A good look at the rainbow

Me: (while driving) Sanjana, look. A rainbow. Can you see it?

Sanjana: No, Baba. Can you get closer?

A true philanthropist

"Baba, I like everybody in the world."

Don't feel like

Me: Sahil, eat your sandwich. Aren't you hungry?

Sahil: I am, but I don't feel like eating.

Me: Why?

Sahil: (Trying to tell why he can't explain the 'don't feel like' part) It's like chasing a bug. Sometimes I just don't feel like it.

Is bike faster? Or...

Sahil: Baba, is falling faster than riding a bike?

Evolution

Once I was reading the story of Tarzan to Sahil and Sanjana. Sanjana objected to the idea of Kala, an ape, being the mother of Tarzan, a human.

Sahil explained to her that man came from monkey, so it makes perfect sense for Kala to have a human son.

A career choice

Once we asked Sanjana what she wants to be when she grew up. We meant as a career choice, of course.

Sanjana: I want to be a princess.

Sahil: (Really trying to talk her out of it) Sanjana you can't be a princess. If you are a princess, you have to marry a prince. And once you get married, you have to kiss him almost every day. Ew!

Shorter leg

Prashant: Sahil, my right leg is shorter than my left.

Sahil: But both of them reach the ground.

Car wash

We were returning from a car wash and I made a minor complaint about the wash

Sanjana: Baba, that's why you should not take the car for a car wash. Sahil and I can wash it for you.

Earth is big

Sahil: (Explaining to Sanjana) Earth is bigger than a house.

If I told you once...

Sanjana: (when I told her about some good-girl behavior for umpteenth time) Baba, whatever you tell me, I already know.

Have patience

“Sanjana, we have been waiting here for a thousand hours”, once I mock-complained to Sanjana while standing in a line.

Sanjana giggled at my obvious attempt to make a joke and then corrected me.

“No Baba, we have been waiting here for only a hundred hours”.

Be careful what you ask for...

Once, like always, Sahil and Sanjana were complaining about each other. After a bunch of 'he is doing this' and 'she is dong that', I gave them a warning.

"Anyone who blames the other person will get twice the punishment."

Sure enough, in a few short seconds, almost in a chorus...

"Baba, Sahil is blaming me!" and "Baba, Sanjana is blaming me!"