Coming soon

A debriefing of our family day as well as my bday week-end! Stay tuned!

Pivotal moment / 744

I've read on this blog, which I follow regularly and I have also read in a book (I cannot remember which one) that the pivotal moment in an adopted child's life is when he or she has lived with you longer than the amount of time he or she has spent in an orphanage.

I CAN'T BELEIVE I AM...

40 TODAY!!!!

I feel like such a young and sexy spring chicken!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UNCLE SUNNIL!!!

We wish you all the best!

We miss you and love you,

MarSaBaPa

XXX

Vintage photography / photos vintage

Did you know that the US Library of Congress has put some fabulous pictures on Flickr.

There are 2200 black and white pictures from 1910 and there are 1615 coloured pictures from the 30s and 40s.

Saviez-vous que la bibliothèque du Congrès Américain a téléchargé sur le site Flickr, une collection formidable de photographies? On y trouve 2200 photos en noir et blanc pour les années 1910, et 1615 photos en couleur pour les années 30 et 40.

J'en ai séléctionné 3 pour vous en mettre l'eau à la bouche...

I've chosen 3 for you to enjoy!

DIETS? NOT FOR ME! UN REGIME? NON PAS POUR MOI!

How to eat, ice cream, cake, chocolate, candy, lollipops etc. without gaining any weight!

Comment manger de la glace, du gâteau, des bonbons, des sucettes etc. sans prendre 1 gramme!

I GUARD THE SECRET!

JE DETIENS LE SECRET!

Thank you so so much

Grand-Daddy-O and Mummee-O

for this wonderful Teppee!

Bhavishya and I are in loooove!

With a 1 month old orphaned puppy called Salvador

08/10 edit: It is NOT the new addition of the family! My hairdresser's boy friend found him near his dead mother. He's a 1 month old orphan...they fed him with a pipette and are now starting with a bottle!

Miss B took the picture of me...thank goodness for digital cameras! LoL

Discover Various Artists!

TUB / BAIN

2 BEST FRIENDS!
2 MEILLEURES AMIES!

Bhavishya & Camille

Bhavishya's bday

Jumping from one charity to another

I recently posted about our friend Gitu trying to raise 3'500.--£ to pay for the full running costs (teachers, materials, field trips) of an Akanksha centre to educate 60 kids for a whole year in Mumbai! They combined it with the summer party at the Punch Tavern in London which was held on August 5th. She dropped me a mail yesterday saying:

"Yes it went well - completely mad drunken party but overall we have managed to raise £3,200 (half of this was from bids for prizes in an auction). Very close to target so may be able to make it yet - few have promised."

I will keep the interactive widget for a few more days so, please help her get her target by simply clicking on it and make a donation!


Akanksha is a great charity. Gitu has done some voluntary work in Mumbai with them last, November, December and January.

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My Blog buddy Rachel is also doing some charity...she and her little elves sell some crafts on Etsy. The proceeds from her sales are used to send Christmas gifts to children living in Russian orphanages. To this effect, I am adding another interactive widget on my sidebar showing the items being sold. I already bought a few things from her and I'm tellen ya they are fun!

I guess this is it...unless you want to be one of her little elves...go and check her post out here.

Bhavishya's bday party - debriefing

The/le theme: Ladie bugs / La coccinelle

14 kids / enfants

+12 Adults (parents of the kids) / adultes (les parents des enfants)

+ Very hot and humid weather / la météo très chaude et humide

+ 1 Thunder storm / 1 orage

+ A Rainbow / 1 arc-en-ciel

+ Tons of presents / 1 tonne de cadeau

= A spoilt but happy little Girl! Une petite fille gâtée mais heureuse

Discover DJ Ötzi!

Happy 4th Birthday Darling Sunshine

She saw her cupcakes & fruit arrive with the candles! Look at her expression! Isn't she just PRECIOUS?

