Things I am loving Gratitude List #2 March Edition

It 's been a year I am having my babymoon period. But strongly feeling to concentrate on more practical things. Slowly one by one because at the end I am the responsible person to have a happy family. ( Mr.Hubby contributing by his way) 

Keeping gratitude and maintaining gratitude list helps me to have happy and positive attitude towards life. I am sharing 5 things which I love for the month of March 2023. 

Gratitude list : March Edition 

1. Family goal : 

One of the family goal is to be healthy and happy family. The easiest way to keep your family happy is you should be happy with yourself and with your surrounding. 

It is quite tough but when you accept that time flew fast and concentrate on quality things you will be HAPPY !  Trust me.

I am greatful to God for keeping me healthy. And able to feed, give love and provide clean clothes on a daily basis to each member of my family. Plus each one is healthy and active. I love to be with my kids. Greatful that I can play, jump,  dance around and with them. My babies giggle and running through the whole house. Happy me😎 

Just opposite when they get cranky I am the one who loose patience quickly because I did not understand the reason. Does this happened to you ?

2. Family get together:

Almost after a year we had our family get together. In Dec 2022 we had last marriage in my family. So there will be no more marriage fun in coming years 😔 

To keep that faith we decided to have more family get together every year. At least once in a year 🤞🏻hoping for the best. 

We had this family dinner. And with my babies we had blast. Yes! With babies 🤣 I am running around babies with turn by turn and did not remember what me and Mr. Hubby ate.🤔

3. Twin mundane

It was most awaited things. We generally remove all hair in 6 months. No I am not following any rituals. It is on when baby get older and I am able to handle them. Pretty simple! 

This time we did mundan in March. Yes, according to me they understand what is going on and with hope at least one of them will be less cranky. 

Guess what? 

Exactly happened the same thing. We thought miss "I" will be cool but, she cried so much while miss "S" giggled around her. 

She watched carefully everything. When her turned came she did not cried at all. Voila! Success.😁

3. Twin outing

Yes! It is quite dangerous thing for me. Because both are continued to run and it is not easy to run behind them. Mr. Hubby excited to take them to Mall. I used to drop out his plan several time. 😐 

But this time we took a chance. We went out nearby mall for our "OUTING" 

Elder one also stuck with me inside the house. So dare to go out with my twins. 

They enjoyed most. First time my twins travelled with Railyway train. They enjoyed train. Running everywhere at mall through the open space. We manged to eat dinner 😇

Succeed! 😉

4. Study of elder one

It is most difficult part for me this year. Semester she did all by herself. For final too I encourage her for self study but she wanted me to be with her. She started to felt out alone. "As mummy is not with her, mummy do not love her and mummy even do not bother her😇"

Yes! I agree she can feel all these. My attention us totally turned towards babies. Also we took her granted. Motherhood is really difficult. You have to give your attention equally. I am really greatful to God for giving me such mature and supportive daughter. I always appreciate this. 

I prepared Time table and started to sit with her for study. Special focus on difficult subjects like Maths and EVS 

Succeed ! 

To complete study with lots of laugh and able to brought confidence to my daughter. 

5. Decluttering

My goal is to declutter every month. Baby outgrow quickly and if you do not declutter timely you will end up with huge mess.

With twins managing wardrobe is the most complicated things. Whenever I open my wardrobe I do not want to have irritating feeling. So time to time I declutter clothes. Everyone's! Yes, whether it is me, Mr. Hubby or my three daughters. Things got easy and trying to not have overflowing piles. 

Do you know our mental state is depend on these things? All negative energy piles up in such cluttered things. 

My goal was to declutter in every month, every small or big corner of our home. And with God grace I am able to do that. 

Greatful for this as I am able to remove negativity from my house. You try it once and see the result.

Do you maintain any gratitude list ?

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Easy Way To Have Eggs In Your Breakfast

How to have eggs in breakfast in easy way?

Egg is one of the most favorite breakfast of  everyone. It could be boiled egg, egg omelette or masala French toast. Generally we used to eat this basic dishes. I don't like to eat same kind of breakfast though I like eggs. We like to eat eggs. We have eggs twice in a week.  Because my family love egg and so now my twins also loved to eat boiled egg. Like mother like daughters😁

Why you should eat eggs ?

Eggs are very varstile. You can have it in dessert and in spicy dish too. Eggs contain protein, vitamins and minerals. Egg is also a good source of omega 3 and fatty acid plus antioxidants.

Eggs provide vitamin D and  level up cholorestol. The health benefits of eggs are here. 

🥚Even a heart patient required to eat 2 eggs in a day. (My personal experience)

🥚Pregnant woman told to have egg in their diet. Specially boiled egg is very important in pregnancy.

