The need for a hobby has probably never been more apparent, with most of us confined to our homes for such an extended period of time. A hobby, and I don’t count binge watching on Netflix as one, has multiple advantages. These advantages were so apparent to me when I transitioned from a working professional […]
Traveling with kids
I’m writing this because 5 years later, if someone asks me how we managed to travel so much with two kids under 5, I’m sure I won’t remember the details. Just in case this will help other parents out there. The basics I’ve found that kids don’t really care about where they are so long […]
Summer of 2018 – the Awww…. moments
There are too many of them to recall and record. It is probably their ephemeral nature that makes them so precious, to be enjoyed for the moment, leaving behind that happy feeling. Now, at the end of the trip, as I think back, I feel so content and happy, so there must have been so […]
Summer of 2018 – activities with the kids : park visits
During this trip, I was almost obsessive about getting Daksh and Vedant to spend time outdoors. So during the week, we tried to go to some park every day. Ice cream at the end of a park visit was almost as big a motivator as spending time outdoors was :-). I’ve missed a few parks […]
Summer of 2018 – cherished moments with family and friends
Athena and Arjun often joked that we knew more people in Seattle than they did. And so, we spent most days of our first 2 weeks in Seattle, including weekdays, visiting friends and family. We are so fortunate to have so many people welcome us into their homes and hearts, un-reservedly, and make time for […]
Summer of 2018 – the mad 4 country trip : Copenhagen and Malmo
The trip is done and dusted but we’re all still trying to figure out how Copenhagen got added to our itinerary. From Copenhagen, we had to fly back to Seattle via Reykjavik, so we should have been able to take the Reykjavik-Seattle flight in the first place. But, for whatever reason, I’m glad we stopped […]
Summer of 2018 – the mad 4 country trip : Iceland
I happened to read somewhere that one possible reason for kids to have problems with their eyesight is that they focus on objects that are closer for longer and more often – like a book or a screen or a toy on the table or floor. They don’t exercise their eye muscles by focusing on […]
Summer of 2018 – the mad 4 country trip: Toronto and New York
We covered 4 countries and 6 cities in 2 and a half weeks, and stayed in 6 different houses during this time. At the end of it Daksh just wanted to go back home, but overall, I thought the kids coped quite well. We like to think that our mad travels have been largely good for […]
Summer of 2018 – activities with the kids: Seattle excursions
Summer in Seattle is just glorious. It’s easy to see why Washington is called the Evergreen State. And contrary to Seattle’s reputation during other times of the year, days are not all cloud and rain. In fact, we got very little cloud and rain. One of my friends said that these few months of good […]