Another Sweet Day

I had my first birthday since Ikey arrived and now Ani had the chance. Happy to be his parents and for this wonderful day!

Salt, Chilli and Mangoes

Year end vacations aka summer vacations were awaited with much anticipation during our childhood days. This is the time where we indulge with friends and games followed by activities like swimming and mango harvesting etc. 

Oh yes - mango harvesting from any tress which came in front of us were fun. Doesn't matter to whom it belonged to. No one complained about plucking couple of mangoes from their trees during the summer time.

And we had our own and widely accepted recipe to eat mangoes. Make salt and chilli powder mix, dip the mango in it and enjoy!. Wink your eyes due to the extreme sourness from the fresh mango and continue to eat.

It is still the best way to enjoy fresh Kerala mangoes.

Ani wanted to go back to the above memory lane when we saw bunch of mangoes all around. And it was great to go back to the good old childhood days!

New Facts Of Life

Traveling to Kerala is always a much anticipated event for me and Ani now. The apartment life is so boring these days that we really need a change every two months. Then we drive down to our wonderful Kerala (except the climate >sweating<).

A run away vacation. However, this time it was more exciting for us as Ikey joined the trip. He has only seen the white roof and ever running fan since his birth. On Fridays and Sunday’s, on the way to the church, he will see some electric post through the car window. That’s it. 

He didn't have any idea on what fresh air means or how the sky look great through a tree filled backyard. So we decided to take backyard stroll on the day we reached Kerala. 

We spent an hour on the backyard, enjoyed the shades from the tall trees and got to know the flowers and lots of fresh air. Ikey enjoyed and smiled at us like never before.