15 Marbles

Moments.Musings.Memories. ❤️Gathering little marbles from ordinary days and keeping them for our memory jar. ❤️

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  • Hi-Day 17

    Just a quick Hi to let you know that the Diwali party was a big hit..Lots of fun,laughter,food..The kids had a blast lighting sparklers.between 6 kids and 1 toddler(Anan!),they finished a little over 100 sparklers. 

    The menu was- Pulav,Rajma,Cherry Tomato Masala(yumm!!),Gobhi Manchurian and Raita.Everyone brought one dish each and for dessert I made Ras Malai..which was big hit. A friend’s husband told me that it was better than the Haldiram Version!!yayy!! 

    I’ll share the recipe tomorrow. unfortunately,we have no pics of the food..but there are some pics of us..which we remembered at the last minute 🙂 So,a few pics were clicked.

    I’m going to call it a night and get some sleep while the toddler sleeps..:) 

    ohh and I couldn’t go for the Relay for life today..I am really hoping to make it tomorrow morning.

     

  • Run,run,run… Day 16

    ‘Run,run,run’these three words,describe my day today..and I can’t believe how I got through it..
    My day started at 6:30 am..I woke up to the chirping birds today.And 5 minutes after I woke up,so did Ms.Ananya 🙂 Yes she has an alert system!
    10 minutes later,Ms.Aadya woke up..I think she has an alert system too.
    Then there was drama-Anan wanted a feed,Aadi wanted a cuddle and I just wanted some more sleep.So,Anan fed,Aadi sulked and I..well,I just tried to stay awake and patient.
    Anan fed,Aadya cuddled and we got out of bed,by 7:30 am.And the usual run around started-getting them ready and fed and rushing out the door by 8:30am.
    After school drop-off,I headed out for my workout-finished that,went to the Toy Library to collect the chairs for our Diwali party tomorrow,got back home by 11:00am.
    Cooked breakfast &tea-fed Anan&self.While I was eating,the cleaner called..and I had to go pick her up.Came back by 1:15pm-Started cleaning with the cleaner-I can’t sit and watch when someone else is cleaning.
    2:40pm-shower& headed off to pick up Aadya.
    3:15-came home,got Aadi changed and headed out to the park for a b’day party.
    Poor Ananya had only had two 10 minute naps,by then and was so tired and sleepy. I put her in the pram and walked around during the first half of the party.The second half-carried her around and then chased her.
    5:20pm-came home-folded laundry,sorted the pantry.cooked dinner-Pasta.
    7:15pm-went to the temple,fed the girls in the car.
    8:30pm-Went for a facial(SD stayed home with the girls!) I almost cancelled the facial..but I figured I deserved it,after the day I had had.The only time I sat down,was when I was driving or feeding Anan.

    The facial was nice,relaxing..and the day is over.And I am not working tomorrow!!So,hopefully I can stay in bed a little longer.
    Have a good weekend,everyone!

  • Today-Day 15

    We had a beautiful day today.The weather was just right for a walk and that’s exactly what I did. After breakfast,just before Ananya’s nap-time,I put her the pram and went for a walk. I took the big heavy pram on purpose,so as to get extra workout.
    And as I was walking I realized that the last few times that I walked that way,pushing a pram was,when I was at least 15 if not 20 kgs heavier..and that realization made me feel so good.But it also hit me that I worked SO hard at the beginning of the year all the way till June..and then life got in the way and it was easy to slip into excuse mode.
    I came back from Brisbane,with a gain of 4 kgs and its been killing me. I started working out with my fab trainer but festivals,broken foot..all came in the way.But when I went back to her on Monday,I felt horrible about falling off the wagon!
    I have tried to eat as clean as possible,despite cooking all the goodies for the family.That makes me feel a tiny bit better..
    I even walked to and back to school for pickup and when I got back home,I felt the good soreness that I actually look forward to after a workout.
    Ms.Ananya is super cranky this evening,so I’ll wrap up this post.But not before I show you this pic of Canvas Lantern that Ms.Aadya made All-by-herself. My only contribution was cutting in straight lines and covering up the little whites on the left.
    The inspiration behind this-This kandil that Shruti and Li’l P made last year. Thank you Shruti,she had a lot of fun making this!

  • Easiest coconut laddus

    My friend Vasu and her husband Sanjay host the best Diwali parties that I know of.Their attention to detail always floors me.Everything from menu to home decor,outfits,gifts is so well planned.What I like best about their ideas is Simplicity and the ease of it.So,when Vasu shared this recipe,by the way,all credits of which go to Sanjay,I had to try it.

    Ingredients:
    Dry desiccated coconut about 250-300 gms
    Condensed milk -200 mL can
    Food color-optional

    Take condensed milk and desiccated coconut in a mixing bowl.Combine till lumpy. Form balls,roll the balls in dry coconut.Serve.
    Optional: coat the balls in crushed nuts.

    What I liked best about this recipe was- there was no cooking involved.And there was no measurement involved.I am more of an eyeball cook.I just add a dash of this,a dash of that,a pinch of this and usually never bother to measure…unless when I want to share recipes here.
    If you haven’t tried this recipe you must…I promise you,it will become your go to recipe.I made the first batch this morning for Aadya’s class.
    SD and Aadi loved it.I just finished making another batch in 25 mins…how cool is that!