~Happy Diwali~

We really enjoyed celebrating Amisha's first Diwali! After I got home from work, we all got dressed up in new Indian clothes (including Ananya and Amisha wearing matching lenghas that Shashi Dadi made for them!). Thatha, the grandparent representative this year, came over and brought a ton of adorable Diwali gifts for each of us!

Ananya and Thatha went for a walk in the backyard and picked flowers, and then we began our Diwali puja. Ananya loved singing all the bhajans she knew and I told her a very brief version of the Diwali story and why we light all the candles. After our puja, we lit candles and put them everywhere in the house...Pooneet was worried that this would be a fire hazard so for the rooms with no candles, we just turned the lights on (should be a fun electricity bill to get!). We cooked lots of yummy food - mattar paneer, bisi bele bhath, rice, kheer - and Ananya insisted that we sing a "Happy Diwali to you" song (to the tune of "Happy birthday to you"). After we put the kids to bed, we finished cooking and then had Pooneet's sister and brother in law over for a yummy Diwali dinner!

Hope you and your family had a very happy Diwali!

Pumpkin Patch

We took a trip to the pumpkin patch with Ananya's friends Connor and Chloe. What a fun day that was! Ananya picked out pumpkins for her and Amisha, she jumped in the bouncy house, went for a pony ride despite her fears, and enjoyed the haunted house. Amisha looked around, seemed mildly interested, and then fell asleep ;)

Random pictures

I was going through our other camera and realized there are some cute pictures that I wanted to share :)

Ananya with her beloved cousin, Vunshi:


Tushar & Yamini's engagement party, where Ananya was attached to Tushar Uncle's hip!




Amisha wrapping her hand over mine, as she always does when she's sleepy


Ananya and I going to Deepa's mehendhi


Amisha's first solids

7 months old!

Amisha turned 7 months old last week and we're amazed by how many new fun tricks she can do! She has started solids and just loves eating. Yay! She rolls around all over the floor and can easily cross an entire room by rolling. She has a blast playing on the exersaucer and in particular, relishes the taste of all the toys in her mouth! She laughs, giggles, and smiles a TON, coos constantly, and shouts to get your attention. She adores her big sister, loves grabbing her hair and trying to eat it, and seems fascinated by anything and everything that Ananya does. She's a total diva and needs your 100% attention...many a time, Pooneet will be playing with her and if he even glances at the tv or his iPhone, she'll scream! I keep telling people that she's the one who will rule our house ;) She loves to stand, hates to sit, loves to suck her fingers, spits out any and all pacifiers. It's fun watching her grow, especially because she is so different from Ananya! At any rate, it's been a fun month for all of us (especially since we're sleeping a lot more) and I can't wait to see what next month brings!

A new friend!

Welcome to the world, Baby Kaysan! Ananya & Amisha's close friends, Zayan and Kenza, welcomed their little brother to the world...and we went to go visit the Verma clan yesterday. We had so much fun reminiscing about Amisha's birth, since it was in the same hospital, and Ananya loved seeing the new baby. Kaysan is a total cutie pie and we are so excited about a lifetime of playdates :)

Congrats, Kapil, Aila, Zayan, and Kenza!

Silly sisters

Ananya and Amisha love laughing together and they do it all the time - when they eat, when they play, when they wake up, when they go to sleep, and especially when Amisha is swinging.

Here's a video of the two sisters: