tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45329284414059689672024-09-21T14:23:16.736-07:00Updates about my princes and some random musings.Vibaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12278725373647376675noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532928441405968967.post-16480213189503373632015-07-06T08:19:00.002-07:002015-07-06T08:19:58.642-07:00

I have several posts in my draft.. Need to post them at some point.. I haven't organized it well enough to publish..but, i thought if i dont post something now, i will never get back to blogging..so doing a quick update now. Summer break is here and as usual having a crazy schedule. But, not as much as previous years. I signed them up only in the camps near my house to avoid crazy amount of

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AJ to Daddy : You test me in math. I know everything except algebra, calculus, fractions and long division. Mom : What about Geometry? AJ : Hahahaha!! Silly! They taught Geometry in PreK..I know all the shapes. Ashu : ROFL :D ========================================================================= Ashu : Aj, what is 100 divided by 25? AJ : Hahaha..(Gives long laughter and

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Ashu and AJ both started their paatu class end of Sep. I though Ashu joined without any interest and just for the heck of it because i decided to enroll aj. AJ always shows interest in indian music and ashu has shown least bit interest in it. Suprisingly he sings very well. AJ sings well too for his age. They sang the new song that their teacher wrote for madhyasthayi to all 3 paatis

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  We went to a picnic arranged by the Sunday school and they played hindi hits and Sheila ki jawani was one of them. One big kid had told AJ that ' ' is a bad word. Thank God he didn't explain it any further :) I didnt know this and when i got in the car, the song was still playing in my head and i started singing it and when i started singing i am too..he screamed "STOP" that's a

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I took the kids to the mall after having lunch with B for father's day. B couldn't come with us as he had some meeting regarding the new tamil school that is being started in our area. To start with, kids weren't too happy to goto the mall ..They've taken after their dad and hate shopping!! but, the purpose of the trip to the mall was to get them sandals. Right next to the shoe store was

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Kids are in different camps and have started their swimming as well. Less than 2 weeks to go for the india trip. So much to wrap up.... Kids are pretty excited about the trip. I will be working from there..first time, have to see how it goes. Mom's not doing well and i dont think she can travel anymore, so i am glad i get to go again this year.... The previous trip wasn't a fun one with Ashu

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I haven't posted anything in months now.But, i have lot of them in drafts..will need to post back dated. But wanted to give a quick update here..since i am planning to update this blog regularly. Once you are out of it, you are out of it. It's really difficult to get back to it. :P Anyways, this month Ashu has been on a roll :) 1) He get outstanding certificate in tamil. We were

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I am so bad with updates these days. It's gotten soo sooo hectic :( i definitely missed out on atleast some of the cute stuff the boys did :(   End of march, i had to travel to wisconsin for a training. It was 4 days..i returned on my bday and the boys were waiting with B at the airport with Ipad 3 as my gift :) They surely missed me. Ajay said that Appa was almost good but not 100%

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We had AJ's birthday at a new place and everyone loved the place. It was an indoor park called Inside Out with lot of activities. Pizza was great too. Only thing i didnt like were their goody bags. I didnt have time to check in advance what they would have in the goody bag and they really didnt have much :P  We had lots of friends come in for the party and AJ was one happy kiddo.

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Aj turns 5 today. Something he's been waiting for..like forever :) He cant wait to goto "big" school. I told him that since he is a big boy now he needs to eat like a big boy and he said for that he needs to wait till he turns 10!! Hmmm..and what does he ask the first thing in the morning? "Daddy, now that i am 5, will you let me drive your car"? Very selective..proves he is the

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    Feb 2012 :   Can't believe it's already  Feb! Since we came back from chennai, we have been taking turns and falling sick. The winter  isn't even half as bad as last year, but i guess all the travel and change of place are factors for falling sick.   Ashu participated in the county level 4-H contest and came 5th in his group. He didnt make it to the

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We had a short trip to Chennai end of december and were back on 14th. We left on Christmas and the kids were super excited. Our office and kids schools were closed on 21st and the kids were literally after us asking why we didnt book our tickets for 22nd. We tried, we did not get any tickets. We tried in july and it was still too late. Anyways, i had to work till the last minute and the 3

