Heaven

Recently, our family friends had the grandma in the family pass on. After the funeral, we were all invited to a rememberance dinner. The little one knows this grandma well. We go their house for almost all religious occasions and the little girl in that family is my little girls role model !!

After we came back from the dinner, Jr. was very very inquisitive..

Jr :where is Akka's (elder sister's) grandma ?
Sr : she has gone to heaven !
Jr : When is she coming back ?
Sr : She is not going to come back.
Jr : why not ?
Sr : because heaven is a much better place !
Jr : Can I go there ?
Sr : (thinking : I need a god damn lawyer to talk to this kid !)No. You cannot go there ?
Jr : But you said it is a better place. I want to go see A. Akka's grandma !
Sr : Only old people are allowed in Heaven. You are still a kid. First you have to go to school, then big girls school and only when you grow big and old, you can go to heaven.
Jr : But dorothy was not big.. she is already in heaven and we have a new Dorothy..
Sr : (by now I am about to dial 1-800 -LAWYERS)..Fishes are small.. there are different rules for fishes, bunnies and people ! You can always buy Dorothy from a store.. but you cannot buy a new grandma from the store, right ?
Jr : Okay daddy. I will grow big first and then go to heaven !

I was finally glad this conversation ended.. whew !!

There are at least 10-20 Why's and Why Not's that I have to go through every day. Cant wait for this phase to stop.

Mr. Alligator

For those of you who were taught to count backwards in childhood using the

10 green bottles standing on the wall
1 green bottle had a great fall
9 green bottles still standing on the wall..

the new 21st century version involves Mr. Alligator..

As for being creative, green bottles only go so far..

The new version as sung by Jr. is

N little monkeys swining on a tree
teasing Mr. Alligator can you catch me ??
you cant catch me !!

See it for yourself..

Weight watchers ..

I am walking from the living room to the kitchen to get a glass of water..

My mother-in-law is holding the baby.. she asks me with a serious face..

"Naan gundu potturukkena, Sundar ?".. literal translation "have I put weight, sundar?".

Considering I was half asleep and also considering my brain is slow to catch on to what is going on, I am stumped..

From a young age I have been trained (along the lines of Pavlov's dogs) to instantly, without any hesitation say "no" to any question which has the word "me" and "weight" in the same sentence uttered by any woman, even before they complete the sentence..

I was about to nod my head vigourously and say "NO" when I spotted the pressure cooker on the stove.. Then it hit me!! She wanted to know if she had remembered to put the weight for the pressure cooker !! I smiled and said "yeah".. she didnt know why I smiled.. but I guess she will tomorrow when she reads this blog !

Photo of the week..

Happy grandma just before we went out of the house with both the kids after a long long time..



Jr. knows so much about the internet these days..

Everytime we take a picture or a video she asks "You are going to put this in your blog daddy ?"

Kids these days !!

The future of Realty business..

The last four weekend afternoons have been spent in going from Open house to Open house.. Little wonder then that Jr. has learnt the ABC's of the realtor business..

She has imaginary conversations on her phone with our realtor now and we are used to hearing the word "Property", "Sale " etc.. on a regular basis.

Today we did the rounds as usual, but we didnt tell her where we were going..

Once I started driving, she noticed that I kept looking at the side of the houses and asked

"Are we going to Broken house ?"

We couldnt help but laugh..

Guess she has realized that daddy's taste is more for broken houses (fixer uppers) than Open houses !!