Summer Recap

The kids had a blast the last few weeks of the summer. They got soaked in fountains and sprinklers, visited the zoo, went to a indoor water park, dug in sand pits, had playdates galore at parks, enjoyed picnics, picked berries, and got to eat lots of icecream!
Getting them back on a schedule this last week has not been too fun!

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Two laptops?

This weekend I brought home a second laptop from work, to do some testing over the weekend. Mika sees me with 2 laptops in front of me, and gets very concerned. Why do you have two waptops? Is one for mama and one for you? Will you take one to work and leave one at home tomorrow? Sometimes you work on this, and sometimes you work on that?

And when she finally gets that both are "work" laptops, she then asks: So at work, do you use one laptop to work and one laptop to look at vegetable prices?

HipHop Duo

Breaking out some MTV moves.

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India 2012 Part 2 - video

Finally got the videos put together.

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The Lady Turns 3!!

Celebrating in two countries with two cakes and loads of friends and family, Miss Malaika turned three. Our little princess is full of spunk and style, knows her mind and has the sweetest smile on the planet.

Birthday party one in India was our tribute to everything pink! With the grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and friends made sure that Mika had her fill of presents and princesses, castles and crowns.

Birthday party two in Portland was a fun morning of cake and gifts with Malaika's little buddies (Anika and Ritwik) from Seattle. 

We love you, our little baby girl! Happy 3rd Birthday!

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India celebrations:

US celebrations:

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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