Hungry and time for cupcakes!

Adi and I were out yesterday and it was way past lunch time. Adi was having his usual tummy ache (due to motion sickness) and it was a little bad than usual (maybe the empty stomach added to the pain). We were in the Indiranagar area and I suddenly remembered about a new cupcake place having opened there. Thought that the cupcakes would distract him from the pain and also relieve his hunger. So we stopped by and Adi was suddenly excited and wanted to know all the flavors that we there. Asked him to choose 6 and no sir, 6 would not do for our little fellow - he wanted one of all the twelve!

So we bought 12, 4 of which were promptly gulped down in the car with expressions of delight and the rest were saved for Papa. Yes, he did give me one small bite of one of them!!

Back to School

Well, the holidays are coming to a close - almost - and it's time to start preps to get back to school. A new year, a new beginning. Summer holidays have been awesome - both for the brat and me. For the Brat because he has been super busy playing all the time - morn till night - with friends, without friends - and has gone to bed everyday feeling happy and super tired. Me because it wasn't as stressful, worrisome or hectic as I imagined it would be before the holidays began - in fact, the holidays have just flown by with me not having to do much at all to take care of the Brat or keep him busy.

The kid has been so active this holidays that I am beginning to worry how he will get back to school - sit in the same place for hours together and get himself to focus and listen to what is being taught. I can imagine him being in class and day dreaming away already - imagining himself hitting a six out of the school grounds!!!

So we slowly being prepping to get back to school - bought the uniforms yesterday and was secretly pleased that kid had outgrown the sizes he had worn last year. As usual, he had a great time trying out each and every piece of clothing and also filling the form himself with the size and quantity to be ordered.

You can see the fun he was having in the dressing room :)

Sushi love

Sushi - I've always wanted to try it but could never bring myself to eat it. Just the thought of raw fish in the sushi turns me off. I've had vegetarian sushi (used to be my everyday lunch at one time), chicken sushi and crab shushi (thanks to Adi who ordered for it) but never one with fish in it. But Adi - he loves it!!! And whenever its in the menu - he has to order for it!

I dont remember the first time that Adi tried Sushi. I do remember that he ordered for crab sushi during our trip to Penang. Am not sure if this was his first time - but he did know the word Sushi so maybe he had tried it while we were in UK. The next time was during our trip to Thailand where he had an entire plate of sushi and didn't want to share even a single one with me!! And then today he saw that it was on the menu at LikeThatOnly restaurant and promptly ordered for one ie. after he made me read out the different varieties of sushi available. And after each bite, he kept saying its awesome and even went upto the chef and told him that it was good and thanked him :)

Couple of pics from LikeThatOnly taken today..

Destiny Farm Ooty - April 2013

We wanted to head out somewhere during the summer holidays - with friends, somewhere close, for a short stay - preferably a resort where we could relax (or rather where the frequently travelling and slogging Dad could relax) and also get the kid to try new things. Had read about Destiny Farm in a FB group, checked it out, liked it, decided on a date, sent details to friends, friends agreed, booked and soon it was time to head there for 4 fun filled days - three families, 6 adults and 4 kids (all boys!!) - all together in a tempo traveller. So here's another picture post on the Destiny Farm holiday..


The tempo traveller - our vehicle for the looooonnnng trip...yes, took us all of 12 hours to get to Destiny Farm! And we expected around 8! Well, we did break for breakfast, lunch and an emergency hospital visit which thankfully was a false alarm!!



The beautiful view from our rooms. We had rooms next to each other and this big balcony all to ourselves - we used it to the fullest!!



Thats me admiring the view from the restaurant



We could fish in a small pond inside the resort. Our Dads were around to help us



Patiently waiting for the fish to bite!




Yayy! We caught one!!



And here it is!! We threw it back into the pond while it was still alive..



Play areas - who's says we are too old for it now!



That's my favorite position!!



We played cricket on the balcony



Thats us heading to play cricket in the horse grounds



And yes, there was horse riding too!! We really enjoyed this a lot and didn't want it to end!



Happiness!!



We have serious discussions too!



Excited to go on a small trek around the property



Crossed small water streams



Thrilled to get across first!



Trying to make the stones hop



Enjoying the morning Bournvita :)



Early morning trek into the hills



Serious discussion again!



Trying our hands at rock climbing



Yes, thats me!!



And we did some monkey crawling too!!



Stopped midway to check out the fish



Trying to make fire by rubbing stones!! Had lots of fun games around the campfire




We also managed to catch a movie, play badminton, monopoly and lots of other games. It was a perfect summer holiday!! :)

Thailand - Dec '12 - Jan '13

A picture post on our recent (well, not so recent now!!) trip to Thailand. This holiday was with a group of friends and it was a fun trip for the adults as well as the kids. We visited Bangkok, Koh Samui and Phuket with a longer stay in Koh Samui. Hope the pictures can tell Adi's holiday story :))

Day 1 in Bangkok waiting for the river ride with Papa



Cruising down the Chao Phraya river and I felt like a king!



Enjoyed photographing everything around me



And I took a photo of Mama and Papa too



The river ride was fun!!



I love trying out local food and fruits when I travel - this is a rose apple



And I just loved the icy cold tender coconut water - was a relief during the hot days



In a tuk tuk which I wanted to try out



Praying with Papa in a Buddhist temple



Day 2 and all my friends have arrived!! Accident prone as I am , I also managed to hurt myself on the very first day when I was playing with my friends!



Not a happy day for me. My injury was hurting me, it was a hot day and sightseeing was boring!



Day 3 and on the ferry to Koh Samui - things are getting better. Less fights with my pals and also not so much in pain.



Just cannot resist monkeying around!! This is at Koh Samui port



Happiness!!! Our villa at Koh Samui had its very own pool!!



Ready to dive in



More happiness!! I love the christmas gifts given by my uncles and aunts :)



Everyones happy :)



We rented scooters to go around Koh Samui and it was super fun



With Papa



Thats my elder brother Saahil who lives in America. We sometimes email each other to catch up on what we are doing.



More tender coconut water. Yummy!!



Can we have some food please??



At Chaweng beach where we just ran into the water before our parents could get our costumes!!



Snorkeling for the first time and I loved it



We played games every evening



In a cozy corner with Sana



Every day was pool time!!



I got to feed the elephant I was riding on



Thats us!



And I got to ride on top of our jeep too!! It was thrilling!



We kids had lot of fun together



We stripped down whenever we saw water! This was at a waterfall



Photographing a wild creature



The elephant show was funny!



And I got to volunteer at the bird show!! Yayyy!



All set to parasail over Patong beach at Phuket - first time again!!



1,2,3 GO!



Being up in the sky was the most amazing feeling



Movie time!!



And that's all of us together again :)



I loved the Thailand trip and want to go back again to try some more adventures stuff! And the food too!! Oh, I forgot to mention some yummy food that I tried - pad thai, all the thai curries - red, green, yellow, oysters, sushi, mussels and some yummy prawns too. I surely want to go back again!!