We have been in a world of social distancing for over a month now. May 1st has come and we’re realizing that this life is going to stay our new norm. While Los Angeles will slowly start easing up on certain social distance measures it seems pretty apparent that the kids will be homeschooled for the duration of the calendar year, virtual meetings and virtual happy hours are regular events on our calendar and a lot of family outside playtime is in our cards. We’ve adjusted as well as I could have hoped for and continue to introduce fun ways to enjoy our home and beautiful family amidst this pandemic.
Having Fun
COVID-19 Weeks 3-5
Everything is starting to blur together. We are all adjusting to love under quarantine and the initial shock has worn off. Certain realities have set in like Nick looks great with huge fluffy hair, Jatin looks great with blue hair, Aanika continues to live her best life and I am doing my best to keep meals on the table and some fun throughout the house.
Nick was a champ and gave Jatin an awesome haircut in the garage!
The dogs are absolutely loving having us home all the time.
COVID-19 – Home days 2, 3
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.
January-February 2020
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.
UCLA Visit
Decided to take a trip down memory lane and visit UCLA! Haven’t been back since I graduated. Walked the campus, visited the dorms and explored Westwood! Many of the eateries are gone from college days but we ended up at Enzos and Deedeerees cookies which have been staples there forever!
Grinkfest 7 – Eagle Idaho 2019
We attended our fourth year of grinkfest at Grinkers Grand Palace Arcade in Eagle Idaho this year. As usual it fell right on my birthday! This year we flew in a day ahead of the tournament and met up with Mark, Sam and Aaron for dinner and Joker the movie in Boise.
The following morning we went for a lovely breakfast at Goldies in downtown eagle, checked out a local art store and walked downtown a bit before heading to Eagle. Checked into the hotel and then met up with everyone at Grinkers to begin the days events. Aaron managed to get warehouse keys from Steve the owner of Grinkers o the 5 of us headed off for a covert warehouse tour followed by an old fashioned corn maze and petting zoo!
Aanika’s 1st Movie Theater Visit
My beautiful baby Aanika watched her first in theater movie Toy Story 4 this summer. It was very fitting since Jatin’s first movie was Toy Story 3! She did pretty well. Requested popcorn “chips” and watched about an hour of the film before wanting to watch her movies on my phone 🙂
May 2018
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.
March Misc. Fun Pictures
Kartik and Zita came to visit!! We were all thrilled to see them and can’t wait to reunite in July for our big family vacation!
Babies enjoying some R&R sibling time.
Nick helping Jatin put on a tie for his 5th grade graduation photo.Pretty sweet how similar they look. Love these guys.
Misc Fun Photos
Random pictures that I’ve collected from the past several months.
Many came off of Nick’s iPhone 🙂
Sleeping Beauties
Time to Swim!
Valentines Day 2018
Riding in Style with Hydrated Lips
A leisure game of Chess
Rockin Daddy’s Hat
Breakfast with Daddy!
Mother’s Day 2017
Jatin’s Tower of Cotton Candy
Mommy and Daddy’s 40th Anniversary
Mommy and Me Dresses
Mommy and Me Swim Time