Mirrored bindis

Another mirror-bindi constellation.

Mirrored bindis

For me, being married to a Bengali woman means lots of bindis in our house, and adding a toddler to the mix means bindis in many unexpected places. As we've been parenting at home during the pandemic, my wife has discovered that bindis are excellent craft toys for our toddler, who enjoys making lots of patterns with them, like this constellation being doubled in the mirror on our bedroom door.

Colorful louvres

 Louvres on our toddler's closet door make a wonderful washboard pattern for bouncing crayons down.

Wall scribbles

 Scribbles on our toddler's wall, as she experimented with crayons during naptime.

Toddler sign

I have learned to accept crayon on the windows of our toddler's room. Not in other rooms, but her room is allowed to be very colorful indeed.

Toddler discovers laundry chute

When our toddler first discovered the marvels of the laundry chute, she took her next unsupervised opportunity to go the linen closet and empty it, piece by piece, down the chute until something jammed and she had filled it to the top. This is what it looked like one floor down, bulging out into the room as I worked to unclog it later. This was one of those parental Schroedinger moments existing simultaneously in a state of great delight and terminal frustration.

Toddler cooking

Another toddler "cooking" project.