Week 32 Update :)

Had a good long day at Southwick zoo last to last Saturday. Kids had fun. Couple of things that even got us excited was the Deer park we could directly interact with the deer, a white peacock and a gigantic tortoise  - well there is a child in all of us :-) 

Sunday we ended up going to the Ashland temple and hence it got a little tiring, we typically always like to stay home at least 1 day over the weekend but summer is always flooded with gatherings and birthdays I guess. 

Made lot of discoveries with regards to my kids and some really deep stuff ...was discussing with a colleague and its pretty exciting to have such meaningful discussions. To stop take a step back re-emphasize on priorities and not get sucked into petty things. Totally relation to fundamental reason of "why we have kids" I hope to pen down and post it sometime when I am ready to share. 

There is also lot of new friends in neighborhoods we are making and with so many Indians its fun and as we start interacting more in the coming year with kids growing up it will nice to build some good friends for the kids in such nice neighborhoods. I am glad we made a decision to buy a home and neighborhood was a criteria. 

Other than that has been a particularly tiring week busy at work and just got some mini projects to complete next month before we get into a bigger project at work so pretty busy and long days ahead  :-) 

Realized AL got a big insect sting/bite and it became a mini-infection to which she has to take some medication. She is fine otherwise but with inflammation and pain in that area she is a little sensitive and moody. 

When the girls were about to turn 3 I tried potty training and they didn't seem interested I left it to them after that. After 2 weeks they decided to ditch  the diapers themselves. AG was first and AL slowly and cautiously tried it on and off. Now past few weeks they are doing ok although accidents happen and it happened yesterday after a long time. They take it seriously but I tell them it's no big deal. After all every child is different and there is no rush. I am quite proud of myself not trying to compare them to one another or to others and offer them a diaper if they are not ready. But it's perfectly ok to have an accident when you learn... 

Past weekend we ended up staying home, a movie and some badminton after a long time, while the kids played and Dad was off playing Volleyball :) Simple pleasures!