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Fathers day celebrations this year began 2 days early.There was a Father’s Day Breakfast for Dad’s at Ms.A’s school and she was excited to go there with her dad.And on the same day,Ms.An’s daycare was hosting an afternoon tea on the same day and it would be pointless for SD travel to work (1 hour each way-including a 40 min train ride)..so he attended two meetings from home and took the rest of the day off. 

This is at Ms.An’s daycare..The theme was sports and I had forgotten to get a T-shirt for MsAn,so she had to wear her sister’s T-shirt-it was big but she looked cute 😀
We had planned to have a picnic on Saturday,so as to have a separate celebration,but Ms.An was coughing and sneezing,SD & I had an argument,Ms.An kicked up a fuss about getting dressed and our plans were cancelled. 
On Sunday morning,Ms.A woke up super early- 6 am and started waking me up.She wanted to serve breakfast-in-bed to her dad.Finally I got out of bed at 7 am and we served Toast and coffee in bed,along with his presents. Ms.An declared..”Its not Papa Bday,its I birthday”. As always we had got ‘Thank-you’ gifts for the girls and that was the saving grace,because there was no way,Ms.An was handing over her presents till she got one back 😛

Lunch was at the Indian restaurant,celebrating Onam.As soon as we got in the car,after lunch,Ms.A asked SD..”So,Papa,what do you want to do for Father’s Day?Where do you want to go?” And before SD could answer,she added a rejoinder”And you are not allowed to say ‘home’ ” So we came home,and then SD and Ms.A went for a movie. Its their special thing..her special(alone) time with dad-if I ask to join in,they both get very territorial about it..besides,I prefer staying home with Ms.An.She gets bored/restless in a theatre,once her popcorn finishes and one of us has to walk outside with her..So,instead we stay home,play with the blocks,take a nap..Anyway,so SD & MsA went for a movie and the excitement on Ms.A’s face..OMG!It was priceless..:)
Ms.An was excited to eat a whole punnet of strawberries alone..without sharing :D. So that was our Father’s Day this year 🙂
How was your weekend?

Onam was on Sunday,which was also Father’s Day here in Australia and as Ms.A pointed out to us,its not fair that Papa has to share his day with a festival.While I can’t control the calendar,I can surely control the order of this here on my blog 🙂 So,here’s the Onam post.

This year,one of the local restaurants was serving the Onam Sadhya( the whole festive spread) so we decided to go there,with a friend’s family. Lots of food was consumed and a good time was had by all 😀 I leave you with pics 🙂

That was our lunch.. SD did make it a point of educating us about what each dish was..He was the only person from Kerala in our group,but I was too busy eating to remember the names 😀

And here’s one of my three in their festive wear 🙂 My Tomboy,Ms.An refuses to wear dresses.Did you notice her beloved Murfee in her hand ? When she is tired or sleepy,she looks for Murphee..when she happy,she looks for Murphee-he is her BFF at the moment 🙂
P.S. Walking is BORING so, Ms.A has to either skip or dance..:D

I was having laptop issues,so going to post the last 3 days posts today 🙂

SD and I went out for lunch on Friday..:) The girls were at school/daycare.SD had taken a day off for Father’s day celebrations at School/daycare..so we used to time in between to go on a date 🙂
It’s amazing,what a difference,a little alone time can make to a couple’s life..specially a couple with young kids. Most of our time/day is spent in keeping on top of life …keeping the kids,fed/dressed/safe and balancing a 100 things. And since having kids,our couple time is very very limited..Our girls are shocking with their sleep.They take forever to fall asleep.Ms.A is better now.She goes to her room at 8:30 and stays in bed.Ms.An not so much.She keeps running in and out of her,one of us has to stay in bed with her and invariably we end up falling asleep or being so frustrated,talking to each other is at the bottom of our list.

So this was nice. We put our phones on the vibrate mode and put them face down on the table and just spent time talking..just like old times 🙂 We were both in a good mood,all day :)And ofcourse the good food helped too.

Last night,both the girls wanted their daddy to tuck them in and so I had free time!!! I wanted to sing and dance and jump around..yayyyyyyyyy FREEDOM!! It has been sooo long since that happened. So,I used my free time( how good does that sound!) to read the old posts on the blog and I stumbled upon May 2012..when I was doing a blogpost everyday and it was so nice to read that..I went to bed,feeling happy.
So I have decided to give it another shot.. just random ramblings..nothing fancy,but just tidbits that I can read later and smile at 🙂 Today,after dropping Ms A to school,MsAn and I nicked into the shops to grab a present for Father’s day. Aadi’s school has a Father’s Day stall and she bought presents for SD from there.For the last two years,the pressies are from both her and Anan,but this year,she wants it to be just from her-her being,that Anan is 3 now,she is not a baby and can pick her own presents.So,anyway,we went to the shops and picked up a little present 🙂 And then decided to window shop and I ended up buying a dress. When I tried it on,Ms.An said,”You look cute,Mum” LOL!! Yup! I am a sucker!I bought the dress..it is pretty cute too. 
The other exciting bit about today is Didi taught Ms.An how to use the TV remote. So far..I had control of the remote.When she wanted to watch TV,she would bring it to me and ask me to turn it on and I would say no or yes,depending on how much screen time she had already had that day.And obviously didi felt bad for her poor,TV-deprived sister and had to take matter in her hands and rectify the situation! So now,my ickle baby can turn on the TV herself!! She doesn’t need mumma 😦 
That being said,I have to stop this post now,because its nap time and ‘Nanya wants to feep Mummy’ 
Have a great day 🙂