Celebrations at Burger King

We had a party at Burger King, Makedonias for Annabels Birthday. We had a great time! I hope everyone else too had a good time. Here are some photos from the party..

Ready for the Party .. :)

We played musical chair and spoon race for the little children..

Cake cutting.. I had made this Barney cake.. Barney is Annabels Favourite TV program! She keeps on watching it over and over again.

Birthday Bash!

Annabel turned 2 year old on 16th of January! It was a big day for us and for her.. We had some surprises planned for her.Early morning we started the day with a "Winnie the Pooh" cake. She was very excited when we sang her the "Happy Birthday " song and blew the candlle..

Later that evening, her daddy surprised her with a gift.. The expression in these photos tells u how happy she was!!

We took her to Galatica (luna park) where she played till she was tired :) It was a beautiful day and a great start for her New Year!

Holiday Cakes

I baked some cakes during this holiday season.. It was fun to experiment with some new techniques I learned reading several blogs.

The chrismtas cake was the traditional plumcake with dried fruits and roasted almonds. The Icing didnot come out as I expected. It was supposed to be more solid with a shine.

New year cake was an Orange sponge with "paraline crisp" insert. the frosting was with Whipped cream and flowers with icing sugar.

A snowy experience

This year, it snowed much earlier in Troodos. The day after Christmas, we went to enjoy the snow. It was fun sliding down the slope on a sledge and to play in the snow covered park. On the way back, we enjoyed a hot corn and a rather sweet Cyprus delicacy.

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a blessed New year!

Vacation... Part 2 -At Mahabalipuram

We visited 3 different states in our 4 week vacation! Maybe that’s why we felt vacation was too short! During the second week, we were at Mahabalipuram near Chennai. It is famous for carvings on rock. It is marvelous to see the elaborate cave carvings that date back to many centuries ago. An interesting aspect of these sculptures is that, most of the sculptures are Monolithic ( made from single rock) despite their huge sizes!!Each rock-cut caves has a story to tell about the God and Goddesses. Below are some pictures taken at Mahabalipuram

Carvings inside one of the caves.

This Elephant sculpture was the cover page of my 6th grade History Textbook!!The Five Rathas-five monolithic pyramidal structures named after the Pandavas (Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhistra, Nakula, Sahadeva).

There were lot of monkeys around to entertain Annabel. We also saw a monkey cleverly opening a pepsi bottle and sipping the remains!!

Vacation...Part I

I am back again after our short Home leave. We had a good time.. visited many places and saw our relatives and friends. Annabel enjoyed the trip.. she loved to stay outdoors, see all the animals ( cows, dogs, cats, birds) and most of all the attention and care she got from everyone around her.

We stayed in Indore, MP for a week in the start of our trip. Here are some pictures taken there.

Learning to Drive :)

At Sree Maya Restaurant

At MacDonald in Treasure Island, Indore

The White tiger at Indore zoo.