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Bur Al Arab---The world tallest hotel built on artificial island These are supposed to be oven gloves....

I Am Back....

I am back after 10 days and i am feeling as if its been ages i didn't do blogging.Past ten days was very hectic and emotional.First it all started with the elder kid's fever,then followed by younger one and next it was my turn to get sore eyes.Some how managed to read few post and wrote comments.

I said emotional because mom left to hyderabad yesterday.She wanted us to come back and settle in hyderabad,which i don't think is possible in this situation.She went to an extent that she will support me till we get a decent job.I appreciate her confidence on us that we both will get a job there.She is speaking from her heart not from the head.It is not wise to leave everything here and start newly there.Many of my friends back home have lost their jobs and one friend who is software engineer lost his job and he is frustrated to an extent that he is ready to take a telle caller job.

My house is empty without her.Felt as if she was here only few days.She came to my resuce when we all were sick.Did everything for us,from cleaning to cooking to washing.She reached hyderabad yesterday and called us many times and ordering us to come for a holiday in August,i am not sure of it.

Will take few more days to come back fully, till then Ma as-salaamah/Selavu

Happ To Baa

Happy birthday pinky.

Time just flies,pinkuda will be two tomorrow (11th may).The tiny and fragile baby is now a naughty kid breaking the furniture,mobile phones,cd player,cups,glasses and tv remotes.Doesn't like to get dressed up,always in her slips.Very allergic to water,one drop of water on her dress and she removes it as if her dress is fully drenched.

Now granny has come for her birthday,she doesn't know much about birthday.She only knows barney singing happ to ba and baluk(balloon).So my house will be full of balloons for her,she loves to play with balloon,more than that she loves to sit on the balloon and burst it meanwhile closing her ears before the balloons bursts.

Planning to make biryani and sweets for her,but name is hers we are going to eat.I wanted to bake cake for her but varunavi wants it from the store as she was not sure of my baking skill.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Beta/Devil/Bangaram/Chinu/Pinkuda.......

She Is Here..........

Went to the airport one hour before the flight arrival.But as usual our good Indian airlines was late by 2 hours.Kids were getting restless as they waited for her since morning.At last mom came out of the airport and varunavi went running and hugged her tightly and mom eyes were moist.

Amma brought so many goodies for the kids.There is a saying in Telugu that interest is loved more than principal amount.

But she made it a point to get each of our favourite sweet.Most of these snacks she did it.I told her not to make all these,instead buy it from shop.But she is very independent lady who wants to do her work by herself.She will go out of the way to do anything for us.

Varunavi is eating,drinking,sleeping,playing everything with ammamma.She always wanted me to put my hand on her when she is sleeping,but now she wants only ammamma near her.Showed all her barbies,her toys and she is telling her that she will give lift on her toy cycle :)

What i didn't tell her in the last one year,told her everything now in two days.First day didn't sleep till 2.ooam,she knows i am talkative and gave me a patient ear.

Took her to sharjah aquarium and had a great time there.Spent more than one hour there.

Inside the sharjah aquarium

Aa Lalu Mamma

Aa Lalu motherhood.It is a wonderful experience of being a mother of two.Have two different memories and has to behave differently with each one of them.One is silent, timid, sombre, calm, innocent,responsible and soft natured and other one is naughty,cranky and much more.Wonder how the elder one survives in this bad world,she learns to climb furniture from her younger sister, who like a P.E. teacher teaches her each step to do.

This time i have been tagged by two lovely ladies IHM and Smitha.The tag is about "what i like best about being about mother".The tag says i have to write five things I love about being a mother.

The five things i love being a mother is:-

1.Calling me amma,mom,mama,amadu

2.Endless blow of flying kisses she gives me after getting into the school bus every morning

3.Begs me not to cry when i become emotinal, wipes my tears with her tiny hands.

4.They both give me a hug soon after getting up,their eyes are still closed.

5.When i am angry she runs to me before i say anything and says a lolu mama (i love you mama) and all my angry dissolves like a ice cube.

I wanna write more........

1.Pain of begin operated just vanished after seeing her for the first time.Unshaped head,hairy
face,thin long fingers with long nails,pinkish body wrapped in a cloth and cling ed to me on the bed. When young used to cry a lot for a small cut and now doesn't mind even if the stitches hurt me.I have taken snaps of her fingers,her legs,her hands,her hair and her face and now i show her this is you, when you were small.She just can't take out her eyes from those snaps.