Bhavishya Darling,

You are our Pride and Joy! You are our Sunshine! You are everything we dreamed of in a daughter and more! Today you are 4 years old! You are a Big Girl! You were so happy with all the parties and celebration we had over the week-end, You were so grateful and so gracious thanking us.

I know a day like today could be bitter sweet, but I guess you are still a little young to realise that. As you very well know K is in our hearts always and we shall pray she is happy and safe...how I wish she knew you are safe, healthy and happy with parents who just adore you!

You have a lovely day, a lovely year, may you continue to thrive, be healthy and happy, be loving and caring thoughtful and kind as you are always.


God bless Little Angel.

Mama and Daddy

Happy Girl!

BUSY

Eh oui, je n'ai pas été par ici très souvent dernièrement...j'étais fort occupée!

J'ai beaucoup de rattrapage à faire!

I haven't been around much lately...I was quite busy!

I guess I'll have a lot of catching up to do!

Music

J'ADORE! I love it!

Puts me in a good mood! Ca sens la bonne humeur par ici!

Coldplay- Viva La Vida® Official Music Video

Avis à Mimi et à Moushette!

Aujourd'hui, nous avons passé la journée en charmente compagnie d'un certain...

FIRMIN!

'Cause I wanna remember / parceque je veux m'en souvenir...

Hier on a entendu:

"Maman pour mon Nanniversaire, j'aimerai heu comment on dit heueueu...un pastirateur roze" (grand sourir!)

Nous on était écroulé de rire! Et puis son Papa, est-tu certaine que tu ne désires pas une belle tente d'indien en beau tissus? Ou une magnifique poupée? Ou encore toute la collection des histoires de Beatrix Potter? (le sujet de son annif...suite au prochain épisode!).

Bon je vous laisse je dois passer le pastirateur dans la cuisine!

Excellente journée...on part chez les ânes tout à l'heure mais Miss B a mal aux yeux donc détour chez le Dr.

Cute Adoption Video

I found this on this blog. Thank you Kristi.

It is so very cute!

Fund Raising Charity Akanksha

My good friend G, sent me this email last night:

Hi,

We’re doing some fund-raising for a charity called Akanksha that I
recently did some voluntary work for.

Akanksha educates kids who live in slums in India and believes that a
good basic education is the best way to help these kids help themselves. It is a
professionally run charity and I have visited the centres and can vouch for the
fact that the money is spent on the kids and not on lots of admin. We’re aiming
to raise £3,500 which is the running cost of an Akanksha centre to educate 60
kids for a whole year! This covers the cost of teachers, materials and field
trips. http://www.akanksha.org/

The Punch Tavern (99 Fleet Street, London) is combining this fund-raiser with
their Summer party for their Members on Tuesday 5 August. Come along if you can,
and/or please consider making an online donation via the following link to the
Just giving site of the UK charity Kinoe (Kids in need of education) which
raises funds for Akanksha. Hopefully a donation of £5/£10/£20 won’t dent your
bank balance too much and it will make a big difference to the kids.

www.justgiving.com/davepocock

Well, I’m sure you weren’t expecting me to ask for sponsorship to run the
marathon!
All the best,

G

I've also inserted a widget on my tool bar on the left, should anyone be interested in helping her reach her

July 9th' edit: Like Hamish, we'll also give 500£ if you, Gitu do the marathon! ;-) who else would do it? Lee? what about Neil & Phillie?

Yeeeessss!

I've got my tickets!!! Yes!

Jamie will be performing at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris on:

October 28, 2008

I love this Guy! So does Bhavishya she calles him "Baby Jamie" (Wonder where it comes from? Well I call him Jamie Baby so she got the words a little mixed up! LoL).

Discover Jamie Cullum!

Hello Uncle...

During our picnique, Bhavishya (and Mark) had a very interesting telephone conversation...


We heard:

"Hello, Uncle Wick (Rick) may I please speak to Cousin William"?

after a short while we heard...

"Daddy, you say hello to Cousin William"...

What a sneaky 2 year old little boy he is, on the phone with his cousin!!! pfff!