It's Storytime : Ankush and his Lovely Day

Chanadal - Brown Rice - Quinoa Dosa

"Bye Chanadal brown rice quinoa dosa. Buh Byeee"

What am I saying?

Ok! Actually my boy has this habit of saying bye to everything. For example when we go for a walk , he says "Bye tree" , "Bye car" , "bye shadow" (after we pass the shadow of a tree) and so on and on and on...

The other day , I mean really long back other day, we went out and sat for sometime, and after a while ,I said to my son, "Common, let's walk now". So my cutie pie gets up, looks at the place he had been sitting and he says "Bye sit, buh byeee" !

The other day, the recent other say, he went under the table and he was playing there. And then I called him to come out to have dinner, then he comes out  and he says "Bye under the table". :)) He He He ..Isn't that so funny. God my son's a small clown who keeps us laughing on our toes with his cute little interpretations of his world.

I guess the world in the eyes of a kid is ..........I don't know. I really don't know. It's difficult to explain.

So coming to this recipe.

Ingredients:
Chanadal- 1 cup
Brown rice- 1/2 cup
Quinoa- 1/2 cup
Methi seeds- 1 teaspoon

For topping:
Veggies of your choice chopped finely. I used cabbage ,yellow pepper and corn.
You could even use spring onions/carrots/green pepper/cauliflower.

Wash and soak all the ingredients for approx 8 hrs or overnight. Grind it in a blender adding water and make it like any other normal dosa consistency.  No fermentation is necessary.
Pour a ladle of batter on a tava which is on medium high, spread veggies on it and lightly press it with a spatula.
Spread a spoon of oil on it, close it with a lid. When it is lightly browned underneath flip it, keep it for few seconds and then remove, serve it with chutney of your choice.
We had this with  tomato chutney and it tastes better with this than coconut chutney.

Enjoy this healthy dosa! 

"Bye Enjoy this healthy dosa, buh byeeeee"

:)))

AAAwwwwww...My Baby got his first homework!

Guess What ??
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Yeah...You're right!!

My baby got his first homework!!!
Wait..How did u know that?
Did I somehow give it away :(
Hmm...
Wonder How!

Anyway..here it is!

I do not know why both of us got so excited looking at his homework. That's the magic the kids have on their parents. Every small thing they do or say ,gets the parents stand on their toes.

And the magic continues...

2 Artists, 1 Family

There are now officially 2 artists in our family.

Introducing Artissssssssssssssst Ankush..

Ta daaaaaaaaaaaa.........

Presenting his artwork which was on display in his school today morning!!

I was so happy looking at these artworks of my son in school:) I cudn't stop smiling!

OK my husband says that even he couldn't stop smiling when he saw them!

And here's the self portrait oil painting I just completed.

Not good enough, but here it is anyways!

So we are now 2 artists in our family!

I Am a PreSchooler

Last Name , Vanmali.

First Name, Ankush.

Date, 12/12/2011.

And I AM A PRESCHOOLER !

Yeah, My li'l baby boy has so grown up that he now goes to a preschool.

And he was all soooooo, soooooooooooooooo , sooooooooooooooooo excited like a monkey , about going to school on his first day.

Can you believe that?

Look at him..

Nooooooooooo. I lied.

This was the real him on his first day. All so grumpy.

OH how cute he looked with his new bag on his back.

Ok so lets head to his school now.

Ankush goes to 'Adventure Bay School' in Pembroke pines, Florida.

This huge christmas tree was in the entrance. He was very excited looking at it.

Now lets go his classroom, which just has ten students in his section.

This is the entrance to his classroom.

 

As soon as we entered, he started pointing the door. 

"Amma, let's go out", - No he didn't say that, but I'm sure he was thinking that!

He then started looking around and was pretty amazed to find so many toys around.

His eyes then met Thomas!

No, it's not the class teacher.

No, it's not another kid there.

And No, it's not his friend either. Probably he is:)

It's Thomas, the Tank Engine !!

 As soon as he saw it, he went to play with it. He was so busy with it, that me and his dad deliberately moved out his classroom.

After a while I heard him crying a bit. We heard from his teacher in between that he hardly cried and playing around with all the toys.  And then it was finally 12 o' clock. After 3 hours of impatiently waiting to pick him up outside his class, We finally went in . I guess all of us were now impatient.

He turned his head and looked at us.

No expression on his face.

He turned his back.

He then bursted out crying loudly :(

I don't know if he was happy or angry or tired or hungry or missing us or scared or....Oh I don't know

Probably all of these. There was so much of emotion on his face.

