Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Nursery-C


Here is Annabels first Class photo. If you didnot spot her, she is in the last row, in front of her teacher.

Annual day Dance

Here is Annual day dance video as promised.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

School Annual Day

Victorious Kids celebrated their Annual Day on 5th Dec and Annabel took part in a dance and yoga program. Here she is posing with her dance costume. Videos in the next post :)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Picture Perfect!


This is one of the photos Jacob takes pride in saying he has taken! :)

Splendour Country Club

On one fine Saturday morning, we drove to Khadakwasala to enjoy a day with friends and colleagues. First thing Annabel spotted there was the pool. She took out her toys, jumped into her swim suit and ran to play. She wanted to explore the new place.. She tried the Hammock, the swings and slides in the park. When it was almost time to return, she wanted to go back again in the pool. We all enjoyed and had a pleasant time at the Splendour Country Club.



Monday, October 26, 2009

Cosmos playground

In the society we live in Magarpatta, has a very beauitful garden. As soon Annabel comes from school, she wants to run to the playground to play on swings and slides. She has some new friends too. Esther, Siddharth, Naomi, Ruth are few names I know. They come home in the evening to watch TV with her and to play with her toys. Here are some photos of Annabel playing in the Cosmos garden.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Touching heavens!

Dusshera holidays, gave us some time to go around Pune. Our first destination was Sinhagarh. A fort built on hill top. After lots of turns and rounds we reached the hilltop. There were about a 100 steps which we had to climb and then there was this beautiful spot where you get to touch the clouds… We could feel the tiny droplets that made these fluffy white clouds. The view from top was just Awesome!


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Happy Onam!

Happy Onam Everyone.. This year, Annabels grandparents and her Mama were here with us to celebrate Onam. We prepared OnaSadya at home. On saturday, the same week, we got together with our keralites friends in Pune for a Ona sadya.. Children had a wonderful time.. they put together a pookalam and also sat together in traditional way to have dinner.

Ona sadya @ home


Ona sadya @ gettogether


Annabel posing with her friend wearing traditional dress.

Children having lunch together


Posing next to pookalam children made.

Friday, September 4, 2009

When her toys arrived

For Weeks, Annabel waited for her toys. We used to tell her its on a ship and its sailing to India and she would ask, " will it come tomorrow mama" ? When it arrived few days back, she was immensely happy.. Didnot know where to start with.. Here she is below, holding her favourite doll.


Monday, August 10, 2009

Annabel goes to school

Annabel has started her school. She is in Nursery division of Victorious Kidss. She loves being at school.. Its amazing to see changes her in her in a week. She now sings her ABCs and many hindi and English Rhymes. Here she is in the photo smartly dressed, posing next to her school bag.




Thursday, July 9, 2009

More Good Byes

Dr.Christos has been Annabel's doctor from the time she was born. He says that Annabel is one of the most well behaved kids, as she never cries or makes a fuss when he examines her :) We took a photo of him with Annabel to treasure in our Album as "Annabel's First Doctor".

Saturday, July 4, 2009

At Yaya's place

Annabel has been going to yaya from when she was six months old. She is very attached to yaya(grandma) and papoo(grandpa) there. Her playmate there is Irini, a girl of her same age. These are the people Annabel is going to miss the most when she flies off to Pune, in the coming week.


Monday, June 29, 2009

Daddy's Project event- Protaras

We started off early Saturday morning from Limassol. It was a long drive to Protaras. Annabel was too excited to sleep in the car and all the way, daddy and I had to keep singing her favorite song "lakadi ke kathi, kathi pe ghoda" . There was lots of things to see and do there.. At the "Ocean Aquarium" there were fishes of all sorts. They even had some Penguins and parakeets. Annabel loved the pool.. She could not have enough of it.. floating, playing with her toys, pouring water over herself and daddy over and over again! In the evening, enjoyed the musical light fountains.. More photos in WebAlbum




On our way back we drove to see the Agianappa Sea caves.. It was truely a sight! Carvings made by the waves.


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Pool Party

It was a Sunday after noon, Sun was shining bright and there was a cool breeze.. nothing was more perfect than a pool party at this time! We gathered at Guruvinders home, where he set up a pool for the children.. Everyone was enjoying, splashing water, pouring water on others.. But my Annabel seemed extra shy and prefered to play with toys away from the pool!


Monday, June 1, 2009

Rose gardens!

Agros village in Cyprus is well know for its roses. At this time of year, the harvest is at its best . As we drove into the village, we could smell Roses.. There were Roses every where.. on the roadside and in every house garden. We went to the Rose farm, where they were picking roses to be used in the Factory.. The roses there had very strong scent..We also visited the Factory where we saw how the rose were put in big distiller and rose water is extracted! We got to take some very good pictures too.. More photos in my WebAlbum


Friday, May 29, 2009

Luna Park!!

