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Toddler’s Jigsaw Puzzles Projects

Our 5 year old toddler is having an awesome time putting together jigsaw puzzle sets. His interest in jigsaw puzzles piqued during this pandemic. He started off with 60 pieces sets and eventually graduated into 100 pieces sets. It’s absolutely therapeutic to watch him put the puzzle pieces together. Click here to view his Jigsaw projects so far. Hope you enjoy! 😊

Workbooks – Round-up

During our Yellowstone trip in September 2019, my 4 year old toddler had tugged along his new “Pre Kindergarten” workbook that we had recently purchased from Kroger. During the trip, he used to wake up early in the morning to solve more than 50 pages of this workbook. He had immense fun solving various concepts like sequencing, sorting, math, reading, phonics, comparison, logical reasoning,…

LEGO projects – Round-up!

During our Nashville trip in Feb 2020, my toddler insisted on getting “LEGO Ferrari” set meant for ages 7+. We were a little apprehensive as he wasn’t even 5 years old.

However, he absolutely surprised us by assembling the LEGO pieces together, whilst following the instructional diagram to create his FIRST ever LEGO model: Red Ferrari!

What followed next is his incredible journey of…

Happy Diwali 🪔 the Festival of Lights. Diwali/Deepavali is a widely renowned Hindu festival to celebrated across the globe, to commemorate the triumph of good over evil.

We celebrated Diwali in this pandemic with great fervor by lighting oil lamps, decorating/illuminating our living space, donning Indian attires, preparing delicacies and bursting fireworks. It marks our little one’s FIRST…

Let me tell you a story about this ‘Wondrous Watermelon’. Couple of months ago, we accidentally found this watermelon growing independently beside our pool, (sans sowing seeds or tending to it).

Was it the remnant of last year’s crop? Had it magically survived the entire snowy winter to resume this Spring? We don’t know!

Nevertheless, we enjoyed red, juicy watermelon, as big as a…

School’s Field Trip to the Farm

Nov 1st, 2020 – It was kiddo’s FIRST ever School Field Trip. Having learned about farm animals in the previous weeks, we headed out to the farm to experience ‘Farm Life’ first-hand, along with his classmates and their families.

Kiddo had a great time feeding fish (from atop the pier), big brown horse, sheep, and goats. We traversed the farm on a hay-ride. Lastly, we warmed up around the…

Fall is the most gorgeous season of all! Mother Nature undergoes absolutely phenomenal transformation with leaves changing hues, falling off of trees and forming beautiful natural ‘colorful’ carpet!

Its that time of the year to snuggle in a warm sweater, grab a cup of hot chocolate and slip into the fall boots!

Today morning, as I pushed open the blinds of windows in our den, the backyard…

It’s that time of the year to dress up in crazy costumes, grab your candy buckets and go “trick or treating”. This year has been really monumental with coronavirus, quarantine, social distancing and mandating wearing masks.

Our older ‘space’ buff kiddo dressed up as ‘Rocket’ and the ten month old as a ‘Unicorn’. We placed a bowlful of candies outside the front door for the kids to grab them!

Our ‘Baby Boss’ turns 8 months old!! Roundup of her last month’s Milestones : ✅ Sitting up sans the support. ✅ Swimming by kicking her feet. ✅ Navigating in a walker.

Happy Birthday sweet girl! 💕🥰 Continue wrapping us around your teeny fingers! 🤣

Today marks kiddo’s “FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN” after having cleared “Kindergarten Early Entry” testing conducted by our school district!

Kiddo is currently 4+ years old. Because the school cut off age is 5 years for Kindergarten, he had to undergo two rounds of intensive testing comprising of reading, writing, math, logical reasoning, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension…

8/21/2020 – Happy Ganesha/Ganesh/Vinayaka Chaturthi, Everyone!!

This auspicious festival is commemorated by creating handmade/DIY Ganesha idols using clay, mud, plaster of Paris, mold etc.

My toddler had a fabulous time trying his hand at building Ganesha from clay!

Here’s his sculpture accompanied by step-by-step instructions:

The Guest List – Book Review

Title: The Guest List

Author: Lucy Foley

Rating: 4/5

Review:

A suspenseful murder mystery thriller encapsulating a flamboyant wedding in a remote island between a handsome television star, Will, and his accomplished entrepreneur, fiancé Jules.

The wedding guards are in awe with this exotic location, guarding some secrets really close to their hearts which can jeopardize the wedding. New…

The Last Mrs Parrish – Book Review

Title: The Last Mrs Parrish

Author: Liv Constantine

Rating: 4/5

Review:

A diabolical, manipulative plot encompassing love, lust, friendship, ambition, jealousy, adultery, deceit, told from three different perspectives of Amber, Daphne and Jackson – where each one is more vicious than the other, leaving you in a dilemma as to whom to hate more?

Amber is sick and tired of her…

Home Garden – Harvest

Here are recent harvest from our vegetable garden comprising of cucumbers, green beans, green peas, green tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, cayenne peppers and okra.

Harvest Time: 3-4 months.

A huge thanks to my toddler for nurturing these plants with water, love and care everyday.