A Cup of Ni

Picture Credits to my sweetheart daughter who drew this for me :) On this cloudy Wednesday, when i have nothing special to do, lets talk bout "What are we secretly good at ?"...AND yes, we are not talking bout the regular stuff like cooking , sports or arts...THAT everyone would know, the fun here is to talk bout the things which are weirdos in their own sense. "I am quick at finding tiny things" , announced my daughter proudly when she found my lost earring .She is actually good at movies too, she can guess out the name of the song and movie by just listening to a song for a second, which i strangely suck at. I would listen to a complete song, then also if the movie name strikes , it would be a big deal 😃 "Secretly,I can impersonate people's walk", says my dear friend. Well, that never came up before i heard it. And now it is a valid talent too " I am awesome in biting my toe nails and no one can guess was it a nail cutter o...

This winter, we started watching our much awaited ,T.v show - " Grey's Anatomy ". By the end of 5th season we have already seen a lot of people dying and a lot being born and moving ahead in their lives as it comes. Knowingly or Unknowingly these things linger around on the top level of your brain the whole day. and one fine day the strangest thing happened..... while walking the road to pick my kid up from her bus stop...i let my thoughts wander ; and out of the blue, this voice loudly shouted in my ears" Cross the road carefully, You have to take care of your family...be careful" But , that was a scary part. Where are u, just nowhere, what have u achieved yet...just nothing...And if not taken care ..it would be over? On a regular day, for no particular reason , my mind has wrapped around death for the first time and i momentarily panicked. I would be turning 35 this year, and this is not one of the midlife crisis moment. Have you felt like this ...

Here we are on the verge of end of 2018 and ready to face 2019 with a big smile, what better time would it be to write this post. There were times in our life when we wanted to just undo few moments ...few embarrassing ones.....few done with more finesse....or may be few regretful ones. Lets be honest about those today...lets face them and get them out of our systems before its the new dawn  ☺ ( easier said then done though ). Let me go first as as a starter: Once , when i was participating with my daughter in her sports day, she was suppose to run till the finish line with the gifts packed by mothers in few seconds . She could have won the contest had the gift not opened up in the mid way  coz the ribbon tied to it was to loose to hold it, but she was disqualified rather. :( I wish i could have tied another knot to it . Another time : When i went to a parlour to get my shoulder length hair trimmed, i got them cut wayyyy  shorter  and i ended up my husb...

Or rather start with " How hard is it to make New Friends ". I had few really good friends when i was in school .Then i got another set of friends when i went to college without knowing that the ones i had in school would move out ..not just from town but also from my friend's zone slowly and steadily. Then came the phase when i was baby stepping into the corporate world......new people, new location, new freedom....but what about my old friends, old life, old chemistry between friends ? Now i am mother of 2 , trying to make new friends again.... Someone told me some really nice tips for that : 1. Join kitties around you ( note : kittieS ) ( but somehow this is not my cup of tea) 2. Join whatsapp groups of your kid's class's mothers. 3. Try joining activity classes . 4. Go to pick and drop your child to school (this is a proven sure shot way to meet all the mothers who do the same ) 5. Enroll your kid to 101 after school activities (offcourse it...

The other day , over a cup of coffee Anshul and I had a really good laugh about how differently we have raised our two daughters, and how we were so much relaxed during our second one... All this is Amazingly true.... Food  First Baby     : All home made  food, full of nutrients- apple sauce, dal, vegy soup specially prepared Second Baby : Anything and everything that kept her full for a longer time. Sleeping Routine First Baby     : Should sleep at proper intervals. Nap-Play-Eat- Poop;Nap-Play-Eat Poop.... Second Baby : Put her to sleep everytime I wanted a timeout.  But thank god , my second one was not fussy bout  not-sleeping at nights like my elder one. My elder one use to keep us awake the whole night , we use to literally wait till her grandma would wake up in morning and take her over for us to sleep. Toy First Baby     : I bought(or atleast tried to buy) every possi...

Halloween  -   However strange this day may sound and seem, but i simply love the spirit and so does my daughters. I love them dressing up for the day.   Cutest Cat ever   Elsa - My Princess Another good thing about the day is that if you are really in the spirit...then what you are baking or cooking can come out something like these.... My Spooky Innovative Cookies- Cookies with Eyes Staring at you. M & M at its best. M & M at its best again Disney Cookies Waffers - My kids love these. Pin Wheel Cookies Cute Capsicums They call it Witch Fingers ...but i prefer calling them Red Bread sticks. Do you have some spooky ideas too.....lets share them :) P.S - Do not forget to paste pictures of your kids dressed up on Halloween. Happy Halloween till the next time again :)

By Nidhi Jain Few years back i read this article : " New Milestone Emerges : Baby's First iPhone App", and it still lingers in my mind. This article was about a study concerning the use of electronics by small children.  As adults(we) turn increasingly occupied with their "Gadgets" (tablets, ipads, iphones, kindles..etc), our children - even the smallest ones are doing equally well . The apps have been developed for all age groups  - Zero to Eight all have their own games and apps.  Ipads and Tablets are the Game changers because of their easy to use property.  Though many parents express pride and amazement that their young children are so tech-savvy, she said, what has really happened is that technology has gotten much easier to use. " My daughter (five months) knows which finger to use while handling a phone",  says one of my friends  Sometimes we as parents willingly give our kids these opportunities to use the tabs and ipads, coz we n...