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Breaking rules
"It wont work" R&B said clearly chewing quietly
Sid & Ved didnt even pretend to eat, just pushed their dal rice around with their hand, Ved pushed a grain with his thumb it landed on Sid's head as he had bend down at that moment
Sahana broke into hysterical laughter
Ved did it again to evoke more laughter
Sahana choked and burped and coughed and spit up her carrots
II looked at R&B
"Really?" she questioned
Ranjan got up wavingt o II
Nivi ate sulking about something
Teen years had hit before teen years...
"Can u two finish please?" R&B asked NOT LAUGHING
Sid turned serious first, and then picked up a handful of toordal rice and set it on top of Ved's head
"Enough" he said pushing his chair back
Sahana screamed as Ranjan unstrapped her and picked her up
She wanted to have a food fight too
II sat motionless
R&B and her had had a YUGE fight this morning over disciplining the kids
It never went well
Too many kids, and balance tipped in favor of sympathizers, namely Ranjan and II herself
"I am done arguing with u, U need to let me handle this" he had hissed
"ur handling is all about punishing them" she pleaded
"Do u have any other ideas? " he challenged hands on his hips as they glared at each other
They are FIVE and Nivi is only 11" II tried to fight tears
"Do u wnat to tell me Sahana's age too?" he mocked
She turned and wlaked away in a huff
Sahana was makinga mess off the 2nd loor living room she sat in the center of a BIG pile of "stuff" she had pulle dout of the chest of drawer by the wall
The bottom shelves were "baby proof" but the twins had gotten to it and sabotaged it and now Sahana was having a field day
R&B walke dtowards her she screamed knowing the tall man was goingt o pick her up
Flapping her arms like wings, she held on to some old RayBan sun glasess that belonged to dude flapping it angrily as he picked her up
"OK, uve had enough fun for one day, we need to get u cleaned up" he said firmly
"Ammmaaa" she screamed
"U know what, she is going downstairs so I am going to get u ready for lunch and a nap" he said as she cried more
The house was always a mess, II always lived on the edge, Ranjan had turned the terrace into a fortress after he found Ved climbing over to the other side one morning, literally inches away from falling down to the ground
Mavvy had been watering the plants and had accidentally left the door open a crack, and Ved had wandered out wearing his race car jammies, holding his sippy cup with bournvita and a hot wheels car in his hand
He had been trying to run the car in the narrow cement track on which the waist length clear fiberglass balcony wall was constructed, the
car had raced out of the narrow path into the other side, he "had" to go over the wall to get it, according to him
The car was yello and new, it cost a buck, but II's kids were like II they fell in love with inexpensive presents
Sam had bought him that when they had gone over the previous month, it was Ved's life
Mahavir had kept his composure, dropped the hose and flew over to where Ved was and had quickly grabbed his wrists tightly and lifted him up
R&B was on a call in the home office, II was fixing breakfast, Nivi was reading as she ate her oatmeal not even noticing one of her siblings and left teh table and climbed up the staircase
Sahana was playing on the rug on R&B's office floor
The second Mavvy air lifted him the car got knocked off the lil ledge and flew down towards the grass tennis court, Mavvy also knocking over Ved's bomeeta sippy
a guard that had opened the gate to let a Excelsior officeworker in stood stunned
Ranjan cried uncontrollably after the rescue
R&B had spent the day supervising the job of the balcony wall being raised 10 feet all around
Trying to keep the leading door locked was futile... they had discovered this morning
"My COR My CORRR" Ved grumbled anxiously
Mavvy had brought him to R&B's office and had broken down while confessing his mistake
"This is so unacceptable" he said to his lil 5 year old son, arms folded across his chest
"Amma tolded me its my CORRR" Ved insisted
He summoned his wife on intercom, Ranjan had come up too
II sat down unable to control her shaky body
Mavvy stood weeping
"Thanks bhaiyya aapne bacha liya" II whispered
"This is just so horrible" II lamented wringing her fingers painfully
"Did Nivi not see him leave?" R&B demanded
"BOOKA KEEZHAVE VEKARDU ILLE AVAL" (She does not put the book down) II shouted
Ranjan groaned
"Can I talk to her please?" R&B said, Sahana wandered out carrying R&B's bose headset, tripping over the long cord
R&B picked up Ved and hugged him "My CORRR" Ved repeated
"Bua ne diya wohi na?" Ii asked mavvy
He nodded
"Beta ja neeche se Nivi nu layin jara" Ranjan requested
"Sir hum bahut sorry hain" Mavvy whimpered
"Kis gall dee sorry puttar? Jaan bachaan waaste?" Ranjan hugged him, "Shabaash beta" he said sniffling
Mavvy ran down enthusiastically
Nivi came up looking lost, one of her braids undone, I had braided it and asked her to tie with with a scuncie she had let her hand go to turn the page
II was furious with her
she was tall, skinny and poised... she was unlike her rowdy brothers
AND out of control sister
sahana was wrapping heerself around R&B's legs demanding he set Ved down
ranjan picked her up as she began to cry
II realized if everyone was upstairs that meant Sid was by himself downstairs watching a spongebob
But Mavvy was smart he brought Sid with him when he returned
The 3 other help were cleaning or in the yard tending...
