Catch up Post 2- Shivaangi's 4th birthday

A lot has happened in last 3 years from the time i missed updating the blog.
The girls are 6 and 4 now. The are growing up so soooon.
Capturing a few moments from their 4th and 6th birthday respectively.

Shivaangi is a BIG fan of Minnie Mouse and for her birthday this year (like last year too) she wanted a Minnie Mouse themed birthday.
Her birthday then had to be a Minnie Mouse one!
From my trip to US in June I had bought a big Minnie Mouse along with her set of friends- mickey, donald and daisy. These along with the new craze Peppa Pig and Suzy Sheep were Shivaangi's birthday gift.
So actually the birthday celebrations and preparations began in June itself.

Here's a sneek preview of the elated girl with her birthday gifts :)
                                 
                                         and here are the pics from her birthday

The theme decoration

The card that we made but eventually wasn't sent as only neighbor's children were invited.

Children enjoying party games

and dadaji is all game too :)

and the cake was Minnie Mouse too!

all set to cut the cake

cake cutting done

having my cake

pretty birthday girl oops minnie mouse

all smiles

enjoying the party spread and talks

Birthday girl having all the fun!!

me and my dear friend:)

    looks like the kids had loads of fun!!

Catch Up- Post 1

It’s been years since I last captured anything here. It’s high time I make up for the lost moments! After all I am trying to create a memoir for the girls when they grow up.

The following couple of blog posts are an attempt towards capturing key highlights from last post till date.

The girls are growing up at a pace faster than one can imagine!!

Since the last post a lot has changed. Shivaangi learnt to walk early. She started walking from 9^th month itself.

What better event to start with than dear Shivaangi’s mundan.

Shivaangi’s mundane was planned for 7^th feb2014.- on her dad’s birthday. We decided the date in December itself when her bua and phupaji were here.  My golu molu bacha with nice long and silky black hair was soon going to have her hair shaved off! On the mundane day we went to the same temple in chanakya puri where Devaangi’s mundane was done. Pandit ji had everything ready by the time we reached there. Shivaangi’s bua and phupaji had especially flown in from Mumbai for the ceremony.

Dada, dadi, nani, bua, phupaji, didi, maa and papa were present to have Shivaangi’s mundane done. The cutie happily playing baby was in tears when the barber was shaving off her hair.  I had a tough time holding her and papa had to pitch in to hold Shivaangi.

Phupaji played the photographer and captured these precious moments!!

Finally after the mundane ceremony was over and my takla golu molu has stopped crying and became her jovial self again, it was time to head back home for a quick lunch and get all geared up for the evening celebrations.

We have organized Guruji’s satsang in D-7 community center grounds from 7 pm onwards.

The time flew so fast from the moment we reached home after the mundane in the morning till the time the satsang was to start that everything was ready just in nick of time. In fact nani, papa, didi and Shivaangi reached after Guruji’s jyot had been lit. My poor elder one was sick!

The amazing experience at the satsang that everyone had cannot be described in words. Bhai Ravinder jeet Singh performed live and the serenity with which he sang shabads, had everyone spellbound.

Shivaangi seemed to have enjoyed the evening as she was calm and happy throughout :)