Baby-sitting

For the first time yesterday, after much deliberation, consideration, cajoling, preparing and planning, we baby-sat Meera in the evening for a few hours so Ganesh and Niru could enjoy their anniversary dinner at a restaurant. It was a cake-walk really. There, I said it. All we needed to do was sit them in front of the laptop with Mickey Mouse and Dora. I have never seen Meera finish her dinner of pumpkin pasta in under 5 minutes. She was done by the time Pranav could finish a few mouthfuls. Dinner was followed by a long stretch of watching cartoons and then she decided she was very tired and wanted to "lie down on the bed". She might even have fallen asleep if they had come to pick her up a few minutes later. We have decided it is Pranav's turn next. Let's see if Niru gets to write such an eventless report.