When I said there is loads to tell in my previous post, I was nt kidding.
Oct 5th to Oct 19th - The girls and I were in the US! It was a sudden trip and if you know me well, yes it was a surprise for my sister! I did tell BIL because for one his parents were visiting them and it was only proper to ask him and two, I wanted to make sure they are in town when we landed! Of course my sister had to work from home that day and when BIL walked into the house and we trailed behind him, Sis did nt know what hit her but managed to ask "So your husband finally threw you out?" Yes my dear friends, thats my sister for you! We had a fantastic time just chilling and preparing for Navarathri and Golu and the girls had a ball! My parents had no clue I was going to the US either so as usual Phase 2 of the surprise was done in Skype when they were talking with my sister and casually me and the kids walked in! I live for moments like these, I tell you! :)
Once we were back, I got busy preparing Ashu and seven other girls for the Indian group dance which we do every year for the school fest. Even though we are not part of the old school anymore, the socializing has nt stopped! It was quite tough this year to coordinate and meet and practice but somehow, we pulled it off! The performance was last Saturday and the girls did a great job! They danced to "Des Rangeela". Antu refused to be part of the dance though! Even though she is in ballet class this year and loves dancing, she was nt ready for stage yet! :)
And then it snowed an entire weekend in October! Need I say more?
Add to it, the umpteen coffees and lunches and Diwali dinners, it was crazy two months out here! But the best was when two friends and I went for a spa weekend! Ah, bliss! God knows why we dont do this often but I think I ve added five years to my life just by sitting in the jacuzzi and talking non stop with gal pals. We started talking as soon as we got into the car on Saturday morning, talked the entire way, lunch, spa, room, tea, dinner, room (until 3 am), then spa again the next morning, massages, lunch and the entire drive back! Long live BFFs!
9 comments:
Welcome back and stay put!
Ahh lovely time spent. Breath taking haan, the surprises you throw in Boo...Did you capture them ?
Great come back post, looks like you all had fun time.
Woooohooo...We managed to change your mind and keep your blogs churning !
I'm so glad you'll had a great time at the US !
The two sis's look so cute - next to the gollus !
Talk about - talking with Girl Friends :)
nice Boo...
The best surprise acc to me is when u and your sis went to India for your father's retirement.. I just so love that post and get teary eyed every time :)
Sujatha Ramesh
JUST as I opened the blog, the Anjali Anjali song started playing on shuffle on my music! How apropos :-)
Firstly, I second yaadayaada's post :P
I remember reading in your archives about surprising your sister, that's so cute! Hope to do that with my own (younger) sister someday :-)
Your little girls are SO freaking cute!! Do you have a video of the Des Rangeela? Did all the moms do the choreography themselves? I'd love to see if it is something you're OK to share!
USA must've been so much fun, did you do a lot of shopping there again as I imagine it's a lot cheaper than Switzerland? Must be fun just to stay and chill with family, I miss the family togetherness a lot - lucky you! :-)
Welcome back! I missed your posts..good to see that you are back :-)
Welcome back! Glad to be back(me) reading the posts from you :-)
wow!
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