Checklist

This happened when I was driving Diya and Aadi to their daycares (they do to different daycares) this morning.

I was just backing out of our garage, when Diya suddenly shouted, "Baba! You forgot you coffee!!" I assured her that I didn't forget today and thanked her for reminding me. Then she decided to go through a checklist to make sure that I took all my stuff before going to work. The sequence went as follows: Wallet? Cell phone? Medicine? Laptop? ... . After a while she was convinced and happy that we didn't miss anything.

After about 15-20 minutes (by that time we have already dropped off Aadi) when she exclaimed, "Baba, I know what you forgot! You forgot your lunch!!" 

She was partially right this time - I didn't pack lunch from home since I decided to eat at the office canteen. The following conversation made my day!

Diya: "Baba, do they give you yummy food at office?"
Suvo: "No, not really."
Diya: "Why?" 
Suvo: "Well, sometimes we get good food, and sometimes we don't. Actually, I don't really like eating at the canteen."
Diya: "Is it because they give you lots and lots of vegetables"?
Suvo (controlling his laughter): "No, you get all kinds of food items. You know, vegetables are good for health."

Then I gave her a short lecture on different food groups and why we need to eat vegetables.

She was silent for 2-3 min. 

I thought we were finally off the topic. We almost reached our destination when she asked her final question for the morning: "Baba, who cooks the food? Do the bosses cook the food for everyone?"