Rain musings

So the whole family had a picnic on saturday( Sep 10th) at Sanja montessori school. (Iam almost 2 months late in posting this --ooops) First we visited the temple inside the campus. Then the school van took us to the various places inside the campus. The swimming pools for the big kids and the tiny tots are well maintained .it is good to see that extreme care is taken when they are taught to swim. Then to the kids-friendly park. The swings, sliders , see-saw and whole works .There is a gym which is child proofed. This has small houses, sliders, hoops and that kinda stuffs. This the place Sanja likes it the most. Shaded from the sun and no sweating ,tiring you see. Last we were dropped off at her class.We chatted up with her Sumitra aunty and other akkas. She showed us what all she does in the class. She picks up her work (game) , plays it and then places them back at their place. Her aunt comments- Sanja has almost learnt whatever she has to learn for the year. She and another g...

So what we tried making. 1. Pudina parathas 2. Yummy healthy samosas And both turned out to be gr8. The pudina parathas could have been a bitter more spicy. The samosas were a hit. The vacation form studies does wonders. This is the first weekend after my exams and was left with plenty of time at hands. So tried out these dishes.

Well it is almost a month since Sanja turned 3. Here is quick look at what we did. 1. Morning- Sanja had the nalangu and head bath. 2. She wore a new dress -a skin colored pant and green-white checkered shirt. 3. At school, her friends sang the birthday song. The temple in the school premise gave her the prasadam after archanai. 4. At home, we had a small decoration- couple of birthday banners, balloons. 5. Her neighbourhood friends , R T, GP, H attai, S athimber, and Mr. K arrived and we had the cake cutting. This year we had 2 cakes- one  chocolate fudge cake  from bakery and another baked by me. 6. Sanja was dressed in whilte - blue-grey frock. 7. Some dances , music, eating later the party was over and we spent time playing with the gifts. 8. The return gifts included - capsule pens, M&M gems packs, tiny memory cards. This year we gifted her with play tent , wooden tool kit and the numbers mat. The three year old had a bad beginning with fever, c...

இன்று ஒனக்கு 3 வயது ஆகிறது சஞ்சனா - தமிழ் கணக்கு படி. (Your 3 rd birthday today -Sanjana - as per tamil calender ) பிறந்தநாள்  வாழ்த்துகள்

Pixeldruids Co-Founder Srinivas Shortlisted for YCE awards by British Council 2011 Yes !!! you have heard that right. British Council India has shortlisted our pixeldruids co-founder as one of the candidate for it's Young Creative Entrepreneur in interactive section . Congrats Srinivas. We are very proud of you. We, pixeldruids, are growing and making right noises. Here is the link of this years short list. http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-arts-yie-award.htm All the best for the company's success.

since you started school.- Sanja. So I see that we have settled down pretty well to the routine. Morning - appa and amma walk with you to the bus stop, bid goodbyes . You go all chirpy and happy looking forward for another day of fun and play. Come back home with grandparents, eat and sleep. - You are trying out different kinds of food at school. -Learnt to eat a bit by yourself, and I must say you are a really slow eater - in tamil we say paraku pathundu sappidhara . -Though your only activity is playing,  you have picked up quite a few tamil rhymes from your seniors at class . - You say few shlokas . -Every day you smile at ll the kids who get into your bus, but you dont talk to them. It your way of greeting them Good Morning. -You have o, means have to carry something with you from home to bus stop, then you handover them as soon as u see the bus. -The days we reach the stop early, you go about running in the street to see your yellow house and sometimes to the temple. Pro...

Sanja as usal was playing around and avoiding her dinner. I was running behind her and feeding her when she declared she will eat only if grandmother will feed her. So we told her , if you want granny to feed you, you stay inside the house. This she wouldn't agree. So Amma got fed up and placed her plate on the table and left. Sanja slowly creeps into the house , takes her plate , goes out, sits on the stairs, declares - Papa ve sapidhaporen ( I will eat on my own). So there was Amma sitting and gushing with pride as the little one ate her curd rice all by herself. She ate them by playing around making balls out them and eating them. So Sanja has learnt to eat on her own without much spiling around. Hurray.  So when I sit to eat, Sanja sits on my lap and says - Papa will feed amma now  and goes on to feed me the chapatis mixing up the side dishes . :) And here is another Sanja ism we heard at night whe nshe ate her fruits - mango. For a person who doesnt like the skin of any...