Uh, umm...

That has been the expression on our locked up mouths of late. The kids have shocked us with their responses in conversations on varied topics. Here are some:

veena: neha, hogi toys yethidu, room clean maadu

neha: thumba rough aagi maatadhtheeyamma neenu

veena: uh, umm..

Kids insisted that veena feed them their lunch

veena: nimge istu vayasaithu neeve thinko beku

neha: ahaha neenu mathra thinniskolalva?

veena: naan yelli thinnuskotheene? yaara hathra?

neha: appa ninge maduveli thinnislilva?

veena: uh, umm..

One of the assignements given by their teacher was to paste a picture of the family in their books. Veena was searching around for two suitable snaps for each one of them. Neha commented

" yellaru iro photo idhre kodu, illadidre nannna hane baraha"