Havelock Island

Do you watch Travel and Living Channel?

I don’t like to watch boring, unproductive, daily soap on TV. I love to watch TLC (Travel and Living Channel) to see the culture, dressing style, eating habits, of the other planets people.  My favorite is Island Feast with Peter Kuruvita….by watching this I was so desperate to visit the islands….with sandy beach, surrounded by lush dark greenery and deep blue clean water….what a romantic!!! And…suddenly one day nitin came up with the Air ticket of Port Blair, He surprised me with the full week vacation trip at Andaman….hussshh….!! He always love to surprised me….Love you hubby….for the surprise and to fulfill my wish.

We’ve been Havelock last year….but still the memories of this trip are still fresh and will remain fresh forever. The most funniest part of this trip is that we traveled as a group with babies around 1 and 1 ½ years…..haaaaa isn’t it funny…..people visit island with loved one, with wife, girlfriend to have fun and relax. We’ve been there with kids…..with so many cringe…crying, masti, irritation….but we really enjoyed with our kids…that’s y I said it is most memorable , it was the first trip for our small babies.

Havelock is the chain of island to the east of Great Andaman in the Andaman Island. Havelock is situated 57 km north east of the capital city Port Blair. Havelock is a picturesque natural paradise with beautiful white sandy beaches, rich coral reefs and lush green forest. It is one of the populated islands in the Andaman group with an area of 113 sq.km. And is located 39 km of north east of Port Blair. (Source: from official website).

We headed to Havelock port by Government Fairy name Bambooka, from Port Blair in the morning @ 6.00 a.m. When Mr. Chellian, our Travel agent said, ‘‘Sir, Ferry, leaves at 6.30 a.m. sharp, my car will fetch you all at six o’clock from the hotel.’’ I was shocked, it’s very irritating cause we were almost with small babies and to get up early, at least 5 o’clock….really distributing!! But what to do…we have to get ready….and we reached at Havelock by 9.00 a.m. It was approximately 2 to 3 hours journey which was quiet hectic…but with the huge mob it was not so borringg . We were sailing in the deep blue sea… quite hilarious !!

We stay at Goldstar Beach Resort for 2 days, which was on the ocean…great place - a small cottage, surrounded by dark green trees, and white sand……ohh…my, I just love the place. It was clean, which is most important to me. I wanted to spend at least 15 days on the beach…..but we had very limited time span to had a whole tour of Andaman beach.

The main beach in front of our cottage where we hang all the time, since from morning to the evening….it so relaxing. 

Had a wine and lay down on the sand…!!

I love this small hut.....isn't it cute. We spend the whole afternoon here only....right in front of the ocean.

saee, so small don’t want to get down cause of sand. She said all the time….maze pay gandu hotat’ means my legs getting dirty because of sand……What a girl….!!, Pappa bought a nice swim suit for her but she didn’t  wear it and not ready to get down for a second ….always hang on mumma or pappas shoulder……

see…she’s crying….

We enjoyed mostly seafood and lots of fresh fruits, like coconut, mango, Banana…. saee’s all time favorite…..and all kiddo eating only fruits. From our beach resort we headed to Radhanagar Beach which was known as Beach No 7 on the western coast. It was named Best Beach in Asia by time 2004 (source: official website) and always crowded by so many people.

Radhanagar Beach 

I like it. Because of saee…pappa not able to enjoy sea water, but mumma enjoy with the friends. We splash in the water.

Play with the sand ....wrote name of saee...want to get her down in the sand....but it wasn't work.

At a time, one has to wait with the baby and one will enjoy…this is the only way we  managed our kiddsss. Nitin and I already prepared for this…and knew saee will cry because she’s just one and half year and first time going to see the ocean and sand...., I came to took saee n let pappa enjoyed with the friends. She is happy with her football.

 

The morning and evening temperature were cool. Our travel agent told us to carry umbrella with you all the time…cause of the changing atmosphere. But…it was overall refreshing and suits to all kiddos. It was great break from routine and nice experience. We returned home with full heart and feeling rejuvenated.

Thank you Havelock for making our fabulous vacation.

Daddy’s Girl

This post is for you Nitin……

What a truly amazing thought ……Thanks for this quote Mr. Pam Brown.

Every daughter is daddy’s girl……yes or no girls? We daughter's are grown up by seeing our dad who is superhero for us,… Yup…Nitin, you also a superhero for Saee!!

I Love this picture. Isn’t Saee looks like her papa. She loves her dad very much and dad also loves her Barbie dall. Nitin loves to watch her growing daughter n want to spend each and every moment with her. Saee needs her papa to be involved in her daily activity ….off course….her papa is also with her, no matter whatever happens. He believe in adding a life to her years…..cause time flew so fast….when will she grow as a big girl, will never comes to know. Yes.....you are the best pappa....Love you.

