Zindagi Everyday

Nowadays, have got special affinity to kitchen. Love to cook food. Few days back made Matar Paneer & Boondi Raita following the recipe from my favourite website vegrecipesofindia.com It was a big big hit, all cleaned up with no left overs. Compliments pouring from all the in laws and most importantly husband dear. He always prefers perfection when it comes to food, so its like a big achievement for me to hear 'wow' from him. Till now his best compliment is 'you make food just like mom, i cannot differentiate if u made it or mom' .....hmm half of the target to stomach achieved,no more mumma food cravings for him now :)
During navratris, I did prepare sabudana khichdi , recipe taken from the website mentioned, and it was also a great thumbsup from hubby and me too :) I had made so good khichdi both in taste and texture for the first time in my short kitchen journey. Pics are not that great as took them in a jiffy
Now here comes the pics of both the trials !!

Matar Paneer !!

Sabudana Khichdi !!

These days I am getting a strong affinity towards Cake baking and decorating.All those beautiful cakes allures and mesmerise me so much, and no doubt I am a big cake lover. So finally I have decided to give it a try. Have contacted one of the baking classes and now just waiting for the new batch to start !!
At the same time I am so attracted towards photography too. At times I do get credit for my photography, as well as my interest towards it is forcing me to try it out for once atleast. Just waiting for right gear to switch on. This hobby of mine is going to dig hubby's pocket a big blow :P
images courtesy : google images



I know I am thinking so much of dreamy things which even I am not sure I would be able to hang on. Anyways, if I try it or not atleast I can write it ;)

Kido is done with the playgroup, and now has started with the pre-nursery in a new school. The reason for changing the school is not by choice but due to the closure of the franchise of the school. Her teacher suggested us this new school where her daughter was also studying. She is so damn satisfied with the school efforts and child growth that I had no further doubts when I saw her daughter. So from here, the new school for kido came into picture.

After our Mumbai trip, we started the school for kido. She is admission-ed to pre- nursery as she already have the playgroup background. Thanks to my decision of sending her to play group, in the new school she didn't face a single moment of dullness or sadness. She gets ready in the morning with not much of fuss, enjoys her bath, let me get her dressed up , picks her lunchbox (she says it as 'tifin') and water bottle, wears her school bag and ask me to go saying 'time ho gaya' . Her grandparents mentions that she is just like her father, always neat and tidy and ready to go on time just like S use to do. She has the shadow of his father's personality :)

Kido never cried in the school. Also a very regular at informing the maids for her bathroom breaks. She is a quick learner as I already said, so has learnt the new rhymes quickly when taught in the school. She finishes her lunch with no tantrums.
There is improvement on my part too. Now I have started to pick and drop her to school in our car. Finally my driving lessons are getting useful in practice. In the morning when I drop her at school, she waves goodbye with all smile saying 'time aa jaun' meaning I will come on time :)
She has learnt to wish good morning and good afternoon to the teachers and the staff in the school. Her good morning sounds so crystal clear now. In the afternoon, when pick her up, she is all in smiles again running to me with her open arms. That is a moment which I love the most. Kido is such a darling.
Nowadays she has learnt counting, alphabets, rhymes, and coloring. And above all she loves to act and dance. Her teacher also told me that she enacts the rhymes so well. So finally I have also converted into 'Rhyme sunao beta' type of mumma :P can't help it out,typical motherhood symptom

Little wonders going around my world everyday !!

After visiting Shirdi, next day we planned a little bit of Mumbai sightseeing as kido also got well, thus thought of making the full utilization of the limited time we had in our hands. For the sightseeing we hired a INNOVA cab which charged us 3000 Rupees for the whole 12 hours. We couldn't use the full 12 hours, but then also it was worth it as the comfort, and driver both were great.

Beginning the Mumbai Darshan, we boarded the cab from Mira Road, and then decided to visit Juhu beach first. This was the first visit of my families to Mumbai excluding me. The juhu beach contrary to my expectations, was clean, with people jogging, enjoying the morning there. The water is as usual dirty, but the shore is clean. Family enjoyed the beach as it was their first experience to sea beach. We proceeded towards the Pavbhaji shops of the Juhu beach.Enjoyed the pavbhaji , and it was simply superb. After long time my taste buds got satisfied with the real Mumbai pavbhaji taste. On the eve of Good Friday, a beautiful sand art of Lord Jesus was made at the beach.

Sand art of Lord Jesus at Juhu beach

After Juhu, we headed towards Bandra. Lucky for us that being a weekend there was not much crowd and traffic on the roads. But yeah heat is always scorching in Mumbai. We reached Bandstand, Bandra. On the way was Shahrukh Khan's house 'Mannat'. You can see people clicking pics outside of the bungalow gate. Really its a huge bungalow !!
We reached the Bandstand at Bandra. It is just near the hotel TAJ, and the Bandra Fort. There is a well maintained garden known as 'Lands & Garden' where you can obviously see so many couples chitchatting. Yeah that's the most famous place for couples in Mumbai ...the 'BAND STAND'.
This fort is attached with the Bandra Fort. Though we didn't climbed up to visit the fort, but one can visit it too. Right from the Bandra Fort premise, the Bandra Worli Sea link is visible so clearly and so close.

The Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Mumbai

Lands & Garden, Bandstand Mumbai

Bandra Fort, near TAJ Hotel

BandStand

After BandStand, we visited SiddhiVinayak temple @ Dadar taking the Sea Link route, and it is really awesome.Kido seeing all the water around started saying 'Mumma Goa', the water reminded her of Goa both at Juhu and Bandstand.
 Due to the Lunar eclipse, not much of crowd was there, and we can get the darshan of ganpati within few minutes. Then we headed towards the MahaLaxmi Temple. It is a bit interior from the main road, just near the sea. Same here, not much crowded, no offerings to the goddess due to eclipse, so we finished our darshan within minutes. Visited Haji Ali on the way.
This was our last sightseeing spot. As per our train bookings, we reached to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) station, and dropped the rest of the family members there. Then headed to Mumbai Central (BCT) railway station to board the train.

Our Mumbai- Shirdi trip ended here. Though tired but everyone enjoyed the sightseeing.All felt good in Mumbai. Our trip successfully ended with everyone contended and smiling.