a long way home..

I had a bad commute yesterday to home..There was a big accident on the freeway which I usually take and so it was also backed up heavily on the back road the alternate route to home.So there we were, me and the kids sitting in the traffic for over an hour and me whining and very hungry. I started getting in to the loop of their conversations and asking about what happened at school and day care today to kill the time..some excerpts from that

Divya:sandhya did you know Sophia gave me a pack of banana crisps today
Sandhy: Divya don't talk about Sophia because she is in my class and so my friend
Divya: but she talked to me during the recess and she is also My friend..
Sandhya: no she is not.
Divya: yes she is
me:(trying to interrupt): Ok Sandhya .Sophia is friends with both of you. You cannot say this to Divya.
Sandhya:...amma you are mean..
me: !!!!

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me: Sandhya..did you read out your clues for the sharing toy to the class well..
Sandhya: (nodding her head)
me: (facing the road) what? did you or did you not?
Sandhya: again nodding her head..
me: (turning back and raise my voice)Sandhya, I have told you, when someone ask a question you have to answer it..why don't you answer me..
Sandhya: amma, but I nodded my head, din't you see it..
me: oh , how am I suppose to know you nodded your head when I'm looking at the road?
Sandhya: you are supposed to look at that mirror in front of you
me:!!!!..just turned back around to continue to look at the road..

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They started singing sing along songs which they have been practicing in the class for the x-mas. San trying to correct Div when ever she had a wrong or misplaced a word in the song and as usual Div not accepting it and at some point it became fun for Div to use a different or wrong word purposely giggling, thinking that it teased Sandhya. In the course she had said"the fat Santa" which Sandhya noticed with a *gasp*

Sandhya:uh-oh Divya you called Santa by names
me: DIVYA did you??( trying to join sandhya in teasing)
me: now Santa is going to be upset with you..
Sandhya: ..and he is not going to give you any gifts
Divya: (realizing what she had done..stopped giggling and went on to a defensive mode)NO I did not (her eyes welling up)
me: Divya if you are lieing it makes him even more upset..
Divya: no amma..I did not call Santa by name..I just told he is fat ..by mistake
(by this time she was at the verge of crying terrified that she might not get her gift)
me: ok..say sorry and tell me you won't say this again
Divya: I already did say sorry
me: really!!! when did that happen? I did not hear you..
Divya: well..I said sorry in my mind..

I forgot to mention how strong headed girl she is, till date it has been so hard to make her say the word sorry to us (she says to other people except the family members..don't know the reason...wish there was way to get in to their brain and see whats going on in there..)

then I remembered I had an apple that I forgot to eat during the day so I took it out and started eating. May be Divya wanted to have that apple too, since I heard the care taker say that they had a heavy snack that evening I did not bother to ask them if they needed..
Divya: amma, if you keep on eating that apple..then you will be stuck on the road for 200 years..
me: ..really if I'm stuck then you will be too..
Divya: yes thats why you need to share that apple..and so that was how the commute went and we were home finally nearly about 2 hours later than the usual time...