A croco eating Momma?

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 4/10/2013 8:14:00 AM

'J was out of station for couple of days, leaving Liya and myself back in Hyderabad. In Liya's words "two girls' rocking in Hyderabad"... I found Liya immersed in deep thought and enquired: "What are you thinking my sweetie?"Liya: "Momma what if a big crocodile comes now and eats you up?"Myself: "OMG! OMG!!!!"She continues: "Momma, I won't have anyone to cook food..."How silly is that!!!!'

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Project 365 : Day 6 : Playroom

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 1/6/2013 5:12:00 AM

'Setting up L's new playroom...'

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Project 365 : Day 5

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 1/5/2013 5:08:00 AM

'Our much awaited parcels have finally arrived today... :)'

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Project 365 :: Day 3 : Choosing fabric

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 1/4/2013 4:56:00 AM

'Little hand is helping us choose a fabric for our new couch..:)'

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Project 365 :: Day 2 : The First Star of the year!

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 1/4/2013 4:37:00 AM

'2nd Jan 2013- The very first day of school in the new year, L came home with a really BIG star on her right hand. So proud!!'

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Project 365 :: Day 1

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 1/3/2013 5:49:00 PM

'On the first day of the new year, Liya is the proud owner of two flower pots at her mini garden.'

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Project 365

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 1/3/2013 4:59:00 AM

'Inspired by Foz, I am gonna give a try with Project 365. The project is all about "A photo a day, every day for a Year". Well, I won't be able to post it everyday... So, may be I will club a week's photos and post it. Let me see if I am gonna succeed. Challenge!!!P.S: I am not a creative photographer. But, going around with my phone, I take a lot of pictures everyday. So, mostly I will be sharing moments from life, not really an aesthetic, stunning photo gallery... :) '

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Wordless Wednesday :: Dancing in the road

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/28/2012 12:03:00 PM

'Taken from the road side of one of the busiest area, the IT hub of Hyderabad... On our way back to home, during our search for preschools... we were waiting for Pappa to return from office... This is how she spent nearly an hour!     '

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Book of the Week ~ Maisy Dresses Up

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/28/2012 10:26:00 AM

'Welcome back to another Book of the Week issue. It's been long time since a book review and it's high time. Like I said here, we were working on FABRICs theme as a part of our homeschooling adventures and hence we were reading many books related to fabrics and clothing.Today we're gonna share with you a wonderful book from the very popular Maisy series – Maisy Dresses Up by Lucy Cousins.[ Continue Reading... ]'

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Gaza Crisis Appeal

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/24/2012 10:03:00 AM

'The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television. - Sophia Loren.I am sure that everyone is aware of the dreading situations in Gaza. Orphans in need (orphansinneed.org) is appealing to support to the orphaned children of Gaza. Anybody interested in helping, may please head over to this website..Let's do our tiny bit to give them back the colo(...)'

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Friday Wisdom

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/23/2012 3:09:00 AM

'Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.- Robert Louis StevensonJoining Foz, with our tiny bit of learning...'

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Response from KinderKare Gachibowli for my review : Disgusting!

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/21/2012 3:58:00 PM

'Today, early in the morning I was more than happy to see that KinderKare, Gachibowli has sent a response to the post I made after my bad experience at their school. However, as I read through,  I seriously thought if they wouldn't have sent this mail. The only word I could express my feel is SHOCK... SHOCK... I am pasting the mail as it's below, adding my comments in BLUE highlight. I would really appreciate if my readers could take a moment and tell me if this is something (...)'

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Homeschooling Adventures : We're there!!

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/21/2012 4:04:00 AM

'Now that Liya's school encourages parents to reinforce the learning at home, we are finally thinking to plan some learning activities at home. She has a lot of time after 1.00 noon, and wouldn't it be a good idea to plan it creatively? Parallel homeschooling has been in my wish-list since long. Finally, we're actually doing some planned homeschooling, yay!!This school, like most of them, picks a theme for two weeks and learning (absolutely no teaching and no textbooks) happens (...)'

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...and Liya goes to Nursery!

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/20/2012 3:56:00 AM

'On 14th Nov, Liya started her official pre-schooling! Yay, Liya goes to nursery. I still can not believe how fast time flies by... my tiny bug has grown into a little woman!!!In her school uniformAfter a lot of searches, researches, analysis, thinking and rethinking, we have finally decided upon Globe Toter, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Liya absolutely loved the school. On her first day, she was all excited to go to new school. On the way she threw up and lost her mood. So, she cried when(...)'

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3 Years :: Pics

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/20/2012 3:09:00 AM

'Lumbini Park, Hyderabad[ Continue Reading... ]'

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3 years:: Where does she stand?

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/18/2012 12:00:00 PM

'On 11th Oct 2012, Liya completed 3 years on planet earth. Needless to say, it's been an awesome journey, parenting a little girl, by learning, unlearning and re-learning, everyday. Thank God for each and every moment!! And today, we complete 5 years of our married life!! How awesome is that! Thank God!It's been such a long since my last Liya update. So much had happened since then. Given the fact that pre schoolers learn quickly, last few months have been rapid 'developm(...)'

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Hyderabad Preschools: Strawberry fields - Review

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/13/2012 1:32:00 PM

'We did not see a chance for a quick move from Hyderabad, so we began looking for preschools. The very first school to check was Strawberry fields.SF is another popular network in Hyderabad. I just learned that they have started a new school in Paradise circle.Why Strawberry Fields? [ Continue Reading... ]'

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Hyderabad Preschools : Sunshine Begumpet -review

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/12/2012 12:27:00 PM

'Sunshine, BegumpetThis is where Liya went for nearly 1.5 months. Soon after we landed in Hyderabad, we just had to find a daycare and this one was closer to the place where we stay as of now. Moreover, it was on my way to office so was convenient for me to drop and pick her.We opted for Sunshine, without a second thought because I had received an awesome feedback from an ex-colleague plus we did not get time to go and search for schools. Hence opted this as a temporary set up until (...)'

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Momma doesn't know to drive!!

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/12/2012 7:01:00 AM

'"Momma, don't you know to 'ride' this car?"Asked Liya when the car turned off twice in the traffic, on my first day drive in Hyderabad."I do know sweetie, just that it's been such a long since I drove in such a heavy traffic"- said Momma and drove.After 2 days, when she was traveling with J, the issue was brought into his attention. Momma doesn't know to ride this car, Let's bring our car from the US. (That's the thing.)Image- Hyd traf(...)'

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KinderKare Gachibowli: Bad Experience

Author : Nish      Blog : ..all about Liya..      Date : 11/11/2012 6:52:00 AM

'KinderKare is one of the popular daycare cum preschools in Hyderabad, located in Gachibowli. But, we had a really bad experience with them and chose not to go ahead with the school.Why did we shortlist? [ Continue Reading... ]'

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