Art

February 2023

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February came and went so quickly. Aanika met a new horse named Linus. Unfortunately her first horse Gus passed away 🙁 My dear friend Jenny Rosson also passed so this month has been emotionally draining. We did spend a lot of our weekends with the family which was lovely. Gurpreet was visiting from England and Buaji was visiting from Tarun Bhaiyas. Jatin participated in his first MUN conference at Granada High School. We got it to meet Handy’s wife Jasmine. I had lunch with Shervin and Kazem after almost 20 years! It snowed in the valley for the first time since 1989! It’s been so cold that all the mountains became white. It was absolutely beautiful but we’re ready for sunshine again. And Nick and I finally found the cookies from my childhood and had them shipped from Canada! read more

April 2022 Part 1

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Well to start we have some big news! We officially launched AniVani.com on March 28, 2022! We’re so excited and look forward to seeing it grow!!!

Neera, Nikki, Naya and Naveen spent their spring break in LA and we also got to meet up with Ayesha and Tricia while they were visiting after filming in Mexico!

We took the kids and doggies to Oxnard for 2 days for their Spring Break. We rented a beautiful 3 bedroom home right on the beach. Aanika and Jatin had their suite and rooms downstairs with the pingpong table. Out master bedroom, beach views, kitchen, living room and balcony were upstairs. We brought food in each evening and spent the day out. Billy and Brownie were able to come with us as well. Mommy and Daddy joined us for a quick pizza lunch at toppers and ice cream back at the place. Both nights we watched stand up comedy. Seinfeld one night and Sebastian Maniscalco the other. We also took the kids to Golf and Stuff and Seabridge for coffees, park time and a walk along the marina. My favorite part of the trip was when Jatin and Aanika hung out at home while Nick and I snuck off for a 40 minute walk between the side alleys of the beach homes. They are so cutely done up and the walks are romantic. Can’t wait to go back. Spring Break 2022 was a success! read more

Feb – Early March 2022

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February has been a lot about getting back into a routine post all the holidays and making sure we’re all making time to celebrate each other and enjoy life everyday. We’ve been getting our fitness game on even more and have been taking walks at our favorite et park and found a new beautiful hangout at Chatswoth park as well. The month of love…but for us every day is a reason to love and be grateful for this beautiful thing called life.

Love is in the air ❤️ Nick and I had some lovely dates to the palisades and Malibu and park evenings to just recoup and enjoy some quiet time. Jatin gifted me a ostrich beanie baby which is creepy and cute all in one! Aanika cuddled up with her daddy briefly before pouncing on him like a baby tiger! Crazy and In love. That’s our family! read more

Aanika the Toothless Artist 2018

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Aanika had quite the month. She lost 3 teeth (2 on top and 1 on the bottom) and discovered her love for Black Sharpie Markers and pretty intense pattern making! I started to digitized her work and we even printed and framed a few pieces in the kitchen. We are so proud of this of our cookie. Can’t wait to see what she gets into next!

If you ask Aanika what she is drawing she says: “I’m making my friends.”

May 2018

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There was a lot of fun events in May this year. I decided to bundle up a few of my favorite pictures and videos and will document them in one post rather than separate ones!

First: My darling Daddy turned 75!! To celebrate Neeru joined us in LA for a quick weekend trip and we all had dinner together. Neeru wrote a beautiful set of poems for Daddy while we gave Dad a custom painting I made. Jatin wrote a pretty candid and funny bit about his Nana looking better without hair, but just in case he would provide Nana with a hair piece from his lego collection.

Our lovely doggies continue to be a huge part of our lovely lives. A few favorite pictures from the last month below!

I hosted our first wine and cheese night for the neighborhood families!

A few other notable snaps. Arjun is back (welcome lunch), Gee and Neha visited with cutie pie Brody, Aaniku loves my tub! Jatin worked hard on his biography project (creator of Pokemon). Nick and I got our first Romero Britto from Miami delivered on Mother’s Day. Aanika went with her class to Moorpark Zoo for a field trip!

Memorial Day Weekend was nice and low key. Aaniku got her wish and went for a ride with Daddy in the Jeep! Jatin and Mark had fun playing with the slow motion camera.

Vani’s Refurbished Painted Vase

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Fun weekend project. It’s been on my list forever to re-paint an old vase that was on it’s last legs sitting on the side of the house. Unfortunately I forgot to take a pre photo, but here are the finished photos of the vase. I started by spray painting the entire base blue and then adding acrylic and metallic marker on top.

Jatin and Maambu’s City

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Jatin wanted to make a city for his weekly art project so we drew out a city per his suggestion and then watercolor painted the entire thing. It turned out so pretty that I think we’ll try and do a whole series of them!