Being short on time all the time has led me to create some of my best creations. Well the same holds true for some of my worst creations as well. But I like to remember just the best ones. And so one Friday evening, I …
Recently a friend forwarded me a pic of twins dressed up as the notorious “Thing 1” and “Thing 2” from The Cat in the Hat. She also mentioned, “I saw this pic and thought of you and your daughter.” Well, I felt so happy, almost …
(This blog was first published at my parenting blog at MyCity4Kids) The day my daughter was born, the comparison started. Her forehead was compared to my husband; her nose was compared to mine. As time passed by, her activities were scrutinized and were connected with …
As a child my parents often took us sisters to craft and cultural events. My experiences at those events inspired me deeply and it would be right to say that it shaped me in some way. Even today when I indulge myself in DIYs and …
Has it ever happened to you that you remembered a day just because you got to meet a special person on that day? And though you met that person for even less than an hour, the encounter triggered something deep and profound in your mind. …
There were a lot of events that led up to this project. Teachers’ Day is around the corner, so Little B wanted to make something for her darling teacher at school. I was toying with the idea of making handmade business cards for myself. And …
This is about the time when I really really really wanted Little B to learn skating but I didn’t have a clue about it myself. I tried so very hard to put her in a skating class, but just couldn’t find any near my place. …
Children’s storybooks have always intrigued me. They’ll have merely 50 words, merely 10 pages and will be based on merely one simple idea. And yet. Just read Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. When I read it to Little B she enjoys it …
Reblogged from I Don’t Like Teaching Moral Lessons, There I Said It at MyCity4Kids.com. I hate teaching any sort of moral lesson to my daughter. I absolutely don’t see any purpose that moral lessons can serve in the life of a 4-year-old child. My problem …
You guys know how I love being a sloth. Not the one that idles by the fork of a tree, but the one who revels in the corner of a cave with nothing else but a laptop. I like my own world and I’m just …