Aug 27 2010
Me: “You know, if you don’t listen to your father then your kids won’t listen to you”
Safya: “But you listen to your parents”
Me: “Of course”
Safya: “Then how come your daughter doesn’t listen to you”
Umm, argh! I was about to go into if A follows B then not_A doesn’t necessarily follow not_B, but I think it’s beyond her age.
Aug 06 2010
Ayaan went to buy cereal with me and picked this one. “What is it called”, he asked. “Captain Crunch”, I replied.
When we got home he raised the cereal box and yelled out in pure excitement: “Everyone, come. Quick. I brought Christmas home. Captain Christmas”.
Aug 05 2010
Me: “Once upon a time there was a dog…”
Ayaan: “Did I see it?”
Me: “No”
Ayaan: “But I want to see it”
Me: “okay, you saw it”
Ayaan: “Were you there?”
Me: “Sure. So we were walking and we saw the dog”
Ayaan: “And I saw it too?”
Me: “I wont tell the story if you keep interrupting!”
Ayaan: “I wont interrupt any more”
Me: “Then …”
Ayaan: “I will not talk”
Me: “Good”
Ayaan: “I will listen to the story quietly”
Me: “Good”
Ayaan: “I won’t say anything”
Me: “So the dog…”
Ayaan: “what was his name?”
Me: “I don’t know”
<Pause>
Ayaan: “Tell me the story”
Me: “So I saw a dog”
Ayaan: “Where was I when you saw it?”
AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Story time isn’t supposed to be this stressful.