2.Motherhood is enjoyed more when by baby gets down from the school bus,hugs and tells me that mama you are looking smart by leaving your hair.And also she gives me compliments i look good in jeans then the Salwars/sarees.

3.You know you are a mother when there is only one piece of cake left,which you have to share with your kids.

4.The sleepless night when she was down with fever.Before kids never missed my sleep,nor got up in between the sleep.But now getting up with slightest movement of hers.She wears anklets on her legs,now i can read the sound of her anklets.I can make out if she is getting up/she is changing her sides/she got down from the bed etc....

5.I have become more responsible and caring then before.Have to be careful in what i am talking,how i am behaving as kids learn from us.

6.My baby tells her father that amma has got lot of house work,today you order biryani and juice for amma,she wont cook today.And everyday morning she says amma you do your work today on holidays i will help you.She just loves to help me.She likes me to bake cake and till the cake is done she doesn't leave the kitchen.And always tries to lick the batter when i am not there in the kitchen.

7.Used to keep a book in handy to read about the milestones she crossed.Called up mom for very milestone she passed,like her first turn,her first word,her first step etc....And now she sees her little sister crossing those milestones and shouts amma she is crawling,she is walking,she is saying thanku.......

8.Now she is my mom.I don't know arabic and she learns from the school and she teaches me the letters.I am learning a new language from her.

There is much to write about the both my darlings.I don't have much expectation nor i want them to be a doctor/engineer/etc ,i only want them to be a good human beings.Sometimes i worry how they will face this bad world alone when they leave our house for good.
I would like Pooja ,ramya and sandhya do this tag,pls let me know when you do it.

btw today she got down from the bus with tears and started crying saying that her teacher didn't say bye to her:(

Pinky's GiBbErISh

Pinky is going to be 2 years on May 11th.My nephew who is seven years old had named her pinky.My sister calls her a female version of Tarzan.Hubby calls her phelvan,he says her body language is like a boy but i call my darling pinkuda.

Me:You want chocolate?
Pinky: Noods her head and corrects me by repeating cocolate cocolate
Me:You like cocolate?
Pinky:She stares at me and says giveeeeeeeeeeee (impatient brat)

After eating Chocolate
Me:Nice cocolate
Pinky No baladu (Not nice in telugu) She loves them but after eating she says not nice
Me:Not nice?
Pinky:Says with her lips and eyes that is not nice.

When she knows i am angry on her she comes running to me and keeps her both hands around my neck and say lo la lo,u la me (I love you,you love me) wa alo hapu famo (We all are happy family) a kisst form me to lo (A kiss from me to you) Barney sings this song.Barney is her fav,she just hates barbies,if i give her barbie she tries to separate barbies legs and hands and if she is sucessful in doing so then she tries to fix it.

Get up--- Gut uppp
Sit-----sitth
Office--Aadish
School--Tooll
Pickle--Pakle
Kiss---Kitt
Maskali -Madakali,madakali

When i dont give her what she wants, she says bag gril (Bad Girl)

Sharuk khan--Tharuk kan tharuk kan (she recognises him so well, i showed her sharuk khan's very old serial video, she immediately recognised him)

Pappu Can't Dance Sala-- Pappu dant stala,hey hey...... lifting her both the hands and pointing her finger in the air.

My mom is planning to visit us.Varunavi is very excited that her granny is coming and staying with her.She started planning her trip.She wants to go to airport to receive her and she planned many things for her.Will write about.............

Her birthday party and her best pal

Birthday girl didn't sleep as she was very excited about her plans for the birthday.She had planned so much for her birthday.I arranged a small party for 10 kids (her bus mates and neighbour kids).She gave me a shock telling that she told her friend param to get his parents as well for the party, where as i told his mom to send param to the party.Now what i will do??

She brought chocolates to give her friends in the bus and to her classmates and to the teachers.

Very excited to see what gift she will get from her supervisor.

Now about the D-day.Got up early,checked her bag for chocolates.Got up dressed, took blessings from her dad and amma.I heard her telling her sister to wish her happy birthday.Husband said i will come to pick you from the school, she said no i will come with my friends in the bus as she has to show them her supervisor gift.She got calls from her grandparents,uncle,aunties and cousins.She misses them.Last year she had a big birthday party with all her cousins.

Gave chocolates in the class, her supervisor gave her a toy eraser and she showed it to everyone .Evening dressed up like a princess,and was waiting for her friends to come in particular her best pal param.One by one all of them came, little one was very excited to see so many kids at one place.