My kiddo is eagerly waiting in a window for her dad……Hurrey,…she listened horn…n said, mumma, papa ala”!.....a cute smile on her face shows how happy is she. Opens the door and start dance and hugs him. It is her daily rituals. Her favorite ways to love her papa is snuggle him, running naked around the house before bath time, giggling,  jumping on his belly, hiding behind the curtains and let her daddy find her, making dinner for her papa in her small kitchen, gives him tea……it’s  just melt my heart!

Every weekend we had a blast whether we are at home or out. Saee’s most favorite part is at home because her papa is there for whole two days. On weekends she want her papa to do everything for her, like from brushing her teeth, potty, bathing, dressing the cloths, combing her hair n having meals, list will goes on n on ……What do you think mommies ? Her dad is doing or not? haaa…… Nitin loves to do all this for her.  At this time she don’t need her mother, she told me you go to the kitchen and make the meals for us in her small cute words…..like (Tu ja na kitchen madhe, mumma banav)…..ohhhhh….myy…. this small girl order her mother. I love this moment and never want to interfere with them.

See how she lean back on her papp’s shoulder…..want to sleep…..sometime I am jealous…just kidding. Nitin loves to play with saee…..reading a story book for thousand of time, coloring  with her drawing book, making a big tower with the construction game….pappa never ever irritate by doing the same thing again n again for her. He is available to her by putting his tab aside. He takes her to garden. Saee’s favorite part is playing with swing and want her papa to push her higher and faster. As a family most of the time we play a football around the house by putting all works beside…….It’s give ….a pure joy and lodsss of Happiness…..n else, what you require…. A smile on everyone’s face…it makes me happy too when everyone is happy……!!!

Really……I am blessed with nice husband and great Dad….!  His Birthday today ….

Happy Birthday my sweetheart…..thanks for being mine…and always be with me to cherish the beautiful moments of our life.

                                                                                                                   

Baby Shower

Hello galss….

Eyes blinked? Mine too. It is the most wonderful and memorable event of every mom’s life!

It’s been 2 years for my baby shower but still I feel like it was yesterday…. Thanks a lotttt Hubby for such memorable event. It was on my birthday, nitin wanted to give me this event as a gift by surrounding my family member, relative, friends and near and dear one. It was the best birthday gift in my life and the best celebration with my baby too.

Stop, stop, and stop me please…..before I start to narrate my baby shower……it’s not mine…

Its my little sister’s baby shower. I can not believe that she is carrying cause she is still a baby girl for me….yupp….it’s her baby shower on 31 Jan 2016, and I am so glad that I am able to hold this moment on my blog.

In India it is called Oatibharan / Dohale Jevan. The principal reason for this ceremony is to ask the Divine to protect the baby in the womb and encourage the pregnant women to maintain positive mind and healthy body. We should celebrate this event to make both of them (pregnant women and baby in her womb) happy. It is believed the in 7^th month of pregnancy the child taste buds is developed and hence pregrent women carving for different variety of food. Dohale jevan is special meal which the pregnant ladies carve or wanted to eat. And currently she is carving for sweet, gulabjamun.

Here she is , JAYA

Chhooo cute she is looking with green sarri and flowers. She used to hate gajara but look at her now she is wearing only flowers all over her body. Let me explain you, Mukut ( on her forehead), Kambarpatta (flowers garland around her waist) Bajuband ( Flowers garland above part of her hand) Gajara rounded to her wrist. And Huge flowers garland.

with her hubby..

I love this small flowers basket….isnt it looking stunning!!!

Small decoration, we made it.

Oatibharan

Lets begins with the main ceremoney First mumma and mother in law do the auction (its marathi word means oovalane) and then fulfill her oati with sarri, coconut, some rice grains, blouse piece, fruits, sweet and tones of blessing.

Fun part of this event is to identify whether it is girl or boy?

 

  

These are two bowls under which two sweets kept.....Barfi for baby girl and Pedha for baby boy. After oatibharna both husband and wife asked to put one finger on one bowl and then we open it….

And it comes barfi means its baby girl, they both wish to have girl only. 

Blessed by family member....

 God bless the cute couple.....lottsss of love to both of youuu....

Do u have special moment like this ?

Methi Paratha

Happy Weekend …. It’s so chilled outside….almost …..12 degree, in the morning at 5 a.m. Wearing sweater, socks, track pant for whole days cause I am feeling that we are staying at Manali….oohhhhh……its so cold here. Saee having running nose and little bit of cough too, but still ready to give pose for a click….

My model..

Am I looking so thin or in shape ?