🥚In Postpartum period diet also, you have to eat boiled egg. It is required source of protein and vitamin D. Doctor advised to have two boiled eggs daily specially in breakfast.

🥚Apart from this you should introduce egg to babies too. (with your doctor approval.)

Hence, Mr. Hubby compelled us to have eggs in our daily meal. He is fitness addicted and so he loved to eat eggs daily. You know "PROTEIN" kinda requirements😁 He would like to eat plain omelette and boiled egg. I hate to eat this on weekly basis. I am food lover and so always trying to eat variety as much as it is easy and tasty too. Did I mention we are eating 2 dozen of egg in a week - family of 5 😀( official) !

Check out our weekly kids approved breakfast :

Ideas Number # 1

Ideas Number # 2

What we like to eat ?

Variety ! 

 I am sharing what we generally eat in a busy morning. We have eggs twice in a week and so sticking to simple yet tasty recipe. Check out the post and I am sure you can make it in a jiffy,  Guaranteed. 😋

PS : By Real Simple

1. Basic Plain Omelette

Basic plain means no onion, no tomatto no extra veggies. It is purely plain like your baby can  eat this .

How to make?

 

- Beat egg with pinch of salt and pepper. 

-Heat a pan, add little bit of oil or butter and spread the beaten egg.

- Your plain omelette is ready in 5 minutes.

Serving : 

We rolled it in a paratha. 

You can spread mayo and ketchup on Paratha. Simple and Yummy!

2. Masala Egg Toast

Basically it is Indian version of French Toast. You can say. 

How to make?

Step 1 :

Beat egg, add turmeric, red chilli powder, pepper powder, salt , finely chopped coriander. Mix it till become fluffy.

Step 2 :

Dip bread slice in to the above mixture and roast it on a pan.

Step 3

Use little bit of oil to roast the toast. You can deep fry too. But we like it in roast form. Roast it till it become crispy.

Step 4

Take out on a tissue paper to absorb the extra oil.

Your simple masala toast is ready. You also would like to try this Kid friendly cheese loaded French toast.

PS : You too can cook

Serving : 

Cut your masala toast in your desired shape. 

I cut it in triangle.  Serve it with pudina coariander chutneys or tomato sauce.

3.Boiled Egg Burji Sandwich:

It is not burji but we called it burji. Difference is we made it from boiled egg.

How to make ?

- Boiled the egg fully. Chopped it in bit sized.

- In pan heat oil, add onion jeera, curry leaves. - Fry it till onion become pink.

- Then add tomato and salt. Cook till tomatto become soft.

- Add basic masala like turmeric, red chilli powder, garam masala and fry it.

- Add chopped egg bites and give it good mix.

- if you want to add water, you can add it 1 tsp and mix it together.

- keep on heat for 2 minutes.

-Garnish with chopped coriander.

Serving : 

# You can serve it with paratha.

# Spread this mixture on a bread. Cover it with other bread and toast this sandwich on a skillet with butter. 

Yummy sandwich is ready.

PS : Red Book Magazine

4. Sunny Side Up

It is somewhat like that only. I used to cook the yolk until it become thick.

How to make it?

- Heat up a pan, add butter or oil.

- Break the egg directly on a pan.

- Do not touch that and do not try to spread.

- sprinkles salt and pepper

- let it set for 5 second.

- once the yolk settle your omlete is ready.

- Remove it from the stove. 

My version of sunny side up is ready to eat. 

Serving : 

Have it with toast and tomato sauce. Some kind of English Breakfast. This is one of our favorite breakfast item.

PS : The Flavors of a kitchen

Apart from this our regular and traditional breakfast dishes are. Egg burji. My mother made the best burji.  This can be eat with roti, bhkari or even with ghavan.

PS : www.akilaskitchen.com

Stir fry Boiled eggs. When you get bored while eating boiled egg then just shallow fry it with a dash of red chilli powder, garam masala and pepper powder.

These are easy egg breakfast recipe which can be made quickly in 10 to 15 minutes. 

What kind of egg dishes you have in your breakfast? 

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Twin Baby 15 Months Update

They are 15  months old now. It has been the happiest feeling when we look both of them. 

They were so tiny when we bought them at home. We both cried a lot and for God sake they were born without any complications. Today we saw,  both are running in the whole house. Continue giggles and that word mum ma, Pappa,  melt my heart and bring tears in my eyes! 

Incredible feeling!😍😍

It is twin update post. 
March - one of my favourite month where air is not too cold and not too hot. It's start of spring here and I love that atmosphere. In the morning around 6 to 7 you can actually feel the breezy air. I would like to go for morning walk instead I am sitting in my balcony for 10 minutes and feel the breeze. Currently getting these 10 minutes is my luck 😀😀 Ha ha ha ! You can imagine a Mom Life ! 💜

It is first Holi of my twin, officially first because in last Holi they are 3 months old😀

Mr. Hubby brought Holi t-shirt, some holi colour and pichakari for Didi. She was very happy and played with her friends. 