"Amma will u take me to school?" she asked softly
"Talaya ennadi pannine? Pinni vittenono?" (I braided ur hair right?) II was angry
"THIS... THIS... complete disconnect from the real world scares me Dad" II shouted
"II" R&B shushed her
"Agar yeh kuch bhi karegi isko woh baat kabhi galat nahi lagegi, I asked her to hold down the craft flags on the Thailand poster board last night, she nodded, and let go
ALL the flags and the currency images, it all FELL OFF" II complained
"Shhhshhh U dont need to shout" R&B warned
"Why? Beacuse its ur darling that didnt follow the rules?" II was almost envious of the protectiveness he felt for Nivi
"I am not saying that" he was plainly irritated
The house was a zoo...
Sid rolled on the living room floor, Sahan slid down Ranjan's arms and rolled with him, hitting artefacts and furniture along the way
"Bhabhiji aur laayen kaa bomeeta?" Mavvy asked kindly
II nodded
"If she messed up her poster board she cant submit today" R&B exhaled
"YOU KNOW ITS A LIE" II hissed waving a finger "On the way to school u will buy super glue fix it and drop it off in flawless condition" II said agitated
"So u want ur daughter to fail?" he challenged
"rabbba" Ranjan sat down holding his head
Sid rolled off to the giant French windows wrapping himself in and pulling on the voluminous layers and layers of rich curtains
Sahana tried to find him
Ranjan grabbed her before the rod came crashing down
"Na puttar" he urged Sid
"Cam we play idamshik" (Hide n seek) Sid enquired
"Neeche bache" he cooed, grabbing him too
"I dont want her to fail, I want her to become responsible she doesnt seem to be getting it" II argued
"Not the best way to go about it IMO" he said derisively
More bomeeta came, along with trays of coffee and breakfast
"Bhabhiji aap bhi kha lo" Mavvy urged
"Mujhe kangi karke nikalna hai" Ii said leaning back wearily
"Amma finish my braid" Nivi begged
"Vaa dee inge" II scolded
"Shammi lagayin puttar daat hun ren de" Ranjan ordered R&B and stoppe dhim from scoling Nivi
"No go get a blue scuncie from Amma's closet" she ordered
"Its not Modern School blue" Nivi insisted
"Too bad... its the only choice u have, u can go with one braid done one undone" II said flatly
"Its OK love" R&B urged
"I saw Mimika's booo crunchie" Ved said pointing a fat finger at the chest of drawer
R&B went over and pulled it open and found it in the "lost and found" drawer
Well... every storage space at MM was a lost and found now
"Mimika is going to be... so hapy... yeah... so happy" he cooed to his son
He threw it on Ii's lap
II secured her braid
"Gidu gidu nu po, thatha drop pannuva onna" (hurry Dadu will drop u) Ii said
"No I can" R&B offered
Nivi's face lit up
"In that case, u take ALL the kids with u" II said devil like
Ranjan ate like he was famished
II poured out his filter coffee... "i am so sorry Dad" Ii said softly
"Teri koi galti nahi gudiya, dono ekdam shaintan hainge ne" he said Sahana chowed down a giant idli
Sid sat between Ranjan and II flipping through R&B's Outside magazine, upside down, sitting one leg over another just like R&B
"Onakku venuma dee idli?" II cooed to Nivi finishing up her braid
Nivi shook her head raising her head from her book "Amma I ate in the morning too... I dont want idli tomorrow I want hash brown and omelette" Nivi said
Ii was generally disappointed with Nivi, her rejecting Iyer food was the last straw to her on this emotionally roller coaster morning.
Ranjan handed her Ved and coralled his fave child and asked her where her poster board was violating rules of parenting as father daughter walked towards the grand staircase
She leaned back and began to cry...