It was a lazy saturday... We were getting bored at home in the evening. We decided to take Annabel to the Luna park near by.. From our previous experiences, we knew she was not very keen on rides unless we force her to sit on them! This time it turned out very different !She wanted to try all the rides and when we ran out of coins, she was calling out "Dada paisa pleaseeee" !

Friday, May 22, 2009

NorthCyprus- A relaxing holiday

During Easter Holidays in 2008, we went to North Cyprus, which is under the Turkish rule. We needed a visa to go this part of the country, though it did not feel much different from the rest of Cyprus. We had a leisurely vacation with few site seeing and eating out at good restaurants.

The places we saw, were the ruins of Vouni palace. Situated on a mountain, it had a beautiful view. We also saw the Kyrenia fort. It was huge, a marvelous piece of architecture. The dungeons showcased some figures of how prisoners were tortured. The view of the Kyrenia Harbour was truly magnificent.

Among the Restaurants we visited, was a Fish meze restaurant on the way to Vouni Palace. We also went to a Chinese restaurant and an Indian restaurant there. They were good and comparatively cheaper than the restaurants out here. We spend most of our time in the River side Holiday village resort. There were flowers everywhere and also it had a nice pool.
It was a nice trip. A one time must go for all the Cyprus visitors!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

10 most frequent lies!


Every day, i tell my 2 year old many little lies to make her do things I want to... This might not be the best way but surely is the way to have less crying.. Here goes:

1) When she won't eat her food: "I will give u a big Chocolate after dinner"

2) When she won't take her bath: "We will give bath to the duckie together "

3) When she won't wear her dress: " Big mosquitoes are flying and it will bite you"
4) When she doesn't want to get ready in morning: "Lets go to park"

5) When she doesnot want to sleep : "I will tell you a new story today" (and i tell her the same old fairy tale :) )

6) When she wants to run down stairs: " There is a lion waiting outside.."

7) When she wants to eat only chocolates: " That is chee chee chocolate.. not good"
8) When she won't tidy up: " I will give all these toy to ur friend Irini"
9) When she hits somewhere and i try to console her " I will give this table a beating for having hit my lovely girl"
10) When she pleads she wants to go to park: "Tomorrow, dear "
These are just few.. But there are many in the list!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Our Israel venture!

During the easter holidays, we flew to Israel to spend four days there.. Its amazing, that despite all the political problems in Israel, its very well developed and they have no inch of a land that has gone waste! Either its building, or vast agriculture lands or else its land with some forest vegetation! We stayed in Tel-Aviv, a city that never sleeps.. Even at odd hours in the night, u see people cycling and going around.

Day1- we went around Jerusalem, then crossed over to Palestine to see Bethlehem, then drove to Mount olives and to Dead Sea.


Day2- We visited Nazareth, where Jesus grew as a carpenter. Next stop was to Jordan River, where Jesus was Baptised by John the Baptist. We also had the St Peters Fish from a Fish Travern.
Day3- Our destination was Haifa- to the beautiful Bahai gardens, then the large sea caves. We also enjoyed a boat ride.. By then Annabel could not sit any longer in the car for long drives.. So we took her to a park near by where she played till she was tired!
Day4- Our trip was almost at the end. We went around Tel-Aviv, to the SaFari, Carmel Market and then off we drove to the Airport to catch the flight back to Cyprus .

More photos at:
Day1
Day2
Day3
Day4

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Will Miss you, Tanu..

Tanu, another of Annabel's friend is moving to India.. They were pals from very early. To get Annabel do something, we would say, " if you do this.. we will take you to Tanu's house" .. She is surely going to miss Tanu ! On a sunday, we called them over for lunch and i made this spider man cake for Manu.. We also got the girls to pose for pictures :)

Friday, April 3, 2009

Exploring Mathkaloni village

On one satruday afternoon, we went exploring an abandoned vAdd Videoillage.. We did not know the exact way and had to call up our friend every now and then for the directions.. The village itself didnot have anything exciting.. but the drive was good and we got to take some very good pictures..
A view of limassol City
In midst of flowers

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Playhouse

We got Annabel a playhouse from Jumbo.. She was very excited as we put it together. She loves it.. Its like her private place. She plays Hide and seek in it and sometime even want to sleep in it!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

On Green Monday

On Green monday(2nd March), we went for a drive to the beautiful pebbled Curium beach.. There were lots of families having picnic and flying kites.. Along the beach side there was a horse stable. The horses were a pretty site :) There were also stretches of yellow flowers, as though someone has laid a yellow carpet! We stopped at one of the strawberry farms on the way back for some fresh strawberrries. Here are some picutres taken then.



Sunday, March 1, 2009

Colors of Carnival

This year too, we were at the Carnival.. Annabel was very excited seeing the crowd, balloons everywhere, music and people dancing in the middle of street. She eagerly looked on as each troupe went by.. waving and clapping her hands. Some were distributing toffees, which made her even more excited about the entire event! Here are few snaps taken at the parade!