MaddyMomCrazyKids

I have had pets at my parent's home for the longest time I remember. The 1st one I remember was a pomeranian named 'Julie'( I was 5 then) and then 'Bunty', 'Bobby' and the ones when I got married 16 years ago were Lhasa Apsos 'Sunny' and 'Tuffy'.  Now my mom has 'Choky' and 'Rocky'.  Its a well known fact that I have never been found of pets . A few of the above tore my favorite stuff , one bit me badly and a couple of others just irritated me . My happiness knew no bounds when my in-laws had no pets at home. My mom in law was not too fond of pets as well.  We have lived for 15 years in a defence area where having pets was a common sight. My now 6 year old daughter would get excited every time she would see a pup or dog taking a walk on the street or waiting at the lift of the building . We moved to Sydney last year and seeing pets all around was a daily activity. My daughter would start standing in the front yard faci...

What is it about Sports and a child? Its almost synonymous.  My 11 year old has become super lazy , lazy to even go for a bike ride since the last holidays . Soccer season finally started today. The practice sessions for the time being with a 10 person limit on gathering. Neel has been so excited , so geared up , he almost sprinted to the practice session.  He came fully excited. Tired he was but the excitement didnt wear out. And yes he arrived home with a soccer ball given as part of the practice.  He spoke about how other kids came in , how he saw familiar friends, how he had a good run, how he was so happy. Daughter is on the other hand, not very sporty. I am trying to make a conscious effort to make sports non gender specific. Ages ago daughter was all excited to start skating . She saw a child trip and then didnt want to go back. She is 6.5 years old now. Probably will wait till shes 7 and get her enrolled in soccer. She needs to run too and fall yes and g...

It was a long weekend coming up , with June 8th being the Queen's birthday. I got to know of it quiet late, on the 3rd. Hubby having full day MBA classes on both the weekend days was a dampener. Nevertheless he said he was set for June 8th outing. Kids come back home on 5th super excited that its a long weekend. While son always wants to laze on holidays, daughter wants something exciting. So at bedtime we make a todo for the weekend: 1.) Lots of hugs while sleeping 2.) Go for a stroll, enjoying scenery, pick leaves and flowers 3.) Bake something with mommy 4.) Write naughty stories about brother, mommy and aunt We go about our todo one by one. On the second day, I could not remember one of the tasks and then she quickly draws up the below 4 images. What is so endearing about these images are how she quickly wrote them down. Normally she is very particular about asking me for spellings before she writes them down. But this time she just wanted to hand me over those notes...

Aisha just as the meaning of her name is "Full of Life". There is never a dull moment when she is around. She always has something to tell us, something to be excited about . It was a relaxed Sunday today. Today was my friend's 40th birthday and considering the current circumstances, we were to make a visit to her place for wishes. Aisha who is anyways excited about birthdays was also excited that we would do a repeat of yesterday's vanilla cupcakes. All day she kept reminding me of the birthday. She helped me with the cupcakes and did most of the piping, made a birthday note (which she did not show me), got her birthday girl hairband ready.  When it was time to go, she was probably the most excited . Once we reached there , she excitedly hands over the birthday note( i was touched by the note which also mentioned that my friend should have a bootiful lyfe ahead) to my friend and goes to the 1st floor with her brother to meet my friends ' kids. After a while...

My  6 and a half year old daughter lost her first tooth a couple of months ago(on a weekday). When Aisha then asked me about the Toothfairy , I told her she would be coming over the weekend and I remember my daughter mentioning the same to her class teacher. She then forgot about and it and probably me too. Cut to the present, Aisha has about 4 teeth moving and shaking  since about a week or so. This time she wants to be sure she has done all the prep. And shortlists what gift she will request from the fairy in addition to the gold coins 😀. Its a kiddo walkie talkie. But the wait is long. And finally yesterday, she keeps getting restless about how her teeth is about to fall but was not and how its making her uneasy to eat anything. Its 9 pm and off she goes to brush her teeth and comes back exclaiming in a minute "My tooth has fallen off, my tooth has fallen off".  Off she rushes to get a piece of paper to write her request letter.  She puts her tooth in a zipl...

My 11 year old son Neel. The first baby of our family, our first bundle of joy. Children go through their own phases in life . An infant , then a toddler, a child , a growing child , a tween (new one this), a teen /adolescent and so on. But the baby for us is a baby. We moved to Sydney from Mumbai early July 2020. It was a smooth transition for us, including the kids.Its Neel's last year in Primary School , he is in Year 6. From Jan 2021 off he goes to a High School with its own set of challenges. Here in Australia, Year 7 students even travel on their own - whether bus , cycle, train and hence are more or less independent. With the world changing so much from the time I was a kid and with kids growing faster than they should, it is also important to be in touch with their mental state.  I try to have this on and off one on one chat with Neel , generally about anything. Nowadays I keep talking about how he needs to be aware of his surroundings, people around , changes in physi...