Dew drops on a brand new leaf..
full of innocence and newness,
Like eyes of a little child..
filled with freshness of new life!

 I am all for having you as pati-parmeshwar for next seven births Dear Husband . But can we be be sea-horses in next one?  ;)

Aren't they Sexy?

D

Pics taken  @ Monterey bay Acquarium 

...why the heck, All Dentists advertisements here seem to promise to make smile beautiful?  No matter how teeth are, smile is always beautiful..No?

And after initial bout of shyness he declared with his trademark matching eyes and hand movements.."Ab hum kabhi school nahin jayenge"! And true to his word, my little tornado of energy is happy to be at home and content to be around them (it is summer holidays). They are also amused with his every word, every action and I love to see them bonding. They wear matching colored clothes everyday and his opinion on her dressing matters her more than mine.

Kitchen is always filled with aroma and meal times are exciting.  No doubt we all are few pounds heavier by now!
      
Husband comes home early  and I tease, " You never come home early when I ask" with full smile.
       
  And if you think it is just us who are dubbling with joy, you should see our plants. All those yellow flowers I mentioned few days ago are sprouting little tomatoes..I counted this morning, there are 12 . My mogra is sprouting little buds too  and soon it will be full of flowers. We also have added egg-plants, bell-peppers, Methi  and Taro plants in our balcony..All organic!

 There are endless discussions, laughters and hugs in my little apartment. Suddenly everything around look more charming and beautiful. I want  them to see everything I find astonishing here. But time seems flying...      

 You guessed right! Parents reached :)
             

More Nimboo please ;)

And life never ceases to surprise. See..I don't need  alarm to remember watering my plants anymore! To add more,  every evening after entering home, my plants are the first ones I attend to and often I catch myself thinking about them in office as well. Geeez!

 I don't know when and what did hit me... May be it was my Bougainvillea. Even after forgetting to water for most part of last four years, this is what I get..Yeah, I am ashamed & grateful at the same time. 

   Or my tomato plants. I bought three of them about a months ago when there were only bunch of leaves. And now just in a month small yellow flowers are sprouting everywhere and plants are almost double of its size. I feel like a proud parent..Watching them growing gives me pleasure enough. Not that I did anything other than making sure they are nourished and sheltered. On that note, thats only thing parents do.No? We think.we are teaching child everything..but truth is, they learn everything on their own.   

Or maybe my Mogra. No flowers yet but it is growing. And every-time I look at it, I long for that heavenly fragrance that was integral in my childhood home. Parents are visiting me soon and how I wish I have atleast one flower for them..  

My indoor plants are also surviving (and surviving well) inspite of my over-kissing-under-watering  tendency from last one year. 

  I am still discovering color of my thumb but till then it is safe to remove official-plant-killer from resume.  The way I am falling may be one day I will have garden full of veggies and flowers. Just like my dad! 
Who knows :)

Much Love,
D

 Tale of all the jumping, climbing, picking & tanning happened over the weekend!

                                                                 Hard Work

                                

                                                       *****Reward*****

Much love,
D

colors of my rainbow

I impulsively rushed forward to 'rescue' my little baby but soon stopped short... There he was, perched himself up on hairdresser's high chair,  flashing a cool smile and getting a cool haircut. All on his own! I wondered, where did my bawling at the sight of hairdresser baby go?

We planned a b'day party for him in a park but I had a nagging fear.. what if my baby keeps clinging to me and doesn't enjoy his own b'day party? Frequent sound of giggles and sights of little friends blowing bubble together and having fun times made me realise how outdated my fears were.

    I do sometimes miss his babyness,  but I am really enjoying this growing independence, developing personality, numerous quirks and conversations of my witty  4 yrs old. Sample this:

Shreyas:  Mamma, can I eat pig? 
Me: If you want to. 
Shreyas: Can I eat chicken?   
Me: Hmm. 
Shreyas: how about cow?
Me: Ok, do yo want to eat meat? 
Shreyas: No Mamma..I am a vegetarian!  *with matching hands and eyes movements*  

Life with him is busy, crazy but seldom boring..

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Athletic by nature...He may be just 31 pounds but good at almost every sport he tried so far. Favorite one is still Soccer. He goes to to learn soccer every Saturday morning, and can easily sacrifice his morning sleep for it. One call of "Shreyu, soccer class" is enough to wake him up and get ready under 10 mins. Ah..how I wish he has soccer class every morning.


 Apparently 4 yrs old do make deep bonds...These two boys: one Indian and one Chinese and living in America, could not understand each others language till few months ago. And now they are so close, their teacher proudly tells everybody about their friendship. They are incidently only 3 days apart and act like twins. Pic of their combined b'day party at school :)   
                 

Shreyas  is fascinated with concept of life and death, these days. I don't know if it is normal for a 4 yrs old... But that is how it is :) Other day, he told me when he dies he would like to be buried and not cremated. I was shocked by the thought process  but anyways told him to put it in his will once he learns to write. Quirky!


He is also very consistent (definitely on Daddy) in whatever he does. When he had started crawling at 6-7 months of age, he used to pick and put only green colored kachra in his mouth. His favorite color is still green .
Same goes for Thomas the tank engine.It was favorite at 2, It is favorite at 4.
        

I need to do second part of this post so till then here are some colors of my rainbow! 

Much love,
D
@ 4 yrs of Shreyas




       

Technologically-Challenged D opens her mouth to crib about 'complicated' new blogger look but bits her tongue and bows her head instead..
Thank-you blogger for enabling to post x-large pictures now. This was in my wishlist for longest of time.

And now  if also you enable to post pics side-by-side...

Please..Pretty please,
 -D