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Bad Start to the month :    My chittappa passed away last week and i was upset. AJ asked me why i was upset and i said my chittappa went to to ummachi and he immediately asked did he have water in his lungs too, like sridhar. i was stunned. Dont know when he listened to this and i was surprised how he related it to my appa immediately.     Ja adore tu Just to show

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Counting sheep!  AJ kept troubling me saying that he cant goto sleep and i told him to count from 1 to 1000 and went to do the dishes. He was behind me in few seconds and was making "grrr" sound. I asked him what and he said, "if i have to count till 1000 i will become a grandparent, can you suggest a better idea?!" :D Troubled/Troublesome? I didnt goto sunday school with them

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Birthday party!  For his mama's birthday, aj wanted to go to india and celebrate it right away! and he got mad at me for not taking him to his mama's party! :D When mama asked him what he got for his birthday he generously said "Pokemon cards" (that belong to ashu!!) I told B that we need to make sure we highlight Ashu's name in bold, italics, double quotes and what not..in our will

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A brilliant question :  Aj asked me amma what is the difference between a truthful person and a liar. I said a truthful person will never lie and a liar will lie all the time. He said.."Wrong! A truthful person will lie only when he goes to sleep and the liar will lie through out the day till he goes to sleep"  Monopoly: Ashu got monopoly as a gift from V aunty for his

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SanFrancisco :  B had to goto SFO on a business trip. Aj cried the evening B left to Sanfranciso and when he called he said, next time make sure you take your wife and the kids! :) LOL!  Knowledge :  AJ  keeps going to school late whenever B is not in town. I have a meeting at 8 and i need to get him ready before that, but he stalls and stalls and somehow we were 10

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Not much updates this month. It was just so hectic getting back to a routine. Ashu started his chess club again and Ajay is getting back into routine as well. I have signed him up for keyboard classes at school along with abrakadoodle. Will sign him up for tumbling when they start it back in October.   None of the extra curricular classes have started yet for Ashu except Chess. Will

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Ashu turns 9 today! As i always say it's bittersweet as they grow. Where is the baby ashu? Well, he will always be our baby and that's different. :-) I still remember what a rowdy Ashu used to be till he was 2. Then he started changing. He got more into reading and less into the rowdiness :) He is now a full fledged book worm. You give him a book and he is the happiest kid in the world. It's

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Llama Llamas acting in a drama!! ========================   I signed up both the kids to act in a panchatantra tale "Tiger and the brahmin". D called me and asked if they would be interested and asked if ashu can do the brahmin role. He said, "I am a brahmin, so i am the right person to act as a brahmin" and agreed to it immediately. Then, when she sent the script he wasn't too happy.

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  Do i need a second job?   LOL! B asked Ashu to shred a big bunch of papers and said he will "pay" $5. Ashu did that sincerely. I got so touched by his sincerity that i increased it to $10. Then, he helped me with sorting toys and i got even more touched and increased to $15 and gave him the money. AJ got super mad and super jealous and said i owe him $100. I asked him for what

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12-Jul-2011 : ImportantKostins!   Ashu asked me why we chose to be vegetarians and kind of freaked me out. I asked why..did you eat by mistake? He said : No all my friends asked me and they said chicken is so yummy and asked we dont eat it. Phew! I explained to him and then asked if he feels he is missing something and thankfully he said he is fine about not eating meat :D Kids!!

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I checked this blog after ages in jun 2012 and realized it really has been ages since i logged into blogger. Both of them, i mean. The last update was in june 2011!! Holy Cow!! With a panic attack, i looked at my draft and i have a huge update in there....Phew! Apparently i have been documenting things once in a while and am so thankful for my habit of maintaining a journal of everything about

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School closed for both kiddos last week of may. Got happy kiddos here ;-) Ashu will be going to various summer camps. And AJ to a new school. Ashu featured in the cover page of the yearbook ;-)  :D Ashu had a great year at school. He made lots of friends and also did lot of new activities like DI, Spelling bee and Chess club. Loved Fun company too. With AJ, i  cant say he had a

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Summer Vacation has started. I was working from home today and my friend left her son with me too. The kids were busy the whole day. In the afternoon, when i was done with my phone calls, i asked them to play wii. They decided to play "Are you smarter than the 5th grader" and one of the questions was about drama artists and Ashu and his friend were stuck and were wondering which

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