Only 2 Hands

In the morning when little Bobby boy wakes up, he feeds and typically falls right back to sleep. I keep watching him sleep in my arms. With my one hand caressing his head, another his back. Then my one hand touching his sweet cheeks, another holding his soft baby arm. Then my one hand holding his hand and another around his legs. Then one hand touching his sweet baby nose and ears and another caressing the side of his tummy. The only problem is, i want to do all of that all together and i only got 2 hands!

When I'm A Teenager

Little Miss Haana had this to say to me today:

Haana: Mumma! When i become a teenager, i want to have those things in my ears,  those pods,  those white things....
Mumma: Mm, ear buds?
H: Ya! When i become a teenager, I'll have ear buds in my ears and I'll have a very shiny phone of my own,  and i want to go for a run listening to music. Can i mumma, can i, when i am a teenager?
(Eyes shining like diamonds!!!)
M: (I looked around and i caught the absolute rapture in her eyes just thinking about it. But i had to interject some of my own twisted version of reality)
Gugu, the only phone you will ever have is Mumma's. But that's ok, i will share with you, you can take my phone.
H: But i want a shiny one.
M: Ya, we can get a shiny cover for Mumma's phone, whichever one you like. (I'm liking this even better now;-) )
H: (Sounds satisfied) And then i will put the ear things on, and i will go for a run listening to music. (Does a little dance to show how wonderful the whole picture is!)
M: (Giggling with satisfaction at the thought that she's still using mom's phone as a teenager.)

The Ew Factor

This happened last week. And does actually have an eeww factor. I'm still compelled to report it for the simple reason that this one needs to go down in history!

It was morning and Papa just came back upstairs to get ready for work. Miss Haana had been upstairs by herself for a few minutes. When Papa came back up she was looking towards her diaper and saying "Panee" (Hindi for water). For a second Papa wondered where the water was. But when he looked at the little one- he knew. 

Miss Haana was clad in a diaper only. She was sitting on the carpet, looking at her diaper- which happened to be somewhat loose fitting. She had her one finger through one side of the diaper and yes. That's where the water was - fresh! Warm (she told Papa). And then she found a pebble inside! At this point Papa was probably screaming "Nooo" both inside his head and outside (although not as loud). 

She was immediately whisked to the bathroom for cleanup (pebble was discarded). But even then, on her way she wanted to show and tell papa (touch and show with the same hand that handled the diaper pebble!!) where her ear was. And then, the other ear.

When I think about it, I'm screaming Nooo inside my head- and I'm laughing so hard outside- I'm not sure which one comes first!! 

Yes, major scrubbing followed - including fingers, hands and ears. Nails were cut and followed another scrubbing clean. This episode has to go down in history for being the cutest ew-factor story I've gotten so far!