Birthday girl was busy with param .Showed him her bunk bed, and i heard telling him to sleep on the bed.This side for hers i didn't know, she was speaking English so fluently, i was surprised to hear her.I noticed she ignored other kids and was concentrating only on param .She showed him her sewing machine,barbies,bike etc.After cake cutting ,she was waiting for them to give her gifts.Her face was glowing while taking the gifts.

When everyone were busy eating, she slowly went into the bedroom with her best pal param and started opening the gifts.

After party was over param didn't want to go, he told his mom to come after sometime as she came to pick him.

Once very one left she opened all the gifts and was very happy when she saw what param gifted her.It was a short story book.She kept the book under her pillow and slept happily.

Happy birthday

Its my angel’s 5 th bday.Time just flies, cant recollect how she crossed all the milestones and reached to her 5th bday.She was very tiny when she was born, still she is thin but grown tall for her age.Never gave trouble to nanu and amma.Very responsible child and very protective towards her small sister.My world was around her until the younger child was born.She never felt that amma is giving attention to her small sister.
We both travelled to india for my 2nd delivery.Till we reached airport she thought nanu is coming with her.Once inside the airport she realized nanu is not coming with her.She asked me why nanu is not coming? I told her nanu didn’t get the parking at that airport, he went home to park the car.Nanu came to india after 3 months, she was thinking he got parking now at the airport so he is here in india.

Before my 2nd child was born, she used to sleep with me, after delivery when I came home, she calmly went and slept on other side of the bed.I was thinking how I should tell her now that sister will sleep next to me. She didn’t give me a chance to tell her. She herself went and slept on the other side of the bed. Sweet child.

After my delivery when I was coming back to dubai, everyone came to the airport, my mom was crying (this happens every time when I leave Hyderabad) my sisters were crying,my nephew was crying, I thought seeing all of them she will also cry, but no she didn’t cry (I thought maybe she is wondering why they are crying).Once inside the airport she was very quite, I asked her what happened, she started crying and shouting at me that I am taking her away from her grandmom(my mom) and her cousin(my nephew).She had that feeling in her heart but she didn’t showed till we were in the airport.She was crying so much, I called my mom and she spoke to her, then she became calm.Later I asked my mom what u told her, she said she is coming to dubai in the next flight as she didn’t get the ticket.Next day morning she called my mom and asked her when she is coming, she told her she is sick cant travel will come again.She didn’t spoke to my mom for many days.

Till the age of two years she used to fall sick very frequently, her temp used to go till 102 degrees.But never troubled me for taking medicine.Only problem with her is she doesn’t up on weight, very thin for her age.Likes to eat only egg and chicken, doesn’t like to eat rice,dal,veggies and fruits.The only fruit she likes is banana.

In school she is the most talkative student in her class (she took it from me).To strangers she doesn’t talk, but she observes everything.Without telling me she takes her toys and chocolates to school to give her friends.She shares what ever she eats.If I give anything only to her, she rans to her nanu and gives him.

Like all girls she likes Barbie.Every year I give her Barbie on her bday.She has now 5 barbies and I will stop the day she says i am grown up mama I don’t play with Barbie anymore.
She is my biggest critic. What ever I cook I will give her eat first , if she likes then my effort is rewarded.

Cheers

Happy republic day

My daughter did this drawing in the school.happy republic day.cheers

Little one

Yesterday my little one spoke "A LA LOO" any guesses it is I LOVE U.She speaks only two letter from a word.
Milk -- MA
Toilet -- TA
Akka -- AA
Dosa --- DO
Bread --- BA
A/C --- AS
Rice --- RA
Chutney -- CHA
Car --- CAAA if she sees one car she says caaa and she sees many cars she says ca ca ca ca....

She likes sharuk and sings HO HO HO (haule haule)

Baked a cake

At last after several attempts i successfully baked a cake.It is a rehearsal for the elder one bday.She asked me to bake a cake for her bday.She was very happy to see the cake and she liked it.My mission has been accomplished and happy to see her similing.Now its time for me taste to it.cheers

Post edited for the receipe

1 1/2 cup Maida

2 tbsp butter

1 egg

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup ripe orange juice

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup tutty frutty

Mix all the ingredients.Grease the tin with butter and coat it with maida.Pour the batter in the tin and garnish with tutty frutty.Preheat oven,bake the cake at 220 degrees for 45-50mins and check with the tooth pick if it comes out clean then the cake is done.