Bhavishya

I just wanted to post some new pictures of Bhavishya I took on Saturday...I hadn't noticed Pashmina doing "her business". ;-)

Voici quelques photos de Bhavishya...je n'avais pas remarqué Pashmina ;-)

La Chandeleur avec 24 heures de retard

Eh oui nous avons fêté la chandeleur avec 24heures de retard puisque Miss B était encore fièvreuse.

Pour ceux et celles qui veulent savoir comment j'ai fait les crèpes puisque Bhavishya est intollerente au lactose...avec du lait de riz aux amendes. Délicieux!

Pimp My Shaw!

I came accross this and could not resist posting it!
Enjoy!

Congratulations to Steffie and family!

My friend Steffie just got the referral of a beautiful little boy a few days ago.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL, STEFFIE! He's gorgeous!

You should check out her blog, it's a beautiful and fun place to go to!

Creativity

En regardant ce site , ça me re-donné envie de sortir ma MàC et de me mettre à l'ouvrage.
Souvenez-vous, la robe/tunique à motif coccinelles que j'avais faite (avec l'aide de mon amie Nathalie) pour les 4 ans de Bhavishya? J'avais aussi cousu des fanions pour sa fête d'anniversaire. Aujourd'hui ils sont accrochés dans sa chambre?

Whilst I was busy surfing, I found this fun website and it's Etsy shop that made me feel like getting my sewing machine out of the attic.

Do you remember the dress / tunic I made for Bhavishya's 4th bday and the garlands (see above pictures)?

Maybe I should get back into this activity...?

Je devrai me (re) mettre à l'oeuvre...?

I found the fabric here (her bday theme was lady bugs) and the dress/tunic model here.

J'avais trouvé le tissus ici (le thème était les coccinelles) et le patron de la robe ici.

Our trip to India III

This mini video was taken in the car driving us from Bombay airport to our Friend's house. Bare in mind, Bhavishya was very exited and extremely tired, hence her not concentrating very well when speaking.

For those of you who cannot see the image properly nor hear very well (the sound & image are appaling), I asked her how one says hello in India and her reply is:

"Namaste, like little Jesus" (meaning putting your hands together like when one is praying, something she learned doing at the orphanage age < than 2!)

Cette mini video a été prise dans la voiture qui nous conduisait de l'aéroport de Bombay chez nos amis. Notez, qu'il était très tard, que Bhavishya était très exitée et complètement crevée.

Pour ceux qui ne voient pas bien l'image ou ceux qui n'entendent pas bien (le son est exécrable comme l'image d'ailleur), je lui demande comment dit-on "Bonjour" en Inde, sur ce elle répond:

"Namaste, comme Petit Jesus" (voulant dire que l'on joint les mains comme lorsque l'on prie - chose qu'elle a appris à faire à l'orphelinat alors qu'elle avait tout juste 2 ans si ce n'est moins!).

Happy Groundhog day!

This is this morning's news:

Punxsutawney, Pa. – The world's most famous groundhog has seen his shadow which, legend has it, means this already long winter will last for six more weeks.

Click here to read more.

Oh noooooooooooooooooooooo! I want spring NOW!

Our trip to India II

In the plane in Zurich:

Happy 4 1/2 birthday Darling Bhavishya

We don't celebrate 1/2 birthdays in our family...but since about 4 months Bhavishya has been nagging me and asking me everyday when she will be 4 1/2. So this morning when I woke her up I said:

"Good morning my big girl of 4 1/2"...

She opened her eyes and gave me one of these smiles only she can give, the kind of smile that lights up any room, any person, any sad situation and then in her small and sleepy voice she said:

"Mama I grew up so fast...I'm nearly as tall as you are now..." (huge grin).

LOL!

I wanted to take the time to take pictures this morning but we were in a rush...on the way home, Bhavishya had a fever and fell asleep so here is the one of this morning in her class room.

Our trip to India I

It is about time I post a little about our Indian trip...don't you think???

Well as mentioned previously, we were 24 hours delayed due to some snow fall. We spent Christmas at my in-laws...they live on the Swiss-Italian border.

















More later!

Busy bee

I am a busy bee these day. Getting through stacks of laundry, bills, organising our year, extra curricular activities for Miss B and last but not least trying to find a primary school for our little Princess.

I can already hear some of you scream and say "Let the poor girl enjoy Kindergarden" well, schools are issues here and we do not want to put her in the public / Luxembourgish system and it appears the good private schools are pretty full...the other question is do we want her to go in the French system? The level of the English school isn't that great...furthermore they stop age 16 so then what? Send her to boarding school in the UK? Don't think so...the International school?

I promise, I will post about our trip soon.

You all have a great w-e!

In Bombay

So much has happenend, I've been so so busy...I know I need to upload some pictures...anyhow, we had a lovely Christmas party at home on Dec. 19th. The last guests left at 5:30 ish in the morning! It was a killer...I'm not used to going to bed that late (early, shall I say).

We left for Lugano, Switzerland, with a full car, a 4 year old hoping Santa would know where she will be staying at a a dog on Monday. En route, we stopped to the post office and the car broke down...a problem with the battery...we left a little later than expected and made it ok. Bhavishya was thrilled to see her Grandparents and they spoilt her rotten (as usual) and guess what...Santa came. Will post a small video soon.

