Captain America is in the house

We got this for the boy a couple weeks ago at Costco. He didn't get out of it for a few days after that, including wearing it for play dates. Would have also worn it to bed, but his parents had to draw the line somewhere!

On a different note, some more Yo-speak:
Dada, trying to have a teachable moment with the son: Yo, are the stripes on your pajamas horizontal or vertical? (They were vertical, for the record)
Son, with a typical response: I don't know.
Dada: How do horizontal stripes go?
Son: makes horizontal motion with his hand.
Dada: And how do vertical stripes go?
Son: makes vertical motion with his hand. This is looking promising.
Dada: Ok, so what stripes are on your pajamas?
Son, without batting an eyelid: Convertible!

India 2012, Part 2

It's been about 10 days since we came back from our visit home and the kids have been asking to go back. Mika suggested that dada and mamma go on another trip to Italy "so that me and anna can go to India." The last month at appapa and ammama's house was a whirlwind of family, friends and food. The mantra "my cousins, my cousins" resounded through the George home as the kids had a 24x7 playdate at home. Other highlights included Mika's very pink princess party, cousins visiting from Chennai and auntys and uncles showering them with love, attention and presents!

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India 2012: Dad's birthday weekend

We celebrated dad's 60th birthday when we were in India.

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India 2012, Part 1

Realize it's been quite a while since this blog has seen an update. Getting lazy, aren't we?

Here's the first set of pics from our Indian Summer trip, which has been quite the blast.

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Class Parties

Both kids had last day of school class parties. Yohan's class went to a little place with tons of legos where they got to play and build. And eat cupcakes. Malaika's class went to a wild, crazy pizza/play place, where we mostly looked on at the hoards of kids milling around. Thankfully, pizza gives meaning to crazy play areas and class parties. We bid adieu to their first-ever preschool after two years there.

  

More cycling

We found a good flat space to cycle - in front of the church near our house.

  

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Swimming, Part 2

Yo's moved on to phase 2 of his swim lessons, and seems to be getting better.

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