Winter is my favorite season. You will get a fresh variety of food and veggies in the market. This is the season where you can feed a variety of food to your kiddos which are fresh and juicy too.

Methi which is also known as Fenugreek is one of my favorite vegetable. They are rich in antioxidant, iron and good source of fiber. Though it is bitter in taste but have so many healthy benefits like, enhance breast milk production, reduce cholesterol, regulate blood sugar and control Diabetes, protect from cancer and help in digestion.

Today I am sharing a recipe of Methi Paratha, which is husband and toddler approved.  I love making various kind of paratha. No…no…no…not all paratha approved by Nitin….ha …this is one of his favorite dish, if it is served with curd raita. No matter saee is following to her dad too. She also love all paratha….its my luck whatever vegetable I want to serve her I make the paratha…and….she finish it all with tomato sauce or curd. Sigh....she loves curd so much……knock on the wood plzzz….. This is my trick to feed both of them the vegetables that they don’t like so much or avoid to eating. Many of you also doing the same thing na…..?

This is very simple recipe with step by step pictorial presentation.

Knead dough like chapatti by mixing all ingredients like flour, curd, chopped methi leaves, haldi powder, red chilli powder, ginger and garlic paste and salt.

And keep it aside with covered for at least 10 minute. Then make a lemon size ball and dip in the floor. Dust some floor on rolling pin and roll out round shape chapatti.

Heat a tawa and place the rolled chapatti on it and cook for a minute. When bubbles star appearing apply little oil and flip it on the other side, cook until got some crispy and golden color.

Taddaa…methi paratha is ready.Serve it hot with spoonful of butter on it and curd raita or pickle.

Detailed Recipe

Serve size: 2 people

Ingredient

Whole Wheat flour: 2 cup

Fenugreek Leaves: 1 cup

Curd: 2 tbsp

Ginger Garlic paste: 1 tsp

Red Chili powder: ½ tsp or as per your taste

Turmeric Powder: ¼ tsp

Salt: as per taste

Recipe:

Wash Fenugreek leaves thoroughly under running cold water and chopped them finely. Take a whole wheat flour or atta. Mix all above ingredients with atta and knead soft dough by mixing little water at a time. Cover it with cloth and rest for at least 10 minute.

Make small lemon size ball, dust some floor on rolling pin and rolled out a round shaped chapatti from that ball. Heat a tawa and place the rolled out chapatti on it, when bubbles appear apply some oil on it. Flip on the other side and apply some oil there to, and let it cook until got some nice golden color.

Serve it with raita, pickle, sauce anything you like.

Lets chatt

What is your trick to feed your toddler or kid?

Does your family member love parathas?

Inspirational Goals for 2016

Hello people ……Happy  Makarsankrati …..(Tilgul ghya ani god god bola)

You will be thinking I am crazy….its mid of the January and I am writing about the goals. Everyone is making resolution for the New Year 2016 and almost on their way to quitting….ha ha ha (just kidding). No I am not the resolustinst person, I have never made any resolution for any new year, in fact I am believing to live life as the way it comes, But Nowadays I am as mommy, wife, daughter ...etc. feeling so overwhelmed and need to set some goals for self growth which make me inspired and happy too. There will be long list …..so here we go

Family Goals

My family is always my top priority. Nitin and I  always make some goals for a family and constantly achieving. We focus on our new home. This year we will decorate our new home as dreamed it. We start with the Gallery which is our favorite place in our home. We have lots of plans for that and will accomplish soon.

We also establish goals for monthly budget, saving and investments on month to month basis, hope to stick with them.

Times flew so fast…..saee is now toddler, still have one year for her school. We have started to research on school. In Mumbai there are many educational Boards like Delhi Board, State Board, International Board….list will go on, really get confused which board will be best for her in terms of education and fees. Yess….As parents we all do face huge burden of fees, and my intention is to provide her the best education which enhance her development and personality too, Plzzzz parents help me out, I need suggestion from your end.

Travel

We had made getaways to andman and Nicobar island in 2015. This was a memorable trip in my life. For 2016 we also hope to have a long full week vacation with family.

Blogging

2015 I had started my blog and thank you guys for your appreciation and suggestion. I will focus on writing a good post on which I am passionate about,  like food, travel, décor, and offcourse my kiddo. I will make at least three post in one month and improve my writing and grammatical mistakes, Ha ha ha…  So please stay tune for your suggestion and chat.

Read….

I want to read Marathi Kadambari, YAYATI of V.Sa. Khandekar, my favorite author.Want to read some nonfiction book too. My target for this year to read at least 3 books.

Social Media

I am totally disconnected with the social media from the last two year, so this year I want to be active on facebook , pintrest and also want to try the new one instagram…yup…yes I am pretty late latif. My focus is to be connected with the friends via social media.

