Diwali

Went to Reshma's Diwali party last night. Girls did really well! We were there for almost 2.5 hours and they were fine, didn't cry at all. Reshma had all the old toys out and Quinn and Benjamin were entertaining them. They loved Reshma's new puppy. Vennela was too excited to see the puppy, she climbed on top of the puppy's cage. We escaped with only two minor incidents, Vennela climbing on the cage and Shruthi pulling down the whole try of roti;). This was a much better Diwali party than last year.

The cycle has begun, now Swapna has the cold and I think I'm getting the cold too;)

Bubble Baby

Winter came early to us, temps only in the 40s for the next 4 days;) We took the girls out this evening, to the Chipotle that opened today in the neighborhood, awesome! And ofcourse Swapna had to dress them in Winter clothes, Vennela got the big blue jacket; she looked like a big bubble baby:) I don't think she liked the jacket, she wouldn't move.

They are understanding things now, Swapna trained them well - now they go to the closet and pick up their shoes, put them back in the closet and go upstairs when we say go upstairs. I don't think this 'do what your parents say' thing will last too long.

Both kids have severe cold. Hopefully they will sleep better tonight. Our trip to Staunton this weekend is off - both of them have a cold and it's supposed to snow in Staunton this weekend;) May be next year.

Vennela is getting to be a real rowdy - she completely bosses over Shruthi. This evening, Shruthi was sitting in my lap and I was reading her a book. I guess Vennela wanted that book, she came over grabbed the book and just walked away. If she wants something, she just grabs it from Shruthi. Shruthi does it sometimes too, but not like Vennela, who behaves as if she owns everything.

Good Night Gorilla

Our girls love their books! Shruthi knows all the book names. You just tell her a book name, she brings it over and flops down in my lap. Their new favorite is 'Good Night Gorilla'. I've read it 7 times on Mon and they were still not done with it. We stopped at 7 times only because I hid the book;) That's what we are doing now, after reading 'good night gorilla' a few times, we just hide it. If not we would be reading that book the whole day;)

Vennela still has a black eye, must have been two weeks since she ran into the table. And Shruthi fell face down in our driveway and has scrapes on her nose and face to prove it;)

First road trip

We did our first road trip this past weekend, went to Rehoboth Beach, DE. It was fun, girls liked it. It was about a 3 hour drive, they did fine for all the 3 hours in the car. We just forgot to note down the name and address of the hotel;) I had to call a friend and find out which hotel are staying at. This was a perfect time to be at the beach, no big crowds, and the weather was nice, not too warm and not too cold. We were worried that they won't sleep in the hotel room, but they slept fine in the playpens. The first day, they had a blast on the beach. They both loved the waves, kept running in to the water. It was hard holding on to both of them, they weren't scared of the water at all. They loved the sand slipping from under their feet, with each wave. It was hard keeping them in the room, whenever we opened the door, they just ran out the door;) All the playing in the water must have tired them out, they slept till 7am the next morning. Vennela was too tired from all the playing in the water, she didn't even want to go in the water on Sun. She just kept walking back to the stroller, as if to say, I'm done, let's get out of here.We stopped by Roy''s on the way back, a nicer place to change diapers than the back of a van, in a gas station;) All of us went to an Eastern store instituion, Holly's for lunch. Girls were happy to be back home, they must have missed home, went straight to their room and started playing with their toys. I guess it's not that bad traveling with kids, we just have to be prepared and go with the flow...