SUMMER HOLIDAY TIME IN INDIA !!
Long summer spells with the shining Sun scorching our skin mercilessly. Parched skins and throats bothering our not so cool minds and those irritating , creepy lizards crawing everywhere...I don't like summers.
Schools have thankfully declared holidays but not before giving a full load of holiday homework. Honestly, can you really expect a child of 9 or 10 years to make a weighing scale when he doesn't even know how to convert kgs. to gms. But that is exactly what is happening. Well, it's minting time for the stationery shops , I guess who are only too happy to oblige such students and parents. I don't think making suggestions about letting the child just enjoy his childhood would be of any use here.
It is very hard to channelise the raw energy of young children in the holidays especially when the days are so long , made even longer by the famous power cuts of Punjab. The summer camps are very expensive , some times it is better to steer clear of them. And then you have to be so creative in the kitchen also, how can you always make rainbow coloured dishes which are healthy as well as delicious?
Well, I have started inviting my children's friends to my home and personally cater to their art and craft queries. As for food, well , mummy always has the last word!