"It wont work" R&B said clearly chewing quietly
Sid & Ved didnt even pretend to eat, just pushed their dal rice around with their hand, Ved pushed a grain with his thumb it landed on Sid's head as he had bend down at that moment
Sahana broke into hysterical laughter
Ved did it again to evoke more laughter
Sahana choked and burped and coughed and spit up her carrots
II looked at R&B
"Really?" she questioned
Ranjan got up wavingt o II
Nivi ate sulking about something
Teen years had hit before teen years...
"Can u two finish please?" R&B asked NOT LAUGHING
Sid turned serious first, and then picked up a handful of toordal rice and set it on top of Ved's head
"Enough" he said pushing his chair back
Sahana screamed as Ranjan unstrapped her and picked her up
She wanted to have a food fight too
II sat motionless
R&B and her had had a YUGE fight this morning over disciplining the kids
It never went well
Too many kids, and balance tipped in favor of sympathizers, namely Ranjan and II herself
"I am done arguing with u, U need to let me handle this" he had hissed
"ur handling is all about punishing them" she pleaded
"Do u have any other ideas? " he challenged hands on his hips as they glared at each other
They are FIVE and Nivi is only 11" II tried to fight tears
"Do u wnat to tell me Sahana's age too?" he mocked
She turned and wlaked away in a huff
Sahana was makinga mess off the 2nd loor living room she sat in the center of a BIG pile of "stuff" she had pulle dout of the chest of drawer by the wall
The bottom shelves were "baby proof" but the twins had gotten to it and sabotaged it and now Sahana was having a field day
R&B walke dtowards her she screamed knowing the tall man was goingt o pick her up
Flapping her arms like wings, she held on to some old RayBan sun glasess that belonged to dude flapping it angrily as he picked her up
"OK, uve had enough fun for one day, we need to get u cleaned up" he said firmly
"Ammmaaa" she screamed
"U know what, she is going downstairs so I am going to get u ready for lunch and a nap" he said as she cried more
The house was always a mess, II always lived on the edge, Ranjan had turned the terrace into a fortress after he found Ved climbing over to the other side one morning, literally inches away from falling down to the ground
Mavvy had been watering the plants and had accidentally left the door open a crack, and Ved had wandered out wearing his race car jammies, holding his sippy cup with bournvita and a hot wheels car in his hand
He had been trying to run the car in the narrow cement track on which the waist length clear fiberglass balcony wall was constructed, the
car had raced out of the narrow path into the other side, he "had" to go over the wall to get it, according to him
The car was yello and new, it cost a buck, but II's kids were like II they fell in love with inexpensive presents
Sam had bought him that when they had gone over the previous month, it was Ved's life
Mahavir had kept his composure, dropped the hose and flew over to where Ved was and had quickly grabbed his wrists tightly and lifted him up
R&B was on a call in the home office, II was fixing breakfast, Nivi was reading as she ate her oatmeal not even noticing one of her siblings and left teh table and climbed up the staircase
Sahana was playing on the rug on R&B's office floor
The second Mavvy air lifted him the car got knocked off the lil ledge and flew down towards the grass tennis court, Mavvy also knocking over Ved's bomeeta sippy
a guard that had opened the gate to let a Excelsior officeworker in stood stunned
Ranjan cried uncontrollably after the rescue
R&B had spent the day supervising the job of the balcony wall being raised 10 feet all around
Trying to keep the leading door locked was futile... they had discovered this morning
"My COR My CORRR" Ved grumbled anxiously
Mavvy had brought him to R&B's office and had broken down while confessing his mistake
"This is so unacceptable" he said to his lil 5 year old son, arms folded across his chest
"Amma tolded me its my CORRR" Ved insisted
He summoned his wife on intercom, Ranjan had come up too
II sat down unable to control her shaky body
Mavvy stood weeping
"Thanks bhaiyya aapne bacha liya" II whispered
"This is just so horrible" II lamented wringing her fingers painfully
"Did Nivi not see him leave?" R&B demanded
"BOOKA KEEZHAVE VEKARDU ILLE AVAL" (She does not put the book down) II shouted
Ranjan groaned
"Can I talk to her please?" R&B said, Sahana wandered out carrying R&B's bose headset, tripping over the long cord
R&B picked up Ved and hugged him "My CORRR" Ved repeated
"Bua ne diya wohi na?" Ii asked mavvy
He nodded
"Beta ja neeche se Nivi nu layin jara" Ranjan requested
"Sir hum bahut sorry hain" Mavvy whimpered
"Kis gall dee sorry puttar? Jaan bachaan waaste?" Ranjan hugged him, "Shabaash beta" he said sniffling
Mavvy ran down enthusiastically
Nivi came up looking lost, one of her braids undone, I had braided it and asked her to tie with with a scuncie she had let her hand go to turn the page
II was furious with her
she was tall, skinny and poised... she was unlike her rowdy brothers
AND out of control sister
sahana was wrapping heerself around R&B's legs demanding he set Ved down
ranjan picked her up as she began to cry
II realized if everyone was upstairs that meant Sid was by himself downstairs watching a spongebob
But Mavvy was smart he brought Sid with him when he returned
The 3 other help were cleaning or in the yard tending...