Trying to take pics of twins and so make them busy in screen. 

Let's start 

Weight : 

Both were weigh approximately 10 kg. Sometimes feel heavy and sometimes not. We didn't do any check-ups currently. But both are healthy.

Height : 

Both have equal height. Around 2 ft. 

Sleep : 

Sleep pattern has changed little bit. Wake up window is about 4 hrs. And sleep nearby 2 to 3 hrs. In a day my twin took two sleep. First one is accurate after  4 to 5 hour nearby 11:30 to 12 pm and slept for 2.5 hour. Sometimes 3 hr if there is no disturbance from neighbours. 😐 Second nap around 6 pm but hardly sleep for 45 minutes only. I am struggling for this second nap. 

Eat : 

Almost eating everything which we eat. Both girls have breakfast, Lunch and dinner with 2 snacks. 

Most interested in eating Mango, Banana, Chikoo, watermelon, boiled egg, puri, paratha, dosa, chilla, paneer, noodles and pasta too.

Do not like to eat anything sweet and Sour. The facial expression was too sweet while trying this sweet and Sour kind foods. 

They dont like curd, Apple, plain rice, vermacili and bottle milk.😇

Feed : 

Still breastfeed both of them. Trying weaning but I am not sure how long I Will take.😁

Mom guilt! 

Screen Time: 

Yes! I gave screen time for sure. To make my work easier, to keep my mind calm and to make things easy. With that I am looking for new ways to engage them. 

Mornings when time is very less and work load is more I offer screen time. So that I am able to finish  90% of my work.

Talk : 

S started to talk more. She called mumma, pappa, didi clearly. It gives earlier butterfly in my tummy. She learned so fast which surprise us.

Just opposite" I " is not yet talking. I Tried everything but she is only saying daaaa, maaaa, that it! Poor girl going to take long time to talk, I guess! 

Active : 

Too much active. S love to Play with puppy. She is so interested to touch it. Calling puppy by saying bhoo bhoo. Running everywhere when I took her down.

"I " also run with her. She love to hug her twin sister often. Both played very well without hurting each other.

Both love to read books. All my girls are books addict. They jump on books if you offer screen and book. They love to flip, open and saw the colourful pictures. 

S is more interested in reading. She insist me to read her at least 1000 times. And I adore how quickly she learn everything. Mimicking me and tell me the same story. Love, Love this phase.

"I" not show that much interaction. See twins but totally different from each other. She love books too. Both having a fight on a book always.😐

Scribbling :

Yes, we are in scribbling phase. Specially S cring a lot when she saw Didi is studying and so she want to study too. Yeo! Everywhere scribbling, on bed, on closet. on wall too. Though i gave her notebooks, register even made an activity she scibble everywhere.

"I "also love to scribbling. But not in too much. She scibble on this pad only. Good girl. 

You may love to read :

Day in life of twins 8 months.

Twins 12 months update

Celebration : 

Yeaa! My twinni love celebration. They enjoyed first Diwali. And so they are aware about festival celebration at home. I make sure to have celebration atmosphere at home. Like wearing new clothes, delicious food followed by some rituals and showing them celebration by going in neighbourhood. 

This time we had Holi.

I took both of them in society park. And both of them saw this Holi. They want to touch that structure😇

We had homemade delicious food. Traditional puranpoli, katachi Amati, bhaji. To my surprise my both girls love puranpoli. 😋

And Gajar Halwa and bhajiya too.

How we celebrate ?

First I put color on her sister, daddy and then 

Second daughter. " I"  like our traditional Festive food. She almost ate 1/4 puranpoli and 1/4 cup of Gajar Halwa.

Holi eneded up with strom and rain😀 In a sudden there was drastic change in atmosphere. We did not see Sun for two days. 

This is a short updates and sweet Memory. 

Do you have any specific Short and sweet Memory ?

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6 Games To Increase Kids Vocabulary

 

Have you think about kids Vocabulary? Why small kids do not communicate in English ? Even they know how to talk but they don't use english for communication. Do you know why?

Disclaimer : This is specially for those kids who really have a struggle to Communicate in English. 

My daughter is fluent in English. 

Kids often anxious about their vocabulary. They do not have spontaneous word to have english communication. They afraid  if they unable to speak. And many more reason are there.

Specially if you are Maharashtrian or Hindi bhashi then the problem is "Word Bank". Kids do not have sufficient vocabulary so they are unable to get the proper words. Uneducated parents or parents from vernacular medium face such kinds of difficulties.

