Catching up!

Last weekend we made a quick visit to see our family in Toronto. You can read all about it here if you had missed it. Though we just visited family, my brother knowing me took me to a few saree shops. It has been years since I purchased a saree from a store this big. You would think I would have grabbed a few. No, I did not! I had more fun looking at the shop and the sarees than making any real purchases.

Saree shop, Markham

Back home, we began our routine activities but we had a day off in between with Independence Day being on a Tuesday. It was good having a day off in between the week to catch up on laundry and gardening.

My Special boy loves the fireworks

We were in two minds if we needed to go for the fire works. In the end we decided to go and it was worth the time. My special boy is not scared of fire works nor is he sensitive to it. So I was glad we did it. Getting out of that parking lot is always hard. So we decided to wait a good half hour before we pulled the car out. Sitting on a park bench is much better than sitting inside a vehicle which is stuck in traffic.

I love the atmosphere in the park before the fireworks

Me and my special boy caught up on all our half done painting. It is not as if we both are Leonardo Da Vinci, but we do paint some stuff for my Navaratri Golu. If you are new to my blog you will be seeing me talk about Navaratri Golu more in the coming months. It is my doll show that I do during Hindu festival Navaratri. I have a lot to prepare in advance for the festival that happens in October.

painting

We went bowling after a long time. I really had fun with my two boys. My special one was really happy about it and took turns playing with his brother. Okay I had to bribe him with French fries! They gave us free arcade tokens and we used that to just grab some hard candy. My special one does not obsess with these candies so we used all the free tokens for that only.

Candy

We are leaving tomorrow morning to Maryland. Our Guru has come from India and I am feeling enthusiastic about this trip to have his Darshan (meeting). My special boy has learnt to play beats and I am eagerly waiting for him to play during the bhajan (devotional music) session. Again, it all depends on my special boy’s mood, but I am keeping my fingers crossed.

The bells would it be used or not is the million dollar question

My husband has put his foot down he is not going to travel anymore this summer and I have promised him no more 😃!

For Weekend Coffee Share. Thanks Natalie for hosting.

9 responses to “Catching up!”

  1. Kimerle Anne Viccaro Avatar
    Kimerle Anne Viccaro

    Hi Uma, I love reading your blogs. Your writing makes me feel as if I went with you. Ani does so many activities so well. Ani has a full live doing fun things. That candy at the bowling place looks fun. Do you put the tokens in like a bubblegum machine to get the candy out? You should have bought yourself a present at the sari shop, you deserve it!!

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    1. Mahesh got a card with free credits and got the candy out.

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  2. I hope you scooped up at least one saree. I’m glad you enjoyed July 4th. Our national holiday is July 1 but it’s so dry nearly everywhere in Canada, most fireworks displays were cancelled. My town did a laser light show.

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    1. I was in Toronto for Canada Day. But heard some fireworks.

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  3. Sounds like you had a fun and productive week. I hope your son decides to play the bells. Thank you for your weekend coffee share.

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  4. Hi Ganga,
    Even before covid, I’d seen very few sarees in person but always thought they were gorgeous creations of color and patterns. Your photos both looked like store models or mannequins. Are you going to share a photo of you in the one you chose?

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    1. I hope I can write a blog exclusively on sarees. Maybe will post my picture along with that 😃.

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      1. 👍
        They really are art that you can wear.
        I know so little about them so look forward to you catching us up.

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      2. Thank you. Hopefully will do it sooner than later.

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