"Amma will u take me to school?" she asked softly
"Talaya ennadi pannine? Pinni vittenono?" (I braided ur hair right?) II was angry
"THIS... THIS... complete disconnect from the real world scares me Dad" II shouted
"II" R&B shushed her
"Agar yeh kuch bhi karegi isko woh baat kabhi galat nahi lagegi, I asked her to hold down the craft flags on the Thailand poster board last night, she nodded, and let go
ALL the flags and the currency images, it all FELL OFF" II complained
"Shhhshhh U dont need to shout" R&B warned
"Why? Beacuse its ur darling that didnt follow the rules?" II was almost envious of the protectiveness he felt for Nivi
"I am not saying that" he was plainly irritated
The house was a zoo...
Sid rolled on the living room floor, Sahan slid down Ranjan's arms and rolled with him, hitting artefacts and furniture along the way
"Bhabhiji aur laayen kaa bomeeta?" Mavvy asked kindly
II nodded
"If she messed up her poster board she cant submit today" R&B exhaled
"YOU KNOW ITS A LIE" II hissed waving a finger "On the way to school u will buy super glue fix it and drop it off in flawless condition" II said agitated
"So u want ur daughter to fail?" he challenged
"rabbba" Ranjan sat down holding his head
Sid rolled off to the giant French windows wrapping himself in and pulling on the voluminous layers and layers of rich curtains
Sahana tried to find him
Ranjan grabbed her before the rod came crashing down
"Na puttar" he urged Sid
"Cam we play idamshik" (Hide n seek) Sid enquired
"Neeche bache" he cooed, grabbing him too
"I dont want her to fail, I want her to become responsible she doesnt seem to be getting it" II argued
"Not the best way to go about it IMO" he said derisively
More bomeeta came, along with trays of coffee and breakfast
"Bhabhiji aap bhi kha lo" Mavvy urged
"Mujhe kangi karke nikalna hai" Ii said leaning back wearily
"Amma finish my braid" Nivi begged
"Vaa dee inge" II scolded
"Shammi lagayin puttar daat hun ren de" Ranjan ordered R&B and stoppe dhim from scoling Nivi
"No go get a blue scuncie from Amma's closet" she ordered
"Its not Modern School blue" Nivi insisted
"Too bad... its the only choice u have, u can go with one braid done one undone" II said flatly
"Its OK love" R&B urged
"I saw Mimika's booo crunchie" Ved said pointing a fat finger at the chest of drawer
R&B went over and pulled it open and found it in the "lost and found" drawer
Well... every storage space at MM was a lost and found now
"Mimika is going to be... so hapy... yeah... so happy" he cooed to his son
He threw it on Ii's lap
II secured her braid
"Gidu gidu nu po, thatha drop pannuva onna" (hurry Dadu will drop u) Ii said
"No I can" R&B offered
Nivi's face lit up
"In that case, u take ALL the kids with u" II said devil like
Ranjan ate like he was famished
II poured out his filter coffee... "i am so sorry Dad" Ii said softly
"Teri koi galti nahi gudiya, dono ekdam shaintan hainge ne" he said Sahana chowed down a giant idli
Sid sat between Ranjan and II flipping through R&B's Outside magazine, upside down, sitting one leg over another just like R&B
"Onakku venuma dee idli?" II cooed to Nivi finishing up her braid
Nivi shook her head raising her head from her book "Amma I ate in the morning too... I dont want idli tomorrow I want hash brown and omelette" Nivi said
Ii was generally disappointed with Nivi, her rejecting Iyer food was the last straw to her on this emotionally roller coaster morning.
Ranjan handed her Ved and coralled his fave child and asked her where her poster board was violating rules of parenting as father daughter walked towards the grand staircase
She leaned back and began to cry...
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