We were supposed to arrive late on Friday night in Bombay, however due to the snow in Lugano, the airport was closed...we arrived with a 24 hour delay (sighhhh) but we are all fine.

Miss B was very funny at the airport...she got very exited and kept saying:

"Maman regarde, une dame indienne, et encore une et encore une...il y a beaucoup de dame indienne!" (Mama look an Indian woman, another one and here again another one...there are lots of Indian women)she recognised the sari's and bindi's.

She is just adorable and seems to enjoy herself a lot, she is thrilled to spend some time with Uncle Sunnil (her God Father) and Titi (Gitu)...

I need to dash...I need to get ready, we are having Anju, look after the children and we are off to 2 bars and a restaurent! Mark and I are thrilled...no arguments as to whom will be driving (or drinking).

More tomorrow - I hope!

Tata

Just because...

Berry : Le bonheur (Carnet de route n°2)
envoyé par CasaDeBerry

Our forthcoming trip to India

As most of you know, we are due to be in India on boxing day. Our Dear Friends Gitu & Sunnil are organising it.

This is the email Gitu sent to us today:

Dear all

Just dreadful what has happened in Bombay. Everyone that we know is fine thank god.

Hope you are all not freaked out. If it was going to happen then better now. Very low chance of it happening again in a month and the security will be hightened.

Having grown up in Lagos and London we tend to be quite fatalistic about things like this - its the luck of the draw.

Speak soon,
G

We are delighted and relieved all is ok with their family and friends. I guess we all tend to forget how Londoners suffered terrorism with the IRA for 20 years! Italy did in the 70s and 80s with the red brigades; Milan was a "war Zone"... Spain still have big problems with ETA...

Mumbai

Our thoughts and prayers are with our dear friends, Sunnil & Gitu as well as Malini and Manik's families and friends during this most difficult time.

A Great song to be shared

Herbie Hancock, christina Aguilera - a song for you [live @ ellen degeneres]

Enjoy!

Introducing our family / Je vous présente notre petite famille

Pour ceux qui ne nous connaissent pas encore / Pour ceux qui ne nous connaissent pas encore:

Get your own Family Sticker Maker & MySpace Layouts.

Bhavishya's new room II

Pour faire plaisir à Mimi...des photos plus grandes. As per Mimi's request, bigger photos:




J'aimerai trouver encore trouver une petite lumière pour ce coin / I'd like to find a fun little light for this corner

We are spending New Year's eve in India / On fête le Nouvel An en Inde

I am slowly getting busy organising our trip to India (we are going with Bhavishya's God Father, Sunnil, his sister and 7 other friends...we'll be 11 adults and 7 kids). With Mark travelling so much, it is not easy finding a day where I can "steal" his passport to have our visa's issued. Well, after consulting his diary, Wednesday is the day I shall take my car to Brussels. It a 2 1/2 hour drive if not stuck in trafic. The problem is I need to leave, all the documents in the morning and I will need to pick them up at 5:00PM so I will be stuck in trafic jams both in the morning and in the evening. The +++ is that I shall be doing xmas shopping the rest of the day and I might have lunch with a girl friend.

Tout doucement j'organise notre voyage en Inde (nous partons avec le parrain de Bhavishya, Sunnil, sa soeur ainsi que 7 autres amis - nous serons 11 adultes et 7 enfants). Etant donné que Mark voyage tellement ces temps, il m'est difficile de trouver un jour ou je peux m'accaparer de son passport pour faire faire son visa. Bref, après consulté son agenda, mercredi sera le jour oÙ j'irai à Bruxelles. C'est à 2 h 30 de chez nous si on ne se prend pas les bouchons. Le pb est que je laisse les passports et les autres doc, le matin et je dois revenir chercher le tout vers les 17h00, je serai donc dans les bouchons le matin et le soir! (soupirs). Le + est que je ferai mon shopping de Noël à Bruxelles en attendant 17h 00 et j'irai probablement déjeuner avec une amie.

I've created a closed blog for Bhavishya. if you are interested reading about our trip, please let me know, I'll send you the link.

J'ai crée un blog fermé pour Bhavishya. Si vous désirez lire les péripéties de notre Princesse, veuillez me laisser un commentaire. Je vous donnerai le liens.

Bhavishya's "new room"

Well it is not really a "new room", I changed around her furniture, organised her toys and books and finally mooved the white bookcases that were in our room (which I have owned since my student years...Thanks to Ikea). I just could not stand them anymore in our room...they just did not fit in.


I made Bhavishya close her eyes before she came in her room...she was so exited she could not stand in place any longer and boy, was she delighted...she discovered her toys as if they were new toys...Christmas in November! I should have thought about it beforehand...would have saved us some $$$ in December! HA!




Ce n'est pas vraiment une "nouvelle chambre", j'ai ré-organisé les jouets, les livres, j'ai changé les meubles d'emplacement et j'ai finalement déménagé les bibliothèques blanches (celles que mes parents m'ont achété chez Ikea alors que j'étais encore étudiante) qui étaient dans notre chambre...


J'ai demandé à Bhavishya de fermer les yeux avant qu'elle n'entre dans sa "nouvelle" chambre...elle ne tenait plus en place...elle était excitée comme une puce...elle découvrait ses jouets comme si ils étaient nouveaux