What are the reason for this?

1. Basically parents do not have own developed vocabulary. Even I am still facing this issue😁.

2. They tend to use mother tongue words most probably.

3. They themselves never talked in English at home with family members

4. Sometimes they unable to find the accurate word.

5. Sometimes they start to communicatie in English but because of poor vocabulary they failed. 

What is the solution?

Well, you have to start early. Since baby is one month old. Use English words as much as possible. Specially action words. It sounds stupid for some parents but if you want your kids vocabulary should be broad then better to start early.

Do read aloud to babies. Baby love colours and so use picture books. This way you have a chance to develop your own vocabulary too.😉

3. Books and books are the most important at this stage.

4. Use words books, action words books, verb books, fruits, vegetables, alphabets, professional, relations, neighborhoods books etc. All these kinds of books have a word. It is most useful for baby, toddlers and parents too. 

 So this is for babies. Now we can check what can we do to small kids who are going to playgroup, kindergarten. 

If I ask, are you playing with your kids? 

The answer is - YES!

But it get irritate when we are tired and kids want to play with us. Then, What do you do ?

Well, my answer, we played. 😐 Yes, still we play. Sometimes me, sometime hubby, but we played. It may be for 10 to 15 minutes but we played.

Why?

Because playing always rejuvenating kids. It assured them parents love them and like to play with them. This is the best way where you can teach your kids anything which you wants. 

As per psychology the game is the most important part of kids development. We parents should always encourage our kids to have open ended play. It should include, functional Play, symbolic play, constructive play and more brain games.

You may like to read :

Study Tips for History

Indoor Traditional Game : Bhatukali

How to teach more than 30 words 15 minutes.

 How to play ?

Whenever your kids want to play with you said,

Yes!

Trust me it will take only 10 minutes to fulfill our kids emotional bucket. The joy that parents are ready to play with them is the most important things for them. No matter how short period of time you will play.

I am sharing how we used to play with my daughter when she was small. Even today also we play the same things but for language subject or EVS subjects.  I try to upgrade the game as per her weak points. 

The game which we played hardly for 10 to 15 minutes but it worked for both - kids and parents 😊 

6 games to increase kids vocabulary.

1. Scavenger hunt : 

Find things in bedrooms - particularly with some props. For example - find blue color things, find the things start with particular alphabets, find the things belongs to her toys like dollhouse, doll, kitchen set etc.

2. Antakshari : 

This is not with song, but the Word search.  It can be in English, Hindi or Marathi. Have to speak one word, the other person will find the word from the ending letter without spending too much time say within one second.

For example : Apple : egg : girl : lamp.

Can goes same with Hindi or Marathi

This one is good to build vocabulary.

3. Compound word : 

Make the spelling of compound words. You say the first word and ask them the next word, like Sun - what is the next word- Flower. So the word Sunflower.

This can be played orally which is more fun. Other way to play for toddler is DIY card and timer. You can make diy card of first word on paper second word on another paper and ask them to join. Make sure you draw picture first. If your kid is in reading phase then use words. Let them think, let them use their brain.

4. Pretend play : 

Like Doll house, supermarket, school, etc. Kids need lot of practice with English grammer. Playing is the best way where they can have real communication. Do play with them and communicate in English only. Use small sentences so they will also answer in English only. Like if you are playing Market, then ask the price - 

What is the cost of apples? How much for a milk ?

4. Name, Place, Things, Fruits, Colours : 

How many of you remember this game? When I was kid we played it a lot. Specially in school holidays we Played as a whole family. 

This game require minimum 2 and maximum 5 player. It start with particular alphabet and player have to write the words in each column with the same alphabet.

For example : P : Name : Prakash,

Place : paris, Things: Pencil, Fruit : pear, colour : pink and on.

You can add up as many columns as you want. This is the best game to practice spelling, common and proper noun too.

5. Dum sharaz :

It sound simple but yes your little one will love it. Make action of any word like running, singing, writing ,cup, horse, door etc. Do not speak and ask to identify the words. Try to spell also. Use a blackboard and do write spelling. The fun way through which they learn to spell.

6. Fidget : 

I used this for variety of things. As in picture it shows .  I added up one colour to one side so that two players can play. The colour side landed up on any of the word like planets, then kids have to tell about planet name. For elder kids you can ask to tell anything they know about the planets. And what they wanted to know. 

This game is good for improving communication in younger kids. You can ask them to talk about that particular word in 5 to 6 sentence. It will helps to develop communication skills too.

These are the games which helps me and my little one to increase vocabulary. Vacation has started so Play as much as you can with your little one.

Hope you like this post. Is it helpful? Which indoor games you played with your kiddo? 

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