Randoms from the past month

At the Doctor's office (for Sudha's visit).

Yes, she does make weird cute eyes. :))

Poor Sudha. She has this bad lingering cough. The nebulizer cleared out her lungs so much.

A beautiful misty morning at 7.30am when I started on my 8miler at Columns drive. It was eerie and I'm surprised that paranoid me enjoyed running in that mist.

Kids 10k classic on labor day.

Sudha on the trampoline.

With classmate Alex at the race. They ran together for 70% when she stopped to encourage me to run faster (lol). Alex actually won a medal for their age group. Luckily Sudha didn't notice that he had something different :)

This totally cracks me up !! She is one cute personality.

At the Atlanta Zoo.

Wearing all of Sudha's "silly bands" on her hand.

Just chillin ... love this pic !!

Raiding my cereal cupboard :)

Thats the difference between Sudha and Brinda. Sudha asks and waits/whines until we give it to her. Brinda asks, and if we are busy or ignore her, she gets it herself.

A Trip to the "Dinosaur" Museum

From the last time we visited the museum in March

http://smithabarki.blogspot.com/2010/03/tellus-childrens-museum.html

Swamped ... and yet Proud

I've been swamped with work these past 2 months. Yet, I'm proud of myself.

Why? Since I can find 20 things to criticize about myself.

Because,

• After the initial 1 month of madness, I've settled into a routine.
• Other than a few isolated incidents, I've managed to not yell at my kids when everyone is cranky and hungry. I've just let them be cranky/whinny until I've managed to cool off and then taken care of their needs. Everyone is happy that way.
• I've started back my training for the 13.1 on Oct 3rd, and I truly feel happy about it.
• I've managed to juggle work and home (i.e, meet deliverables and deadlines; AND get lunch and kids ready) and I still survive.
• Sudha actually tried carrots this week. She ate them sliced, raw, and dipped in yogurt. That's an achievement on its own!
• I'm taking decent care of my new kitchen! Its clean every other day (or two) and that's a good start.
• I just feel happy today. Thats a good enough reason to feel proud.

And because I am a hard taskmaster and find faults in what I do always

• I need to get the kids out of the door at the correct time. I'm usually late when its me doing morning duty.
• I need variety for lunch other than idli, dosa, pasta and chapathi. And I need that salad for myself.
• I need to do something so my hair doesn't look like a frizzball every morning.

Making Faces

My Little Artist

Sisters Together

Day at the Children's Museum

Guru was recovering from his operation and I took the girls out of his way to the Children's Museum.

Totally tired out and sharing the stroller on the way back to the car

My New Favourite Pic

Dr. Sudha

Summer day at School

Sudha loved riding the horses, while Brinda surprisingly didn't want anything to do with the horses. But she loved just running about the playground.