Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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No-cook Edible Play Dough
I am constantly on the run for simple .. DIY activities for lil A ๐ Though there were many versions of DIY dough on the internet .. I found this extremely simple and effective ๐ This is completely edible as well .. Ingredients: 1 cup flour (any flour will do) I used wheat 1/4 cup…
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An ex-skater’s take on skating for children today
I was asked to post about skating for kids on one of my favorite parenting groups and I did an elaborate post on it. So decided to share the same here and would be editing more in a while ๐ I have been a national skater .. Roller hockey player(more precisely) I was introduced to…
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BFF
We generally drift off to sleep with me patting the little one to sleep by putting her on me and Aadya sleeping next to me. It is generally a story and when Aadya decides to sleep, she asks for Krishna’s story ๐ Well who doesn’t love little Krishna story or rather stories ๐ So we…
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Matching colors – a rainbow wheel
Well,ย well after this colourful popsicle sticks, lil A definitely took to learning colours and now she can name almost 10 colours ๐ I really did not have time for more activities, but that did not deter her enthusiasm ๐ She loved mom colouring and she took to learning the names (of the colours) of…
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2 piece puzzles
I wanted puzzles for little A since long but as soon as she turned 2 I just had to get them .. See the haul for both of us ๐ But A was clearly irritated seeing she couldn’t solve them .. Then I realized she needed something simple to start with to get her interested…
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Two years
To the two years ๐ of motherhood! One word !! Bliss!!!
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Fishing experience from scraps
This has been on my mind forever!! But somehow was putting it off .. Forever ๐ Today I felt like treating lil’ A and there you go .. It just took me 15 min I used left over foam sheets, eyelets, Popsicle stick and A’s thread that has been lying forever, of course a magnet…
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๏ปฟColours, popsicle sticks and a toddler
My little daughter refuses to acknowledge colours ๐ Of course its a toddler we are talking about .. How to familiarize when pointing to the routine objects dint help and I couldn’t do those so very interesting but painstaking crafts for her ?! I got hold of crayons and found some popsicle sticks lying around.…
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A little thief
I go for a bath leaving little Aadya in the care of my maid .. I return after a good 15 minutes and what do I see??? Aadya has nibbled a good half the box of sweets :O … Very very busy ๐ she was … and that heart melting smile … ๐ that…
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Compassion
Everyday aadya has been biting me .. And i writhe in pain .. Today she was extra cautious .. Looking into my face if I was in pain .. And trying to feed TRYING to be gentle .. Must be tough .. For moms milk was the most tastiest for her and resisting that for…
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