The child is growing up. And one of the signs is that his conversations have become more "insightful" (I wish I could say more intelligent, but actually it is becoming more and more argumentative these days).
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One night, as I was putting Sid to sleep, I was chiding him for his naughty acts. He had been involved in some such activity and got a minor hurt.
Sid: aaj mere pair mein chot lag gayi ...
me: aap shaitani hi itni karte ho
Sid: main itni shaitani waitani kyun karta hoon?
me: I don't know .. u tell me
Sid: because I am a naughty boy
me: but when I say you are a naughty boy, you start crying
Sid: because I don't like when somebody grown up calls me naughty ...
me: so you know that you are naughty but you don't like someone calling you that
me: but when I say you are a naughty boy, you start crying
Sid: because I don't like when somebody grown up calls me naughty ...
me: so you know that you are naughty but you don't like someone calling you that
Sid: yes!
me: <speechless>
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Sid is very fond of salads, and I therefore sometimes cut some salad for dinner [specially if what we are having for dinner is something he not quite fond of ;-)]. And then I try to use this fact to cajole him to have his food :-D
Thus, one day, as I served Sid and N their food, I gave them both the salad along with it.
Me: Sid, ab khana kha lo, dekho maine bas aapke hi liye salad banayi hai
Sid: Phir papa ko kyun di??
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One morning last weekend, as N prepared to go to the grocery shop, he asked Sid to get his wallet from his drawer. Sid opened the drawer, and cried out, his voice full of unbounded joy and excitement, "Papa dekho mujhe kya khajana mila hai!"
me: <speechless>
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Sid is very fond of salads, and I therefore sometimes cut some salad for dinner [specially if what we are having for dinner is something he not quite fond of ;-)]. And then I try to use this fact to cajole him to have his food :-D
Thus, one day, as I served Sid and N their food, I gave them both the salad along with it.
Me: Sid, ab khana kha lo, dekho maine bas aapke hi liye salad banayi hai
Sid: Phir papa ko kyun di??
***
One morning last weekend, as N prepared to go to the grocery shop, he asked Sid to get his wallet from his drawer. Sid opened the drawer, and cried out, his voice full of unbounded joy and excitement, "Papa dekho mujhe kya khajana mila hai!"
Papa had forgotten that also in the drawer was some money - a bundle of notes - that he had withdrawn the previous day.
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Hearing me crib about my weight, Sid gave me this sage advise: "Mumma, aap 1 roti khaya karo, phir aap patle ho jaoge ... mere jaise".
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