During Quarantine we’ve been looking through old photo albums and found one of my school pictures from 1989. When we looked at it couldn’t help but immediately see Jatin in the picture! He was a good sport and let me photograph him for his “quarantine school photo” and make a comparison.
Just so I NEVER forget….. April 2, 2020
*Gas price at Costco was $1.44 reg/$2.35 diesel
*School cancelled since 3/16 through the rest of the year.
*Social distancing and self quarantining measures on the rise. State mandated.
*Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other.
*Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors with tape to help distance.
*Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
*Parks, trails, entire cities closed.
We’ve finished 2 weeks at home with the kids. It’s been an adventure for sure but starting to get into the rhythm of things. We had one social distancing hang out with the neighbors before that was banned and have been taking the kids for drives. Watching tiger king on Netflix and I’m teaching jatin how to cook! Some snapshots below. The first one is what grocery shopping is like these days.
Jatin has the best home school environment I town 🙂
So it’s Wednesday. The kids have officially been home schooled for the last 3 days but it feels like longer lol! Jatin is pretty good about staying on top of his work and getting it done early and then having fun in the afternoon. Originally the neighborhood kids were all playing together but now even that has stopped in fear of passing along the virus. We’ve been staying busy with work and keeping the kids active. I let them eat pizza in jatins room today while watching totoro because hey….unique times…need to keep it fun.
World wide social distancing and quarantine is in place to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s scary and there is no supply of paper goods in the stores. The kids schools have been closed for at least 2 weeks and we are all being encouraged to stay home as much as possible. We are blessed to have ample goods at home and a safe beautiful neighborhood to stay in. Hoping all our family and friends are safe and healthy. ❤️
Nick and Aanika enjoying the beautiful morning view.
It’s been a busy up and down first quarter of 2020. Below are some highlights. Brody got a new puppy Ralphie! Aanika found her new favorite Uncle Shekky. Nick busted out his turn tables again. Jatin got braces. Aanika loves Rosario and Reiki. Vikram joined the design spinners team. We lost Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. I hosted a cocktail mixing party for the girls. Mommy treated nick and I to a sting show the last ship. Nick painted a heart canvas for me. I baked a heart cake. We really got into the Oscar’s, even Jatin! Brownie turned 3. We went to Palm Springs for a car auction and enjoyed the beautiful mid mod vibes. Little miss Aanika is as lovely as ever adding a bright light to all our days.
We hosted some of our arcade friends for a LA arcade hangout dinner and sleepover. Friday was hosted by another couple Gabby and James and Saturday was at our place. Our friend Kris worked with me on a surprise marquee sign for Nick as a thank you for hosting gift. The Pong tournament was a huge hit and we enjoyed our garden and nicks deejay tunes throughout the night! A big thanks to mommy and daddy for being the best nana and Nani around and taking the kiddos for the weekend!
Welcome new decade! Hard to believe 2020 is here. We’ve had a year of family growth and leaning and understanding. Here are a few notes I made of the of the things I’m proud of and thankful for:
◦ The Best Family of all time
◦ Aanika is sleeping through the night
◦ Jatin is playing jazz sax and piano beautifully
◦ Jatin doing so well in school
◦ My new office is awesome and inspiring
◦ Nana and Nani moved closer to home
◦ I am playing piano again regularly
◦ I have made more time to paint and be artistic
We had a beautiful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Started with a family pajama party, Chi’s Chinese for dinner followed by opening family gifts by the fire. Aanika has thoroughly enjoyed driving through candy cane lane and looking for Santa. She also said that she wanted Santa to bring her a new doll for her this year and that is exactly what he did 🙂
Christmas Eve:
Christmas Morning Breakfast was hosted at our place. Mommy and Daddy as well as Sammy and Nisha joined us! I rocked a very festive jumpsuit that I couldn’t resist at Target!
Jatin and I had Devi, Shriya and Geeta Didi over for a gingerbread decorating party today! Mimosas, pastries and lots of candies, homemade royal icing all set to the classic holiday tunes with festive clothing made for a very fun morning! Not to mention Geeta Didi’s singing and the girls amazing talents which I’m sure they have learned from the Great British Baking Show! Aanika and her dad also went for their weekly drive in the Porsche to go see horsies!