Importance of step stool in a toddlers life!

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I would say the best purchase we have made for Ritu till date is a step stool. It is the most used thing by her. Every toy or puzzle looses her interest after sometime. But this is used every single day even after almost an year. Trying...

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Ritu's Ocean Themed Birthday Party

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Ritu's birthday party was a month after her birthday and now I am posting about her party almost 5 months later! Well her party was not delayed due to my procrastinating though this post is. We were traveling during her real birthday, the...

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Hope smothered

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I wrote this poem after hearing about the incident that recently occured at a school in Bangalore where a staff of the school raped a 6 year old. Didn't you see the twinkle in her eyes? Didn't you see hope reflecting on her face? Didn't you see the flutter in her wings, to unveil all that...

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Ritu turned TWO!!

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This post is late by a month. Ritu's second birthday was on July 5th. Since it was a long weekend, we traveled with few of our friends. Ritu loves traveling just like we do. Her birthday according to Malayalam calendar was on July 14th....

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My latest interest and a delicious fondant recipe!

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I have been lately fascinated by fondant decorated cakes.I have seen many themed cakes decorated using fondant and all looked so magnificent. Any intricate three dimensional designs are possible using fondant. While shopping for our...

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A fun random questionnaire

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My friend R who blogs at quintessentially yours tagged me to try this questionnaire. I found it to be a fun one. So here is my take on this. 1.  What’s your favorite genre of music? I love melodic music that fall under any genre. 2....

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Tofu Caramel Custard Pudding

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As I mentioned in my previous post, we are a dessert loving family. I always wanted to try making a dessert using tofu. I have seen many recipes in the past for chocolate pudding using tofu as main ingredient. But since Arun is not a huge...

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Oven Roasted Spicy Chickpeas

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We are a snacking couple and a dessert family. That is a dangerous combo. So I am making efforts now to prepare healthy snacks at home. I found this recipe for roasted chickpeas and it brought back memories of masala peanuts that we get...

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We are speaking sentences!

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This is a random post on Ritu's talking skills. The way she talks with all hand gestures is fun to watch. It is super cute and at times makes us laugh quite a bit. So I am listing some of them here: Usually, while rolling out chappathis,...

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Easy Peasy No Bake Mango Pie

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I had bought a can of mango pulp for Arun's birthday cake. Since I had some mango pulp left over, I browsed for some ideas to use it up. I found this recipe along with many others like mango lessy, mango mousse. I didn't make it then but...

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365 days: One frame a day - April 19th

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Imitating her father. I am glad I was able to capture this moment. ...

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Butterflies everywhere!

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My daughter loves butterflies. She would say 'poombatta'( means butterfly in Malayalam), just like the cat Kathu in one of the cartoon films she watches. So along with the flowers about which I posted here few days back, we are going...

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Eggless Chocolate Cake in a Mug

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I have tried many a chocolate cake in a mug recipe. It is a quick fix when you crave for chocolate cake as all you need are basic cake ingredients, a mug and few minutes. The first recipe I tried used an egg and I felt that the taste of...

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Vishu - New Year

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Vishu is a festival celebrated in the Indian state Kerala. It is considered the first day of Zodiac calendar. Vishu and Onam are the two festivals I love since childhood. Growing up I remember celebrating both these festivals every year....

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Tissue Paper Flowers

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I made few tissue paper flowers last week. I have always wanted to try my hand at making huge tissue paper flowers. But since I made use of the tissue papers we had on hand, these are not as huge as I planned initially. We are...

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Super Moist Carrot Cake

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It has been sometime since I baked a cake. I mostly bake muffins these days. So last weekend I decided to bake a cake. Since we had this huge bag of organic carrots in the fridge and since I have never made it before, I decided to bake a carrot...

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