Personal goals

Since saee born I am focusing on her only. Now she is 2 and half and I feel to give some attention towards me. This year I will make my doctor appointment for my eyesite. Want to take care of my skin and do some hair treatment. Will dress up myself properly with some real cloths and have exercise twice in a week.

Focus on relationship with family and friends. Lots of people complaining that I am not picking up the calls, not responding them …..Sorry guys but when I am with see, I always put my phone away from us. I do not want to get any distraction while I am playing with her. I will work on this now and try to be quick responder with everyone through calls, chats, message or whatsup.

Recipes

Nitin gifted me last year convection oven so want to learn oven based  baking recipe and also some traditional recipe. Bear me nitin…, but you know how much I love cooking. I will also share some recipe on my blog. My focus is to provide my family healthy and variety of meal which is mostly prepared at home only.

Here we go 2016……

Have you set any goals for 2016 ?

Do You set any family goals ?    

Thank You

2015 made me cry, made me smile, made me stand again…..to welcome now new year 2016. This year gave me the best gift of my life so special thanks to God.

My new own flat and my Father.

Yes we purchased our own flat in this year without having any planning. It just happened suddenly…. Older people said na ….(Jya gosthi jevha vahyachya astat tevach hotat .)

We lived on rental flat for 2 years and did not have any planning to buy new home due to huge cash requirement…..but somehow I felt it is better to give EMI to bank rather than to give rent to the owner. And we both started googling…..searching on olx, quicker or housing sites which were providing affordable home…n bingo……we took….its really Gods miracle for us when we do not have any extra cash in our hand without our small saving…..we crack the impossible. Thanks Nitin for such wonderful gift.

And second thing is my father.

We almost about to lossed him but he is a great fighter and he is with us to welcome 2016. He was admitted for COPD treatment for 15 days..n having oxygen therapy. Doc also said that he need continuously external oxygen cause he cant breathe naturally…so we took him at home and arrange oxygen  at home and within 3 days he was able to take normal breathing with our normal room temperature. Ohhh God… I never ever forget those crucial days…but now I am very happy that he is with us… to make us laugh, cry n inspire. Love you papa.

And off course today is the last day of the year so I would like to thanks all my family member. Its just humble gratitude to all of them

My attya (father’s sister) who is daddi, mother, friend, guide, teacher for me. I am learned and still learning  from her that not to give up and always have faith in yourself.

These are the ladies of my family. My mother, my tai, and my little sister Jaya….. Thank you for being supportive to me in every situation of my life.

My bro…Shashank and Vishal …are always there for me …no matter how rude I was with them sometime.

And last but not the least my Hubby and my sweet daughter See……Thank you.

My hubby nitin is God bleesing to me…who handle my anger, my craziness and I have learned or you can say still learning how to be calm in every situation as I was very short tempered girl.

Saee my sweety…… I have learned lot from her… I will make separate post for that, but thank you baccha ….for being in my life to make me mother and make our life with full of happiness and joy.

And thank you all the readers, my friends for being with me.

Wish all of you Happy New Year 2016.

Happy Diwali 2015

       Dhoom….Dhadam….Dhomm…. its 5.30 a.m. ….and saee wakes up with this firecrackers noise. Yes you are right its Diwali here. She cames to meet u, hugs u, light up your positivity and hopes. Open your door and let welcome her.

Diwali is one of the biggest festival of India. Right beginning from cleaning the house, scrubbing tiles, decorating our home, preparing sweet and traditional meals, and shopping …..list will go on … I love to do each and every thing for diwali. This 2015 Diwali is special for us… because my baby is now toddler and she understands everything. This is first diwali for saee and our new sweet home.We both are happy for … she is constantly asking so many questions like…mummy kai karate, panti ka lavate, pappa kandil ka lavto….bla bla ...bla….. and we both love to answer her. 

Dipavali its Sanskrit word, it means Rows of lights.Light is symbol of hope. Diwali is celebrated in all religion . Its bring positivity n spreading a joy. Every house and entire neighborhoods are decorated with candles, earthen lamps and fairy lights on the auspicious moonlight. Rangoli is another special feature. I love to make rangoli and nitin loves to decorate fairy lights.

This is my rangoli simple and sweet.

Saee had tasted first time diwali faral, Oh myyy this girl love Besan ka laddo and chakali …so much. she finished one at a time. No matter she is great eater too…. Knock at the door..

Wish you a very Happy and green Diwali. Today is Padwa, a new year for Maharashtrian people.Wish you all a glorious and victorious year ahead, its new beginning, new learning and new year.

 cheerssss to allllll.....