Adoption Update: Another Small Step

Amit called the lawyer on Monday night and was told that we needed to be in her office by 9 a.m. on Wednesday, to meet the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) at 10 a.m.
Yes, Wednesday that week.
Which meant we’d have to do the seven-hour drive on Tuesday – the next day!
Of course we were expecting to [...]

Do I Look Like a Kidnapper to You?

A rather nasty thing happened on Saturday. We had just got the girls’ ears pierced, and I was walking them to the toy shop nearby. They were both still crying, and I was chattering away to them in English, trying to distract them from their pain. I had achieved a certain measure of success, when [...]

Earring Trauma

So we should have done it months and months ago and we didn’t. Naturally, we weren’t in any hurry to cause our girls an immense degree of pain. They say it’s easier to have it done when kids are very young and it hurts them less, but I don’t know about that – pain is [...]

A Date with No Reason

So our husband-wife date yesterday evening was an unmitigated… success!
Things went pretty much like clockwork. I started priming the girls in the afternoon, telling them we’d be going out that evening and that Noor-Auntie would be home with them, and that we’d be back soon, before they went to bed. They didn’t like the sound [...]

Twinnings and More

Lots has been happening, but I’ve been too busy to blog about it.
The twins have started to talk, they answer questions promptly, and can sustain a back-and-forth exchange to about 4 or 5 rallies. They find novel ways to say things. Once I asked Tara if she was sleepy, she rubbed her eye and said [...]

Traveling with Twins

Traveling with two-year-olds is not easy. Traveling with two of them is no easier… Or at least, it is not much easier. True, they do a lot to keep each other occupied, but two kids also means twice the number of crises in the shape of bumps and falls, tantrums, toileting accidents, and everything else.
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