Another Fruit Loop Story

Ever since he discovered fruit loops, little Bobby boy has been crazy about them. He goes up to the pantry and points at the fruit loop box to Papa or Mumma, and then giggles with delight when they get his drift and pour out some loops in a bowl for him to snack. Sometimes he feels generous and shares his loops by offering them to his favourite person at that moment. Other times he feels tricksy, he offers the fruit loop but then takes it away and pops it in his own mouth at the last moment. 

Yesterday the little boy was on the couch with his fruit loop bowl in his hand. Little miss Haana was sitting on the ottoman across from the couch, talking to Papa. Little hands offered a fruit loop to big sister. But she was engrossed in talking to Papa and didn't notice this little arm offering a tiny fruit loop. So, little Bobby boy, gingerly got off the couch holding his fruit loop in his hand, went over to the ottoman to little miss Haana's knee, and offered his fruit loop to her. This time she noticed, took his loop and popped it in her mouth, smiled and said thank you boy. She would've grabbed his puffy cheeks but she was busy talking. Mumma saw this whole exchange and yelled "Awwwwle!!". This time little miss Haana jumped up to the little boy, squeezed his cheeks and responded "TOO CUTE FOR MY LIKING!!!". Mumma agreed!!

Chocolate Boy

We moved to our new house in 2nd week of January, 2021. On the 8th. There are some places little Bobby boy really likes in the new house. One of them is the pantry.

As soon as he sees the pantry door open, he scuttles towards it quietly. Thinking, 'If I dont make any noise, no one will notice me'. Once at the pantry, his first order of business is to take care of them cans. Normally, they are nicely arranged in a can-organizing-shelf. But little Bobby boy is not going to have any of that! He takes out as many cans as he can, sets them free from the clutches of the shelf, and sends each one of them rolling along on is way. They're then found is various corners of the living room. 

But on a recent endeavour, Bobby boy found  something else too. He found an interesting looking box. On closer inspection, the box opened and revealed several curious brown pieces. Little hands picked up the pieces and regarded them with interest. They seemed slippery and melty too. Let's taste them! Ooh, this is good! Soon brown gooey stuff was all over little Bobby boy's fingers, hands, clothes and face. Mumma found him this way, with chocolate all over him and inside the mouth!! "Chocolate boy!!". There's no record of how many pieces disappeared that evening!

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Yesterday i found myself doing a familiar excercise - once back from work, wondering what dinner to fix, I opened the pantry door and browsed for possibilities. The little girl was right by my side and she started counting the jars. Only, it wasn't the usual one-two-three-four-five..

She said un-duos-thres-qatro-cinc-sis!

From browsing the pantry, I turned around and looked at her in amazement (where did she learn that from?). She, on the other hand, miss cool cat, finished counting, turned around and moved on to other games!  

State of the House

These days it's normal to find my lunch bag in front of the tv. Kitchen cutlery strewn on the living room floor. Kitchen rags on the sofa. My cellphone lying forgotten on the pantry floor. Suhaana's toys all over the house!

But even more favored are my house slippers. Daily, they are hunted down, talked to, aligned, gingerly worn by tiny toes and taken on a ride (although only one of them is taken) half way around the house.