Project Life + Giveaway

This week was crazy.  We had to vacate our apartment for the week and stayed wherever we could find shelter.  It is so hard, especially because Nandini is really into her routine.  Basically sleep, Mommy time, yogurt, sleep, play, eat, more sleep, repeat.  You get the idea.  We did have fun though.  And I was so blown away by the kindness of our friends, like when I needed someplace for the kids to nap during the day.  Or when Justin drove to Target and bought them Fisher Price horses in case they needed toys to play with.  And, our extra long sleep over at Nisha's house.  We packed in a trip to PJ storytime at the library, a trip to the zoo, a visit to Chuck-e-Cheese and the actual birthday sleepover.  My page felt really busy, but I guess that reflects life? 

I liked how this Martha Stewart tag looked glued on the outside of the pocket.  Used my trusty, old Smash date stamp.  I think I use happy place the most.  Love Nandini's new kimono from Nisha.

A little bit of ephemera.  Wrapping paper and a #3 thicker.

One of my own journaling cards with the Clementine days of the week.  I just got lucky with how well they coordinate.

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In case you were wondering, that little girl is serious when it comes to cupcakes.  She kept mental note of every one being eaten and protested loudly until she had her fair share. 
I made the polaroids in picasa and then created a 'contact sheet' collage and cropped it to 4x6 so I could eliminate the unwanted 'informative header'.  Very quick actually.  Printed out at Ritz.
Saved one of the photo booth cards from Chuck-e-Cheese and added an Ormolu badge and a Crate Love Sticker.  Which is already giving me the idea to make the next two weeks over the top Valentine's Day themed.  I think it will be nice to have the seasons reflected like that as you flip through this album.




Linked up with The Mom Creative and One Happy Mama for Project Life Tuesday. And, please, link me up to any of your inspiring pages this week as well in the comments!

Need to clean out my stash, so I'm giving away 11 packs of letter stickers, thickers and chipboard stickers.  Just become a blog follower, check out my Etsy shop and leave a comment below (constructive criticism appreciated). Get free shipping there with the code rainbows2.  Domestic only please, unless you want to pay your own shipping.  Some are gently used, others are brand new.  Winner will be posted in two weeks.  Good luck.

Baby Mozart Bollywood

Nandini intently watching a song from Shree 420.

She usually does not like it when I listen to the radio (especially hip-hop).  When she was just a few weeks old, my Dad decided to test a theory and played some bhajans for her. She was happy as a clam. May have been she just liked being held by her Nana. However, the other day we took her to Delhi Belly (not exactly for kids, but hopefully she won't remember too much) and she sat up in Ryan's lap totally riveted with the movie.  Then the other day I took her to the pediatrician's office for her 4 month old checkup.  Of course we ended up waiting over an hour, so she listened to my *ahem* unique renditions of otherwise popular songs.  (Can I just say, I love how holding a baby makes you look like less of a crazy person for randomly singing in public.  Totally unforseen benefit.  Anyway.)  She actually was really sweet and alert all afternoon, so I thought I would put on some more music for her today. 
Her reaction was so cute that I had to take a quick video and post it.  She was so eagerly watching and kept grabbing for the screen.  It's in her blood, what can I say?

More dancing baby please.

I had to share another video of Avinash's awesome dancing skills. It mostly consists of twirling and trying to grab onto any girl's hand. He also likes it when I spin him and his cousin Lily around in a circle, until we throw up. Well, almost. But if I kept going as long as he wants me to I'm pretty sure we would. Last night we had an impromptu baby dance party when a couple of friends came over for dinner. Avinash would not stop twirling; when he was about to fall over and lose his balance he would just scrunch his face up in concentration and twirl faster. So hilarious. The only thing he stops for is applause, so he can join in the clapping.

This video is from the Sangeet night. Somewhere in the middle of the 25 performances. Most of which were overshadowed by the dancing baby performances, in my opinion anyway. At one point he and Lily did manage to sneek away without us seeing and start playing in the fountain outside. Ahhh, good times.

Tiny Dancer.

It's been a while since I put up videos of Avinash here. He has been working on his dance moves. Here is a short sample.

Avinash's post-touchdown Celebration.

Wow, Avinash is only home in Allentown for one night without us and he has already learned how to play football. So cool. I still expect him to be speaking Hindi and doing multiplication by the time he gets back!