We then took him home and fed him food 'coz it was lunch time.

So this was his first busy day in preschool.

And not to forget , his teacher's name is Miss Caroline and also Miss Nadia.

Wait!!

Wasn't my first teacher name Miss Caroline???

Lemme go and call up mom now...

What a bubbly ride!

So here's the thing.
Give a 2 year old a gun, and he's gonna like it.
Give a 2 year old boy a gun ,that too a one that shoots bubbles, and he's gonna love u, love u, love u forever.
(FYI: 3 love u's in a sentence sounds better than one !! ;))) Go try on someone!)
There's something about bubbles and kids that's so amazing.
Either it's the 'pluck' sound when you burst a bubble or because it flies up in the air with shiny colors on it.
Anyways you never know what goes inside a child's head.

Thinking about the bubbles, it suddenly occurred to me that it's already 1.30 PM and it's december 3rd and it's our wedding anniversary.(Of course there's no connection between the two, but...) It's 5 years already, with the amazing, charming soul mate of mine . Happy Anniversary to us. yippeeeeeeeeeeeee:)) 5 years and a 2 year old addition already! How bubbalicious :) (Ok now don't ask me what it means.)

Think I should go and sleep. It's 1.30 AM for god sakes. Pack up.

It's 5.30PM december 4th. I always try to conclude writing my blog in one sitting, but never happens most of the time. 2 yr old's you see, can be so dire demanding. :(

So everynow and then , my son wants me to shoot the bubbles from his gun.
So I keep shooting and shooting and shooting .
He keeps bursting and bursting and bursting them.

Shoot

Burst

Shoot

Burst

Shoot

Burst ... and on and on and on until I get tired, not him.

It's like maze where you are trapped in it and you do not know how to come out of it.

I keep chanting "Please leave me, I've got work to do" !

And I somehow try to escape from this fiasco. I  try to divert his attention to some other toy and hide all his bubble stuff!

I bet if you're a mom/dad, you must be facing the same!!
If you're not yet a mom/dad, be ready for this!

So that's this big story about a our bubble times.

New Work...

Having practiced quite a few portraits in acrylics as well as oils, I've always wanted to paint a portrait of my son ever since he was born. Back in India and  I couldn't miss this opportunity to do some painting since my mom's here to take care of my son.

So here's the oil painting of my son.

 

So here's my almost 2 year old grinning away to glory.

You can have a look at some of my other(old) works here.

The other sunday, he was in the park.
He was in the park, in his blue jeans and blue t-shirt.
The t-shirt had a print of a tiger on it's right.
But it was misspelled as 'tigger' on it's left.
But me thinks he doesn't know yet what a tiger is.

Food on his face. Mmm hmmmmmmm .

This is when he gets busy with the birds.
Son turn back. Don't u dare 'Do not disturb me' to me.

This is when my son runs away from his Momma.
Bcoz Momma knows best when to feed him.
And he thinks it's best to run away when Momma wants to feed him.

Is there a smile on your face?

yes, yes, I know that!

Was it my son?

Oh no. I now its me.

Oh sorry.....

It was the  'tigger' , isnt't it?

:)

The Growing 'Him'

It Just feels like yesterday that my son had started walking. But now he just runs around. He doesn't seem to  have the time to walk. Looking at him grow up is so fun and exciting. Every other day , we are awe struck by his ludicrous antics.

The Beach

Two months back He was pretty scared to play in the beach and just last weekend he was soooo much enjoying playing in the water.

We were speechless.

The Washing Machine

And then the other day  when I was pulling out the clothes from the washing machine, I was also pulling out spoons and his toys. It looked funny. It was like opening a  gift box with a lot of goodies inside:)) Only then I realized that he's grown tall enough to dump stuff into the washing machine.

The Mirror

He steals glances of himself in the mirrors. He stares at himself, his hands, his legs.He blabbers in front of the mirror which makes him all the more risible. Fun, ain't it!!

Try it when you're free. I'm sure you will be amazed.

The Animals

He loves them. Dogs, cats and ducks. These are the ones that he gets to see in our apartment. He chases them. Of course the ducks and the cats run away. But the puppies play with him.

And he bites their tail!!

Just kidding.

The shoes

His cute tiny weeny Shoes.

His first.

His second.

His third.

Currently

Currently

Raise your hand if you like the last one the most.

Wow, thats too many hands raised!!

The Socializing

He , who was so scared and shy, has started to open up a bit now. He does mingle with people and kids around a li'l bit. A Little bit. Not long that hes gonna have his friends over . I guess. But He's still shy.


And  He just completed a year and half the other day.