Reading… at leisure When I was a baby and couldn’t read Mom would get me picture story books. Mom says that I used to refuse to eat my breakfast cereal without my picture book. During school days, Dad lets us read only on weekends but...
Vegetables….0h why?????? Breakfast at our home starts with a glass of mix vegetable fruit juice made up of carrot, beet, spinach and apple. My mom knows a lot about food. She says carrots are good for eyesight, beetroot is good for the skin and immune...
Throwing waste on Jasmine lived on the first floor. One day she went to meet Viraj her friend who stayed on the ground floor. A lovely fragrance was wafting out of Viraj’s kitchen and Jasmine went to check what Viraj’s mom was cooking. She was...
Respecting Elders Suyog saw that the last payment queue in the mall was the shortest and made a beeline for it. When he reached the queue he realized that an elderly gentleman had raced him to it. Suyog pretended not to notice the elderly gentleman’s...
Swimming in the pool I like to go swimming with my friends, at the club. First we jog around the pool for five minutes to warm up and then we dive straight in. My favorite stroke is backstroke and I can beat all my friends...
My cousin Ravi Ravi is my maternal cousin. Every vacation, he comes to stay with us for a week. Ravi likes to read books and watch television. I like Ravi because mom lets us stay up late when he’s around. Ravi always comes to visit...
Aunty Faye Aunty Faye lives in an apartment in my building. She is tall and sturdy looking, with a tough exterior and a heart of gold. You can be sure if there is anything fun happening in Lourdes Villa Apartments, Aunt Faye is the reason...
Camping in the garden My friend Rachel’s mom brought her a tent for her birthday. After the exams, all of us friends decided to camp in her tent in the garden. We gathered at eight in the garden stocked with food and drinks. Our parents...
Relocating to new city Dad got transferred to Mumbai from Ahmedabad last year. I didn’t want to leave my old school or my friends and move to Mumbai. However, all my friends were very excited about me going to Mumbai, after all Mumbai is the...
My baby sister Anaida, my nine-month-old baby sister, is really tiny. I didn’t like her too much when she was born. She would cry all the time, keep everybody awake and stick to mom. Anaida came in to our lives and soon I began to...
