The Pool

The pool was a hit! So super fun- for us All!

Another Great Vacation!

The only regret I have about our trip is that we didn't take it sooner. Our family were in desperate need of vacation, of some sun, relaxation and quality time to come together and bond by having fun. So Hooray for a vacation so badly needed and overdue!

After a comfortable flight, we reached ARUBA - as usual, Sara could not wait to get to the beach/swimming pool.  This pic is taken 10 mins after we reached our hotel room - you can see how excited she is go to the pool!!

Sara's Favorite Dress

OMG....she has literally worn this dress at least 20 times...AND i am not exaggerating!!! (Total paisa wassul)

All Dressed Up...Her Own Way

Sara decided to pick her own clothes today...LOL! This picture was taken during our visit to Whole Foods for dinner. She looks so funny ....literally made me LOL. The kid is hilarious.

Another Perfect Day

It was a good day today - not so cold, so Rashmi & I decided to meet up so that the kids could play this evening. Sara had so much fun with Arnav & Sana - these buds are the cutest! Sara & Arnav used crayons to color initially and then we went to the backyard to have some outdoor fun...

Few pics -

Happy Holi!!!

Our dear friends - Matta's are visiting for the weekend. to celebrate Holi. We all were at Bharat's house for sleepover. We went to 'Hare Krsihna' mandir near heir place - It seemed the thing to do this holiday weekend...and all the kids had great time seeing and playing with each other.

ON sunday, we went to Shipra Di's place to play holi with them. I was too busy visiting and having fun at the Shipra Di's house to take pictures. Anita & Payal Di took a few while we were busy chatting and playing holi!!!  (Will post pics later)

Fav Day - March 18

I have really been enjoying all of the time with Sara this week. She has been so sweet and actually "easy" even with Vishal working late these days. It's awesome to appreciate your kid this way. We truly are blessed! Love love love you Sara! We've just been having too much fun- LOVE it!

In the evening, we went to the park today to play and wait for Daddy to get home. It was a great day - 72 F - so we had some more ice cream in the park.

She posed herself like this. I mean, whose big girl is this?

  

Too Cute!!!

                                        Cuteness challange met and exceeded...

Quality Time

Swati came yesterday evening for dinner but more importantly to spend some quality time. It was really fun to see Sara and Hannu play together because they seemed to genuinely be having fun with each other! Sure we had some teaching moments (re: hitting, sharing, and being polite) but these two are at great ages for interactive play.

Here's a pic of them with their coloring sheets:

Baked by Melissa - Delicious Mini Cupcakes

My colleague brought some yummy mini cup cakes from 'Baked by Melissa'. OMG, Sara absolutely loved them and finished all of them by the end of the day. (You can always please Sara with ice creams, cakes; she has a BIG sweet tooth).

Cooking Time

I am working from home today. So at about 5:30 in the evening, Sara and I decide do bake something....we finalized on making banana bread which I learnt from Seema on our last visit to DC.

Here's Sara mashing the bananas:

Banana bread which really requires only few ingredients is not too complicated to get started :). Last to be added were the walnuts. Sara happily obliged. Then I got busy making the banana bread and stopped taking pictures. The result was awesome !!!!! We all loved it.

Barbie Girl

Sara wanted to wear a skirt and be a princess. So, she tried one of Nikki's nice skirt and pose for me to take few pictures with all her tantrums :)

DC Visit

We had a long overdue visit to DC this weekend. As predicted, the kids had a BLAST playing together. The kids pretty much played on their own most of the time, and I didn't take many pictures! Here are few:

On Saturday evening, we went to a nearby super fun place where the kids had great time running after each other. It was Hilarious! On Sunday, we were in our PJ's until lunch time and later on went to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Since it was getting late we left for NJ directly from there. A SUPER FUN trip :)))