At 2330h IST, I heard a giggling noise and came out to investigate. This is what I found: 73yo Aaji and 9yo Baby Bear (with her heavily oiled hair) being upto mischief, playing Uno, reading Harry Potter, telling jokes, and munching on biscuits.
Kya paagal family hai!
And now, Baba Bear joins in the fun…
Ma: ‘Kedrya, you’ve made a drink? At midnight?’
Me: ‘Well, given how you’re all awake and have awakened me…in for a penny, in for a pound. Might as well.’
Kym: ‘Baba Bear, do you want to hear a song now that you’re awake?’
Me: ‘Kymy Bear, have you ingested anything unusual tonight? You seem to be under the influence!’
Kym: ‘Just dahi-bhaat. Then, 2 pedhas, a mug of Bournvita, one pack of Parle G, 3 Unibics, and a banana.’
Me: ‘Wow. Are you all right?’
Kym: ‘Let’s play Uno.’
Me: ‘I think it’s time to sleep.’
Kym: ‘Please. Please. I promise I’ll let you win. When I go off to boarding, who’ll you play with?’
Me: ‘Sigh. OK.’
Kym: ‘Let’s take a selfie.’
Me: ‘OK.’
Kym: ‘We all have to make funny faces.’
Aaji: ‘OK.’
Me: [Looks weirdly at the two crazies] ‘All right then. I guess in for a penny…’
![Mr Baba: 'Would you like to take off the backpack now that you've been downstairs for like 30 minutes?'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'I like it like this. You should try it. It's very comfortable.'
Mr Baba: [Pulling on his backpack] 'Hmmm, you're right. That's rather snug.'
Ms Kym-Kym: 'Twinning! Yay!'
#LuckiestManAlive #BearFamily](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416920031_3373151642830342_6696851954454537274_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=ZMLmjPdSAEUAX8nnJex&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfB0olvUVmnenPKd2wCllMDehg5gzDgAbc4BDsGLqIm6pA&oe=65BA4561)
![Kym: 'Mr Baba, can I tell you something wierd? You can actually get tired from doing nothing!!'
Me: 'It is called boredom.'
Kym: 'Noooo. I mean, like physically tired.'
Me: 'One can get tired and sleepy due to boredom. I remember reading about it somewhere. Let's find out.'
[Some Googling later]
Me: 'It says here that "A new paper published in the journal Nature Communications finds that a part of the brain that is associated with motivation and pleasure - the nucleus accumbens - also can produce sleep. The new findings may explain why we have the tendency to fall asleep in the absence of motivating stimuli, i.e., when bored." Isnt it interesting?'
Kym: 'I already knew that. Why do you need to research things we already know?'
Me: [Finding a subject worth talking about now]: ' Ah well, that's what we'll talk of tomorrow on your morning run. It's very interesting the way science is done and our understanding of the universe is expanded.'
Kym: 'Can we talk of unicorns instead?'
Me: 'Sure. How do you know they exist? That's an interesting question too that you can use the scientific method to answer.'
Kym: 'Do they have to exist for us to talk about them? We can just pretend they do for an hour and have fun.'
Me: [Laughing] 'Yes, sure. We can do that too.'
#BabaBabyConversations #BearFamily #KymAndI](https://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/416410840_383105434396466_2267910263456009774_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=LIozs445JFcAX_48wGC&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfDQ2qbb0yO_wUmLj_L0ZxF61eDdwlIN-vyrd8GZe_pBMQ&oe=65BAFA57)
