Yes, there are two little chefs and two little doctors at my home. They keep changing their profession every hour and I am the guinea pig almost all the time. And do I love it? Well, of course! Who won't be overwhelmed with emotions when your kids are playing doctor-doctor, and treat you for anything from pain to surgery? Yes, Chunchu and Shiku are busy doing what almost all of us did when we were kids. They are role-playing their prospective professions.
When they are doctors, they diagnose a disease by first asking very professionally, "So, Manisha, what seems to be the problem with you?" Sometimes, Chunchu would say "mom" and then corrects herself, explaining to me that since she is a doctor and I am her patient, I cannot be her mom anymore :-) Then, the bro-sis duo divides the duties of checking my stats and giving me an injection to sleep! They sometimes they clean and dress an old wound, asking me all the while how I got hurt. It's so much fun seeing them copy the doctors we have visited in the past.
When they are chef, they take order first and then give suggestions to what I might like to eat and drink. One of them, then, goes on to prepare dessert, while the other cooks vegetable and chapatis. All this while, they keep asking if I would like to add pepper or spices to my food; how sweet should the dessert be; if I want a coffee or tea along with it, etc.
Well, whatever they decide to be when they grow up, I wish they are as diligent as they are while playing their parts.
Another thing requires a mention in this post. Yesterday, both of them became 'mommy' by dressing up in a saree (draped using dupatta), though I rarely wear one. But they looked damn cute, walking and talking like a grown up lady :-) Of course, I kept telling Shiku he cannot be a mom in real life!
Cute!
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