Its been quite a while since I wrote here for lack of time if not anything else....i dont think i had a busier holiday season than this time around in the last 6 years since our wedding...
Most of it though was because both Sean and Rhea have been down with one virus after another...it was as if we were bombarded with an AK-47 loaded with different kinds of cold viruses....as i speak or write...Rhea is recovering from her first ever ear infection ..she had her last dose of antibiotics today...Sean meanwhile had his dose of antibiotics before the onset of an ear infection 2 weeks earlier. I was very surprised when Dr Rowe diagnosed sean with 'almost an ear infection' since it was his first close encounter with the dreaded beast itself...I really hope and pray that we dont have to go through any more of these with both the kids...Ha ha wishful thinking you would say...but I'm ready to cross all my fingers and appendages in that hope ...although truth be said Sean has already started sneezing again and am pretty sure in the next couple of days...its going to turn into another full blown 'pediacare-tylenol-delsym' routine for us...Uggh...I'm so ready for Winter to be over...speaking of which it hardly feels like winter here..atleast the temps have been comparitively mild...i dont think the viruses got the memo regarding the mild winter season because it has been the sickest winter for us to date. Ok enough of my rambling already...
Well, lemme sum up the last couple of weeks at the Joseph residence,
I was working all through the holidays which meant last minute holiday shopping but I'm glad we got everything done with 1 big 'not as tiring as i imagined' trip to the mall...talk about productivity.
Sean was super excited about Santa's impending visit and I was hoping that he would be equally happy with Santa's choice of gifts for him...i mean he did get everything on his wishlist ..well almost everything...he wanted the train drivers dress(denim overalls), Little Einstein DVDs, Thomas the tank engine PJs, a Spiderman watch(he wanted fire engine - but he didnt seem to notice). Santa even left him sleigh bells with his presents and a steam engine ornament as a momento of his visit!!! Sean was over the moon...his favorite gift of all -the denim overalls...he has been literally living in them...we have to bribe him to put them in the washer. He also got a motorised train set from chechi and sarah and a video game from Alex.
Rhea got a cute butterfly rocking chair and a stuffed bear and a singing goat.She had the most fun though with all the wrapping paper :)
We went for X'mas eve mass and the entire Joseph clan had dinner at our place...we had pig in the blankets followed by chicken carbonara, arugala, beets and warm goat cheese salad and biscuits and finally banana pudding for dessert..
Everyone was up bright and early X'mas morning anmd after digging into all the loot that Santa had dropped off we went over to Anishachayan's place. We had a heavy brunch..chechi made sure we were all full to the brim :) and i could start to feel the jiggle. We came home in the afternoon and Rhea took a nap..sean stayed back. We went back just in time for more food...loads and loads of appetizers and drinks...by the time it was time for dinner we were all stuffed...there was a huge Naadan spread on the table...oddly enough dessert part of the dinner is a little fuzzy in my memory....Aah coz Rhea was beginning to get fussy by then...it was way past her bed time.....thinking back...now I remember - Chocolate covered strawberries and Chocolate cake.We didnt stay back too late since I had to go to work the next day and the kids were getting very cranky. The rest of the week/month was pretty uneventful as Aji and I were working except for all the getting ready we had to do in preparation for the New Years party at our place...
It was time to say good bye to a fantastic year !!
That in my next post...
Most of it though was because both Sean and Rhea have been down with one virus after another...it was as if we were bombarded with an AK-47 loaded with different kinds of cold viruses....as i speak or write...Rhea is recovering from her first ever ear infection ..she had her last dose of antibiotics today...Sean meanwhile had his dose of antibiotics before the onset of an ear infection 2 weeks earlier. I was very surprised when Dr Rowe diagnosed sean with 'almost an ear infection' since it was his first close encounter with the dreaded beast itself...I really hope and pray that we dont have to go through any more of these with both the kids...Ha ha wishful thinking you would say...but I'm ready to cross all my fingers and appendages in that hope ...although truth be said Sean has already started sneezing again and am pretty sure in the next couple of days...its going to turn into another full blown 'pediacare-tylenol-delsym' routine for us...Uggh...I'm so ready for Winter to be over...speaking of which it hardly feels like winter here..atleast the temps have been comparitively mild...i dont think the viruses got the memo regarding the mild winter season because it has been the sickest winter for us to date. Ok enough of my rambling already...
Well, lemme sum up the last couple of weeks at the Joseph residence,
I was working all through the holidays which meant last minute holiday shopping but I'm glad we got everything done with 1 big 'not as tiring as i imagined' trip to the mall...talk about productivity.
Sean was super excited about Santa's impending visit and I was hoping that he would be equally happy with Santa's choice of gifts for him...i mean he did get everything on his wishlist ..well almost everything...he wanted the train drivers dress(denim overalls), Little Einstein DVDs, Thomas the tank engine PJs, a Spiderman watch(he wanted fire engine - but he didnt seem to notice). Santa even left him sleigh bells with his presents and a steam engine ornament as a momento of his visit!!! Sean was over the moon...his favorite gift of all -the denim overalls...he has been literally living in them...we have to bribe him to put them in the washer. He also got a motorised train set from chechi and sarah and a video game from Alex.
Rhea got a cute butterfly rocking chair and a stuffed bear and a singing goat.She had the most fun though with all the wrapping paper :)
We went for X'mas eve mass and the entire Joseph clan had dinner at our place...we had pig in the blankets followed by chicken carbonara, arugala, beets and warm goat cheese salad and biscuits and finally banana pudding for dessert..
Everyone was up bright and early X'mas morning anmd after digging into all the loot that Santa had dropped off we went over to Anishachayan's place. We had a heavy brunch..chechi made sure we were all full to the brim :) and i could start to feel the jiggle. We came home in the afternoon and Rhea took a nap..sean stayed back. We went back just in time for more food...loads and loads of appetizers and drinks...by the time it was time for dinner we were all stuffed...there was a huge Naadan spread on the table...oddly enough dessert part of the dinner is a little fuzzy in my memory....Aah coz Rhea was beginning to get fussy by then...it was way past her bed time.....thinking back...now I remember - Chocolate covered strawberries and Chocolate cake.We didnt stay back too late since I had to go to work the next day and the kids were getting very cranky. The rest of the week/month was pretty uneventful as Aji and I were working except for all the getting ready we had to do in preparation for the New Years party at our place...
It was time to say good bye to a fantastic year !!
That in my next post...
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