A New Stage...

Life moves fast. Fast Forward and R is now 5 and has started kindergarten at CS. There is now a little one in the picture.. a 2 year old Rafay - the second R was not intentional.

It's time for Halloween and we are throwing our first halloween Party. It will be interesting -- I hope that the kids have fun. I am most probably going to be a gypsy. Riya is going to be a 50's go go girl and Rafay a pirate.

We have moved to a house and are no longer at 174!

I will update photos later.

Halloween Month!!

It's been ages since i blogged and as baby number 2 is due february. Mommy has decided the she is going to use this blog not only to send out updates about Riya but also to keep a diary for her so that she can read about it when she grows up. This will also serve to refresh mommy's memory with baby #2. This month was hectic as I had lots of halloween parties to go to -- aunt patti sent me my punkum costume that i badly wanted. I was soo happy when I woke up in the morning and saw it hanging on my closet door. i just went around the whole house saying punkum punkum till mommy took me to the table and put a small punkum in front of me that I could decorate.

We then got ready in my punkum outfit and drove to the playground where we were going to have a party. We had lots of treats. They gave us a pumpkun to decorate and I had fun sticking stuff on it. i do love my stickers. I also collected lots of little gifts like bubbles and a trick or treat bag which I had fun coloring. There were so many fun things there but i got a little overwhelmed - i did have fun trying to catch the bubbles from the bubble machine and the jumpy house was interesting.

My favorite part was when they had a face painter and she asked me what I wanted. My mommy though I should have a punkin but i was tired of punkins by then -- i chose the kitten. You can see a foto of me here as a kitten wearing a punkum outfit. All in all I had a lot of fun and came home and slept for 3 hrs. Next is Aunt Chetna's Halloween party and I am looking forward to going trick or treating with Amrit and Simran.

High Tea Hosted by The Khans

it was a lot of fun which started in typical desi fashion - LATE.

lots and lots of food...scones, cakes, strawberries etc.... the whole table was laden with yummy items.

Riya thought it was fun to dress up. There were quite a lot of babies there long with older kids. Riya was quite confused at first as to what all these kids were doing in her home but she seemed to adapt fast and had fun crawling and playing with all the children. she doesnt seem to mind kids in her toys and loves to share! what a cutie.

she looked absolutely fab in the gharara by aashi khala..and she got lots of compliments on it also.

Valentine's Day

We had a lovely Valentine's dinner at home with Riya. Azhar got some sushi and it was a fun valentine's dinner. i got this lovely bag as a present and he got some cufflinks :) i loveeeeee my new bag ...:)

Meisterstück

Meisterstück (German for masterpiece) is the legendary line of pens from luxury brand Montblanc. Over the last decades, Montblanc has launched many other lines, but none has surpassed the iconic status of the Meisterstück which was devised in 1924. The greatest recurring motif of the Meisterstück is the central inscribed ring with two plain and thinner equidistant rings above and below. Traditionally these rings have been in gold, but lately other variations such as platinum have occurred.

Fingerpainting a galore...

Riya decided to help create a new design for mom's china dish.. maybe the red hermes.... hmmm....

Flying out the window..

So, it seems that my desire to be a pilot has vanished. so - we are into cooking these days and i am taking my moms cookbook and typing it up. have started to test her recipes and they seem nice so far.

so.. i should change the name of the blog :P

the search for the perfect dinnerware is on... why for gods sake why dont they have china plates in stores. why is crate and barrel so taken with earthenware. i carry my toddler around..i dont need another 22 pound thing to carry.. thank you v much.

I do love this pattern though.... porcelain and china.. where does one get those for daily use? *sigh*

Tribute to Tania

So, this is in reply to Tania's constant demands for an update on Riya. It's been awesome having Tania in our lives and we feel blessed to have her as a friend and an honorary aunt to Riya.

She has made numerous trips up to see Riya and has been amazing with helping out with the drudgery --cooking us meals, helping us through many a tough time by being a great sounding board. We miss you. Come visit soon.

I just loved the pink and morning light (its around 7:30 am)

Back from Pakistan

Hey ya! we are back after a 3 mth hiatus. its strange to back. it such a different world out here. (other then the 12 hr diff)

Here are a few photos from an impromptu bbq at 10 pm thanks to my cousin's wife faiza who was the star of the show. we got all the kids up and bundled (it was 6 degrees) but definitely a memorable time :)

oh and it was on our terrace. here is riya making having a chat with her cousin soha.







Here is Faiza with Khurrum -- told u we should have used the bigger angethi!!

3 Generations... Riya would make it 4.