Gals' Dayout

My DH went away on a work trip. The girls were left home alone. By girls, am referring to my little J, and her nanny Sarah and myself.

It had been a while since we had taken little J out to a play center. And yet nearly every week, I bribe her with "taking her to swimming pool" if she does one thing or the other. Thank God for children's innocence because had it been a grown up, the demand to fulfill the swimming pool promises would have been up the roof.

So, what better time than this (well, yesterday) when the girls were all home alone on a quiet sunny Sunday afternoon...to effect all my promises to the little one, and have a treat at the same time! We purposed to head out to a nearby kids play center to enjoy the afternoon.

And off we went....

Thankfully, the place was not as crowded as I anticipated. There were lots of activities to try out and little J was completely spoilt for choice. We managed to make a plan for her to go onto one by one until we'd explored everything. Oh, the fun and laughter that filled the air, let's just say is one of those priceless moments in life :-)

the famous swimming pool

dear nanny, aunt Sarah 

 At the end of the afternoon, I was as exhausted as the main participant, but oh so thankful for the outing. Till the next play date, let's continue sipping on our ice-cream, adieus!

October Birthday

So am here to congratulate my self upon pulling off the Surprise of the year (in my small world, at least)... I love planning for celebrations & events. I like doing the behind the scenes work and seeing it come out beautifully at the end. I derive a sense of joy in seeing my loved ones happy!

Let me back track to how it all started...Being that the hubs birthday this year fell on a busy Monday day, am talking first Monday of the month when I have like a hundred reports to submit 😆😆😆 I simply had to rise to the occasion and make lemonade, as they say... "when life hands you lemons,..."

So, somewhere every September, my head starts to spin and wonder how to celebrate our October birthday. The last birthday I had done a surprise weekend getaway, and the year before, I sent a present at the office, hmmm, so this time, I decided to go with a surprise birthday dinner on a Monday evening, inviting a few close family friends.

Here goes, our invite... which I somehow crafted with the help of my dear friend Google, and Ms.Paint program.  Sent these out on Whatsapp for the guests.

Then, I decided to go with the black and gold theme to make my own simple table linen & decor; since I hosted the dinner at a restaurant (for obvious reasons), I needed to sort of customize the table settings a lil bit... Didn't turn out too shabby, I guess... Even my random home decor projects I do in my rare free time, got to work as a center piece...(yay!)

Then, the esteemed guests did turn ALL turn up, as were invited. Was extremely honored for getting a quorum in these our busy days of our lives.   And our B-day boy was extremely surprised, seeing as he hadn't even reealised the day was his birthday (!) Well, the story of tricking him to come to the venue, is clearly a story for another day. It wasn't any near easy...but I still smile whenever I remember it.

Moral of the post: Is to try to appreciate our dear ones in whichever little way, whenever we can. Life's too short to keep whining and bottling up so much negative energy. Choose positivism, any day. Thank you God for the gift of family & friends!

And what's a birthday without cake...?

What do you do when celebrating birthdays for loved ones? Hmmm, sharing is caring...

Where did the time go?

Hey Readers,

I've been away for a couple of months, years, I sorta lost my way to blogging....But over the past few days, here I was thinking to myself, how life is happening...so fast.... and I am not even recording any of the beautiful memories anywhere.....hmmmm...

Where do I start? Maybe 1st off with a big vote of thanks to God for seeing us through everything. My little angel is turning 3 soon...! She was only a few months old yesterday...Where did the time go????

She's talks, sings, dances!!! Oh, does she love to dance. I don't know where she gets that from...Certainly not in my genes. She loves to travel a lot and watch all these youtube videos of nursery rhymes...And she loves to play, all the time, anywhere, with whoever cares...

A few pictures of the fun times....

In other news, we had our first saloon visit today. For some reason, I have always handled baby J's hair requirements in the comfort of our home, with the help of our wonderful nanny Sarah. So, this time, I was heading out to a saloon, and guess who tagged along..? Right. We went and little madam sat in that salon chair like a pro. No crying, whatsoever...and just looking at the mirror the whole time at what was being done on her little head. Boy, do I have a little fashionista in the making!!!

We just came back from a wonderful family trip away from home...and it was so much fun! I can't wait to share...But that's for another day. For now, am so glad to actually be writing on the blog. I have forever been procrastinating. Not anymore. Watch this space ladies and gentlemen!

Let me know what you've been upto lately?

Cheers! Adios! Au revoir!