This is a newly found website called Pinterest, where in you could pin images to form a bookmark. I remember the stumbleupon site which was popular long back to share the internet links. Does anyone uses those old bookmarking sites anymore??
Day 2 – Rants on Xmas
N has started talking a lot. And I mean a lot. It amazes me how they catch words without we ever knowing it. They say, between 18 and 20 months, they learn language very fast and can say upto 50 words! She has started forming sentences too and can say ‘no’, ‘yes’, and all native songs that we have been singing to her. Especially the action songs. Finally, its the parents and the grandparents who has to learn all the songs and lyrics to entertain her.
Since December has started, I have also placed the X’mas star and a small xmas tree. The star has been a ritual from my childhood, and I remember how my father would stand on table and draw wires out to hang the star. After coming to my new house, I wanted to follow the same routine. Of course N enjoys the lights from last year itself.Long back, baking was not done in everyone’s house, especially non-Christians, and hence we would buy cake on X’mas eve just to celebrate Christmas.
Last year, I started a new ritual for my house. We bought a mini xmas tree and also decorated with stars, bells and round balls and illuminated with light. N was just 8 months old then, and still could enjoy the lights. This year I have repeated the same, but she has grown enough to understand and call out star, tree, balls, lights and everything. I did another first last time, and it was to bake a cake, that too in a pressure cooker. I remember doing it in the middle of the night, but not sure, whether on 25th or so. The excitement was great and I enjoyed the whole process. This year also I planned to do the same. Lets see how it goes that week.
Among other things, I am trying to be active on twitter and foursquare, finding restaurants and reviews, places to hangout amidst the preparations of moving out from cocoon of baby mother to regaining independence and hanging out to places we couldn’t in the past 2 years..
The first day…
Sometimes internet is very kind. They introduce you to a cool group of like-minded people which may take years to find in reality. Even if their lifestyle doesn’t match with ours, there maybe something in common, over which we can talk about. Be it the bloggers, food, or craft, or technology, and now motherhood.Continue reading →
Toddler android apps for N
What do you do if you are a mobile freak and also a mom? You become an app freak!
I had a Samsung Galaxy 3 (not the S3), or the i5801 which had Android 2.1 Eclair OS. From the time N was conceived, I was searching apps on Android market with keywords baby, pregnancy, etc. Most of them gave weekly/daily updates on the growth of the baby and how the mother progresses health-wise the 3D images of the embryo and all that. But that info was already on the internet. And how much info could you cramp into small MB’s? So the few apps downloaded were not worth it, but since it was free, I just left it there.
The real usage of apps happened once N became a toddler. Continue reading →
Peace in the corner
N is going to turn 1.5 years old tomorrow. And it feels like yesterday she was born and gave me that strange look with her big eyes!
And she has started being girly to my surprise! That means I need to look out for bands, bracelets, clips, bangles, necklaces, frills and all that! 😐 And she looks so grown up when dressed up in frocks. I have started to realize the fear in my mom’s eyes long back when I used to come late home. The fear of being a mother to a young one.. Continue reading →
Weekend Getaway to Mysore again!
After a long long time, we finally took a break. Off we go to the Windflower resorts at Mysore. Refreshing break indeed. And that too in our one-month old Jazz car. Full of greenery on the way with country roads and all the halli’s(villages), the beautiful landscaping of the resort, the artificial pond, the wooden flooring and wooden wardrobe of the studio room, and the amazing food at the Olive Garden Restaurant..
The most interesting point was it was the same restaurant we went last time 4 years ago, and we realized only after booking the resort. Strange coincidence!
Then the ‘buts’ come. It was just for one day. And it was the day when the Cauvery water crisis forced the farmers to block the Mysore Bangalore expressway. That day was N’s first outing trip and it was also the day, I thought of practizing my car driving skills. We started at 8am from Bangalore and we reached Mysore at 2.30pm or so. More than 6 hours to travel.!!
Murphy and me always had a strong bond…Hmmm…
The night and the next day covered for all the troubles we had. Hotel beds are always so welcoming and relaxing that we never know how much time we slept. Good quality time was spent at the Mysore zoo, which I would rate as best, even better than the Bannerghatta National Park, and a long non-stop comparatively peaceful drive back to Bangalore through Kanakpura Road, NICE Road and the Elevated Highway which took 4 hours end-to end from the resort to our home.
Small breaks are always welcome than sticking to the routine…And especially with the festive season upcoming, it can indeed perk you up.