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First full day at school!

Today is my baby's first full day at school. He didnt seem too excited to see the new lunchbag I got him. He thought the 2 parathas and beans and fruits salad I packed too much to eat. He was happy with the cube of cheddar cheese I added but asked me to unwrap it and add it to his tiffin box. He wondered why I put his stainless steel water bottle in the fridge when our previous bottle cracked - He learnt to distinguish between freezer and refrigerator i.e ice-formation and hence cracked bottles and NO ice formation but chilled water. I put a note in his lunch bag - a drawing of shin chan and a note. I am on tenterhooks awaiting his approval, acceptance and joy. Todays lunch was Aloo Paratha - dough prepared with 0.5 cup cooked lentils, left over from yesterday, 1 cup boiled mashed sweetpotato, 1.5 cups whole wheat flour, 1 cup ragi malt 1 - 2 tbspoons each of mint, coriander leaves and finely grated ginger, salt and lil bit of chili powder (My son cannot handle even mild green ch...