In case you’re wondering where I’ve been, (ya! like i’ve got million readers for my blog. I doubt if I even have 1/10000 of a million coming to read my blog) I’ve had no time to write. There’s too much going on around me. A trip is coming up. I’ll be away for a while…
See you around….
I am basically a “be happy with what you have” and “count your blessings type of person”, but for the last few days I have been feeling that I wish I had more… in more ways than one.
More money, a nicer house, a big garden, a pet, a hubby who showed his love more often(there is no doubt he loves me, just that Iwant to see it more in the form of suprises or going on a holiday..etc), a nice job, staying abroad for a while and so on.. I’m sure you get what I’m trying to say. I even told my husband “i’m not happy with my life” and I made a long face and din’t speak to anyone properly. That’s what I do when I’m upset - make a long face, not speak to anyone properly, give the most sarcastic remarks instead of a proper answer and bang doors.
Ok, coming back to the topic of this post. I am a great believer of destiny and co-incidences. I got this in the mail today. All I did was wept. I don’t have to explain further…
If you think you are unhappy,
look at them
If you think your salary is low, how about her?
If you think you don’t have many friends…
When you feel like giving up, think of this man
If you think you suffer in life, do you suffer as much as he does?
If you complain about your transport system, how about them?
If your society is unfair to you, how about her?
Enjoy life how it is and as it comes
Things are worse for others and is a lot better for us
There are many things in your life that will catch your eye
but only a few will catch your heart….pursue those…
Mimi was fussing about to have a bath so I coaxed him into giving his slippers a good wash and in the process washed him up too. Mimi’s very fond of washing clothes(like all small children) and is often found sitting with the maid when she washes the clothes. So he knows that the next step is to hang them up on the line.
That’s exactly what he did to his washed slippers and insisted on putting them up himself. Check out how he did it…
I have always been fond of baking and used to bake a variety of cakes till I got married for after that I couldn’t becuase we were not allowed to bring in eggs into my hubby’s house. I kind of lost interest in baking until I hit upon this recipe which compelled me to try out an eggless cake. At first I used only the basic ingredients, i.e., no raisins, cocoa powder or nuts.
The first try was disastourous. My cake turned out like biscuit in the center and all wet and undone on the top. Thankfully, I did not give up. After a couple of days I tried again, microwaving it for a shorter time and on more heat. Voila! it turned out so spongy and lovely. The only thing missing was the crust which you get in a regular oven. Aaah! but that’s ok.
Now, I began trying with different ingredients. Bananas and cashew – excellent, just dry fruits – excellent, just cocoa powder – excellent and finally marble cake (mixture of regular and chocolate cake) — superbly excellent (if english like this exists).
Now, I was visiting a friend who had just come out of surgery. And I wanted to take something for her. What better than a home made cake. Here’s what I took for her. By the way, the inspiration to bake marbled cake and to gift home made cake comes from here
And then, I also made one for home. I’ve cut it up to show you how lovely it looks.
… cruel weather, cough and cold forced me to keep Mimi indoors. I was running out of ideas about how to keep him occcupied, when inspired by The Mad Momma’s post, I decided to let him have his first tryst with paints. So, after fortifying the table with enough papers and mounting him on a couple of cushions I got out the paints that he got as a return gift at a birthday party.
He had no idea what it was, but the minute I showed him what needed to be done, he kept repeating.. Mimi bainting, mimi bainting book.. peash (please)
Some memories from the cold winter evening.
The little child’s still learning but look at the rainbows in each container. He’d pick up the brush dip it in all the containers and then paint the paper…
The end result…
…at home, in my head, all around me… arrrrgghhh!! I wish time would freeze for a few minutes and I could take a breather……
Mimi’s school celebrated Independence week and kids were asked to dress up in ethnic clothes. At first I could’nt decide what to do.. then I went and picked up a nice crisp white kurta and a ready made dhoti. And I thought a khadi waist coat would go just fine, but they dont make khadi waistcoats that size and I dint want to buy the fancy type. So, I purchased some khadi cloth and got down to stiching a waist coat. Here is the result….
I was inspired by Mad Momma, from seeing that she made her kids costumes at home. Thanks MM.
So that was Independence week…
Last week Mimi’s school held a carnival for the kids and family members. It was a fun event with nice activities and games for both kids and family. I won a game and got a ‘Smiley’ pin for my collar.
Some memories through the lens…
Mimi’s play area.. which he loves
fishing the rubber duck out of the pond… Mimi promptly picked up the duck with his hand and put it in the net… smart boy, or what?
ssupppper/spider/balloon/king man.. all in one super hero!!
Its been a month since Mimi joined playschool, but I haven’t had the time and patience to post about it. We got him enrolled to a nice school nearby. The first three days, moms/dads were asked to accompany the child, which I thought was a novel idea.
The first time when I left him alone my heart broke into a million pieces, parts of which I’m still picking up. He cried the whole time that he was there. The second day he was better, but did cry for a bit. Slowly he got used the school and wouldn’t cry when he was there. But getting him to go to school was a mountain task., I’d probably have climed Mt.Everest with more ease.
The minute I’d take him for bath, he would know and I would get a earful of howling, crying out ‘no kool, no kool’. But mean as we are, we used to get him ready and drop him off to school. The minute he would see the teachers he would smile and trot along.
Since two-three days he’s been a good boy and does not cry. He happily skips along and enjoys himself at school. He’s even picked up bits of ‘Johnny Johnny’ and ‘Pussy cat, pussy cat’ along with a few numbers here and there.
The funniest part is whenever I take him to the loo for a pee, he says ‘one, two, three… GO’ and then pees.
This pic was taken on the first day of school.
Look at all the stuff he got from the school. That is the uniform he has to wear every friday.
He even got a cute lunch box and water bottle, all complete with a fork and spoon. How cute is that?
We celebrated Mimi’s 2nd birthday on 11th july and when someone wished him he said ‘Thankeeooo’. Other wise he went around carrying his presents and saying ‘birday to you, birday to you’. So my darling, ‘birday to you’.. hope you have a great year ahead!
some kodak moments…
some simple decoration…
