAT was my main takeaway from the great epic!!!!!

Our family has grown..

Whats better than 1 baby brother?

"Two baby brothers!!!"

Yes Rishi, born on the 5th of April, completes our family.

Cant wait to see you little baby!