News Flash 27.7.13

• Made “ Delicate Korma with Cashews and Apricots”   and “ Black Eye Peas with Coconut from AnjumAnand’s Vegetarian book. The curries turned out excellent and was not that difficult to make. A little bit of planning was required and that’s all
• Aayush and Nishka have been enrolled with Everyone Active Swimming lessons now and go to Tuedays 3:30 and Sundays 1:30 respectively.
• Currently reading “ Dead Simple” by Peter James from the Reading Club at Hornchurch Library. It is more than a year now since I joined and I look forward to those First Tuesdays or Thursdays when we meet. It has been a good experience as I have read quite a good collection and very different from each other. 
•   Have been actively using the Goodreads app on my phone. Kept a list of books which I have read in the past one year. Also love the fact that you can be in touch with your friends that what are they reading and add it to your list.
•  Aayush will be joining Nelmes Primary School in September this year. He has finished his time in Georgie Porgy Preschool and loved it. I am looking forward for Nishka to start her time in school as well.
• We have been to one of the Open Days at Nelmes Primary and bought Aayush’s school uniform. Still have to buy shoes and trousers for his session to start on 23^rd Sep 2013.
• Jayeeta  andSudeep with their daughters came over for lunch. I made Daal Maharani ( recipe taken from Ribbons to Pasta Blog ) , Paneer with Spring Onions ( Nita Mehta Paneer recipes ) , Korma with Cashews and Apricots ( AnjumAnand Vegetarian Book ) , Peas Pulao ( One Hot Stove Food blog) and all this served with Garlic and Coriander Naan and BoondiRaita.
• Aayush had his Graduation Ceremony at Georgie Porgy Preschool on 19^th July 2013. He was a very popular boy in his school and was called a” Superstar”. At first we assumed he has not understood the event but since he is back from the party he keeps looking at his card and the teachers photo printed on it. Surprisingly he knows all the names of the teachers.
•  Weather in London is too good to be true.. We are having a heatwave which last happened in 2006. Windows are open all day at home and have 2 pedestal fans which are on throughout the day. Temperature is touching 30 on most days.
•   Refreshing to eat strawberries / cherries / and drinking “Rasna” in these summer days.
•  Have booked Aayush to Fit For Sport classes for some days. The sessions are from 9:30 to 1:00 in the morning and he has to take packed lunch and some snacks with him. 
•  Nishka is getting naughtier by day. Her vocabulary of words is also multiplying by every passing minute. The words she says most of the time is “ mummy/ mumma , papa, kaka, bye, babu, daddu, dadi.Whenever Nishka says bye she gives flying kiss to the person and says “mum” for water and “dudu” for when she needs milk.
• Both brother and sister just love each other to bits and do all sorts of antics with each other. It is a pleasure to watch them grow almost together. Aayush is a very caring brother and does not like when somebody scolds Nishka. He will be the first person to come and defend Nishka even though the fault was of her.
• It is birthday month in my family. Both my nephew and niece celebrated their 4^th and 10^th birthdays this week. Kids had their parties in respective party places with their friends and adults gorged on home cooked pooris / chole and pulao and pizzas.
• There were some adult birthdays as well which were celebrated in London Darbar. Guests from Canada as well family in London gathered for the celebrations.
• Ashish off to Chennai again and will be back exactly on his birthday. It has been a year since he has been going to India for work. I think the novelty has worn off now.
•   I have enrolled Aayush to Summer Reading Challenge organised in our Library. He has to finish 6 books in total at the end of which he gets a certificate and a medal.
• Also planning to enrol him in Drama Classes locally..taking him to first trial class tomorrow. Let’s see how it goes.