A spot

It was just around bedtime. The kids had do brush their teeth. Just at the same time I was washing my face when Jr. says

"daddy can you wash your face again?"

Me : Okay. Why?

Jr.: From here I can see the top of your head in the mirror when you bend towards the wash basin and the light shines on your head.

Me : okay. so what?

Jr.: I can see a bald spot on your head. there is "NO" hair there.

Me : Thank you for your observation. Soon the spot will grow and only a small spot of hair will be left.

Jr.: I will still love you daddy if you are bald!

Me :

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Mom has trained her well!

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Santa chronicles

Last year the little one had found out that Santa is not real. Somehow she has forgotten that realization this year.

Today she came to me and said "Daddy, I know Santa puts our gifts under periamma's tree but will he still come into our house through the chimney and check our Christmas lights? What if he comes and is not happy because we don't put milk and cookies for him?"

Me : !!! I don't know. Maybe he will come to our house

LO : He comes to every house anyways right? even if we are good or bad girls?

Me : go to sleep. Santa will bring you gifts. Just don't worry about it.

On the other hand, Jr. is growing up a little too soon, and when this is happening with her mom as a role model.. that means trouble for Daddy.

Jr.: Daddy can you do this for me?

Me : Iru, idho varen (wait, I will come now)

Jr.: I know what that means. You will take an H O U R to come. I am going to go ask Amma!

Me : NO that is not true. I am almost done here. Just give me a minute.

Jr.: You are on your laptop! Every time you are on your laptop and say "a minute" it means a hundred minutes. You won't come. I know you..

LO : Yeah Appa. you take a hundred million thousand minutes!

Me : (shut down laptop) Okay, tell me what you want?

Jr.: See, you did that just to prove me wrong. If I didn't say what I did, you would have kept working.

Me : Ennadi aniyaayam (this is not fair). I don't come to help, it is a problem. If I come to help, I am doing it to prove a point?

Have a lot of work ahead to change the little girls perception!

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Odi Vilayadu Paapa - go run and play baby..

A tamil nursery rhymme, which happens to be the little one's favorite and she keeps playing it on the iPhone.

She was mad because I yelled at her for adding all those videos into my favorites and signing out of Youtube every time it pops a "do you want to merge this into your existing favorites?" diagloue box. She does not know that one you favorite it, you are done..

Girl needs her own account! She is taking over my iPhone and Youtube!

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A brownie.. a muffin.. what really matters is the candle!

The kids quiet birthday celebrations..

If only she was this happy more often. .

Maybe a monthly birthday celebration will help?

She still wants to blow the candle with her big sister.. (note, big sister was not allowed to blow candle on her brownie)

Another year has rolled by and kids are taller, smarter, have less teeth, have lower opinions of their parents.. etc. etc.. the routine goes on.

We are glad that they love each other and care for each other the way they do. What more can you ask for?

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Busy bees...

It has been a very hectic work week with not much time for family, leave alone updating the blog.

This morning while standing in the backyard trying to catch an AT&T signal on the iPhone to call work, a dead bee was spotted on the concrete!

Having made several unsuccessful attempts to catch the bee live on the rosemary and sage bushes, this was an indirect blessing (for me , not for the bee) to capture this using the macro.

So put a drop of hand sanitizer on a piece of paper, plopped the bee on that drop and took pictures with the macro..

Then saw my own busy bees sitting in a dark room with dark glasses and clicked away..

Here are the big busy bees, up close and personal

When things get tough, you can always be happy that a chance encounter with a dead bee or catching your kids at play can put a bright spot in an otherwise hectic day.

We had friends and relatives over for dinner and that was really refreshing. Have to do this more often.

The economy rant needs a post in itself..

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