Moti Bagh Market.

We live very near to Moti Bagh Market and it has become our "go to" for all the random things we need.  When we ask Kushal "where can we find ______" most often the answer we get is "Moti Bagh!"

We recently set out on a quest to find pumpkins - both for Mia's preschool class and for carving - and what a surprise fun experience.

Typically, I don't have the kids with me at the markets, because it's difficult to hold little hands, watch out for dirty puddles, keep an eye on traffic AND shop at the same time.   This particular day, however, I realized late in the day that my need for pumpkins was NOW.

Moti Bagh is ... in a way ... an open air WalMart.  Instead of Aisle No. 24, you are simply pointed over yonder to a specific spot when you ask where to find what you need.

Instead of just finding pumpkins, we also found sweet, sweet faces.  Giggles and grins.

Is this little one not the most adorable thing you've ever seen?  He made me want to SCOOP him up and take him home with us.

Soon after I took this picture, he ran into their home (consisting of a small concrete room behind their vegetable stall) ....

Tony kept asking me "Mom, what is he doing?"

 

 

We're not sure what he was eating, but the little punkin' wanted to share with Tony and Mia!

Then these kiddos stole my heart.  

Moti Bagh isn't frequented often by expats, so it's kind of a breath of fresh air to just be in the mix ... struggling through the language barrier ... pulling out my annotated version of the english to hindi dictionary ... spending some time just sharing giggles and smiles.


(On a somewhat related topic :: we had butterball turkey for dinner the other night!  Due to a snaffoo with the embassy club, instead of the FROZEN turkeys I had ordered for our Thanksgiving Dinner OVER.A.MONTH.AWAY, I received pipin' hot, freshly roasted turkeys.  Thanks to my patient Husb and dear friend Ms. Pam, who both suggested I quit my whining and make lemonade out of my lemons, we had a delicious Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner!  What a nice surprise!)