Natasha has bought 2 magazines in 2 days from the bookstands. Both the times I asked her why would she not simply buy them on her iPad. Thoroughly pained, she asked “Aren’t you the generation that is supposed to go – <in nasal tone> ‘why are you kids always on technology>’ “? Oh! Boy!!!

Catching up on news for the week… Taliban has announced that religion and government are one and the same; women cannot have choices and higher education is for snobs. Wait a second, back up there… that was Rick Santorum? Not Taliban? 🙂 (Okay, that was my quota of one political joke per week 🙂 )

So, how do you tell your Jewish friend not to worry? “Hanukkah Matata” 🙂 I know it is terrible but that is the after effect of all those cold medicines making me doozy as the seven year old watched Lion King for the first time in her life!!

One more gem from 7 year old Nikita. Sharmila was walking on my legs to massage the calf muscles after a run as I lay on the floor. At some point, she had stepped right behind my knee – so I started yelling – “My ACL” (you have to be somewhat of a running geek to know the knee ligaments). Nikita, who was within earshot distance quietly asked Sharmila – “What is ACL? Is that his private parts?”. I was like “Go back to your Disney channel” and could not get off the floor laughing for a few minutes… 🙂

One more of those memorable comments from 7-year old Nikita. After a tiring week, I came back home and was relaxing with the newspaper when she came and asked me what I was reading. I said “Politics”. She pressed me for details. So, I told her – “It is about who will be our next President”. Curious how much she has learnt already, I asked her if she knew if I could stand for Presidential elections (I was not born in USA). She correctly pointed out – “No”. Impressed, I asked if she could explain why. She offered “Because you are not good enough?” 🙂

Last night Sharmila was lecturing me on why at least on the weekends I should sleep in and not wake up early. I asked her how else did she think I would get all the things done that I get done – speaking of which I asked her if she had noted I had started doing all the dishes every weekend without even she asking me to. And how come I never got Thanks? Her memorable response – “I was afraid if I talk about it, it will get jinxed” 🙂 I canceled the alarm 🙂

Last night, one more of those funny conversations ensued with my seven year old Nikita. I asked her if she would change her last name after she got married. Without even thinking, she said No. Curious, I asked, Why? Perhaps, because mommy did not change either? Pat came the reply – “No. I am sure I will land up marrying somebody with a funny name like Johnson Blackberryhead”. That pretty much settled it for me 🙂

Catching up on this week’s news, I came across this headline: “Canada naval officer arrested for leaking military secrets”. Once again, I am appalled by my lack of general knowledge. Canada has military secrets???? 🙂

This is an outrageously funny picture. What happened to Spiderman after he got married 🙂