A short account of 'school'z out' so far -
Last Friday was the first day of school vacation and we started with a play-date for Avi and Neev and later in the day a doctor's visit to see how well Avi is growing. At 9 he is 57 and a half inches tall, just a couple inches short to reach my height. We also got the boys typhoid vaccine capsules, a recommendation for travel to Bahamas (our upcoming vacation spot).
Saturday started with a Skype video call with parents in India. The day was spent at Taekwondo Academy making sandwiches for Raleigh Rescue Mission, a picnic at the park in the afternoon to meet RadheShyam Dwivedi Ji, a retired Cellular Biologist and very senior karyakarta of HSS who was visiting Sangh's Raleigh chapter from Washington. Evening was spent at a friend's place playing badminton , catching fireflies and having delicious dinner. We celebrated Father's day at midnight by cutting home-baked cake by a friend.
Sunday morning was spent calling home and wishing Dads a great day. Avi and Neev made 'My Dad rocks' and 'World' #1 Dad' cups for their Daddy and also gave him couple of Polo T-shirts taking his advice for gifting 'functional presents'. In the afternoon Avi had his summer recital for Piano and did a wonderful job playing 'finale from Scottish fantasy'. In the evening we also had the pleasure of hosting RadheShyam Ji at our home and that night turned out to be such a special one when Anurag and I got reminded of my Baba as we talked and listened to him. I was thinking of my grandfather so much on Father's day and here we were, having the pleasure of the company of this gentleman who seemed just like a shadow of him - accomplished , active and admirable on so many levels !
Monday was swim lesson for Neev followed by a trip to the library to attend a program on 'paying it forward' for children. Even after so many years I am still in awe of everything that the public libraries offer in this country - thank you Sir Benjamin Frankin !!
Tuesday was on the go again, starting with an early show of 'Lego movie' at Park West 14, a swim date with friends, library program on 'science magic tricks ' and music lesson.
Phew !
Did I mention that I was really looking forward to sleep in during summer :)
Last Friday was the first day of school vacation and we started with a play-date for Avi and Neev and later in the day a doctor's visit to see how well Avi is growing. At 9 he is 57 and a half inches tall, just a couple inches short to reach my height. We also got the boys typhoid vaccine capsules, a recommendation for travel to Bahamas (our upcoming vacation spot).
Saturday started with a Skype video call with parents in India. The day was spent at Taekwondo Academy making sandwiches for Raleigh Rescue Mission, a picnic at the park in the afternoon to meet RadheShyam Dwivedi Ji, a retired Cellular Biologist and very senior karyakarta of HSS who was visiting Sangh's Raleigh chapter from Washington. Evening was spent at a friend's place playing badminton , catching fireflies and having delicious dinner. We celebrated Father's day at midnight by cutting home-baked cake by a friend.
Sunday morning was spent calling home and wishing Dads a great day. Avi and Neev made 'My Dad rocks' and 'World' #1 Dad' cups for their Daddy and also gave him couple of Polo T-shirts taking his advice for gifting 'functional presents'. In the afternoon Avi had his summer recital for Piano and did a wonderful job playing 'finale from Scottish fantasy'. In the evening we also had the pleasure of hosting RadheShyam Ji at our home and that night turned out to be such a special one when Anurag and I got reminded of my Baba as we talked and listened to him. I was thinking of my grandfather so much on Father's day and here we were, having the pleasure of the company of this gentleman who seemed just like a shadow of him - accomplished , active and admirable on so many levels !
Monday was swim lesson for Neev followed by a trip to the library to attend a program on 'paying it forward' for children. Even after so many years I am still in awe of everything that the public libraries offer in this country - thank you Sir Benjamin Frankin !!
Tuesday was on the go again, starting with an early show of 'Lego movie' at Park West 14, a swim date with friends, library program on 'science magic tricks ' and music lesson.
Phew !
Did I mention that I was really looking forward to sleep in during summer :)
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