Happy Birthday Boo

It was Boo's Birthday yesterday. This year we are going low key on all celebrations so I baked cake and we had dinner at home. It was all very cozy and nice.

Have a relaxing weekend

Source : Nevermade.com

These Blush Flats

I was looking for summer flats when i stumbled upon this India based shoe brand with the cutest collection of flats. I am finding it difficult to select one single pair, may be i'll get three, who knows.

U can check out the site here . Also checkout these cute gingham ones. 

Smiles

 Today Navya smiled an actual smile for the camera and then she got shy and started playing around. Oh how my heart is flowing with love for this girl. I am feeling so proud of my little monkey. Isn't she the sweetest. 

In love with the second picture. I am thinking of getting it framed. What do you think?

I Wish you enough

There are so many ways of wishing well when bidding adieu. We wish people happiness, success, laughter or good health. I came across a post today describing  a family's tradition of wishing each other when saying goodbyes. They say "I wish you enough" wanting the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them.

Further elaborated :
"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final goodbye".

What a beautiful way to part. I wish you all enough!

Do you have a special way of wishing before saying goodbye? Would you like to start wishing your loved ones in this way? We always kiss each other before saying goodbye. 

Are you going on a Holiday?

We are visiting out parents for the holidays this year. Both mine and Paresh's parents live in the same city so it will be super fun and hectic since we will be diving our time between both sets of grandparents.
Me and Paresh are also hoping to get a little alone time may be go on a date or drive which isn't possible for us in Bangalore.

I am planing to show Navya some of the tourist places in Chandigarh this time. I hope she has a good time and likes the city as much as we do.

Do you have any plans for the holidays? Do you plan to travel or just chill at home?

Happy 5th Anniversary

I have been married for 5 years now to this wonderfully irritating human being. To celebrate we went out for dinner to one of our favourite Italian Cafes. The food as usual was amazing and we returned home happy and satisfied.

In case you are interested here are a few photos of us.

(At my cousin's wedding)

 (Before we left for our honeymoon )

(Goa trip)

 (on the terrace of our first home together)

(I am pregnant and utterly disinterested in getting  pictures taken) 

It's My Birthday

Navya had fever so we stayed at home and cuddled in bed the whole day. In between we watched Ice Age (Coz its her all time favourite movie) and just hung around the house. As she got a little active  later in the evening we went for coffee and Navya had a blast climbing up and down the stairs. 

So my 31st was a slow yet chill bday. How did you/ do you plan to celebrate your day this year? are there any special plans? do you like to go out and celebrate or are you happy staying at home chilling?

Did you ever fall off the bed while sleeping ?

We have always co-slept with Navya, me and Boo on either side. Still I am always worried about her falling off the bed in her sleep. So last night when I heard a loud noise I got up panicking thinking Navya had fallen off the bed. As I saw her sleeping cosily on boo's side of the bed, I realised it was Boo who had accidentally fallen off the bed. In my half asleep state I just couldn't believe he had fallen off the bed while sleeping. After checking up on him I rolled navya to my side and laughed for a good 10 minutes before going back to sleep. 

It still cracks me up thinking about the whole scene. An obvious outcome is that now both of us have reserved more sleeping space for ourselves.

Have you ever fallen off the bed while sleeping? How would you react if you do? If I ever manage to do that I will probably stay on the floor for the rest of the night.

Movie time

I have had a few favourite animated movies like Ice Age, Shrek, Stuart Little to name a few. And now that I get to watch them with Navya gets me even more excited about them.

Though her attention span is 5 minutes(at max) but that doesn't stop me from looking for different movies all the time. This search led me to a wonderful movie - SING. I watched it just yesterday for the first time and loved it. Navya's take on the movie was again 5 min attention span. But with so many different animals to look at and identify i am sure navya will like it in the long run. The bonus for the movie is the music.

We will surely be watching it again this week atleast twice.

Do you like watching movies with you little ones? Which is your favourite movie to watch with your kids? IS their any movie in particular you are excited about?

Mother's day gift Ideas 2018

Now that I am a Mom myself Mother's day this year is just so much more special, though Navya can't go get me presents or flowers but just her existence seems like the best gift I could ask for. I am sure this goes for all Moms. The health and happiness of their kids is their best gift but just in case you wanna go an extra mile and get your dear Mums something here are a few ideas:

MIXIFY® Unloc Skin Glow Face Serum -    495.00 

This is rated as one of the bestsellers on Amazon and rightly so. It claims to remove dead cells, exfoliate and brighten skin. moreover it smells good. If your mom is into skincare she would definitely enjoy this.

Crossbody Bag @Zara  - RS.2890

How chic is this bag. Even I would love to own it *Hint* *Hint*.

Wishing Star by Masaba @Titan Raga  - ₹ 11,415 

All women love jewels and what could be better than gifting a watch which works like part watch part bracelet.

Carolina Herrera Good Girl Perfume - INR 6800

I think that most women love Perfumes and this new scent from the masters of fragrance making is as gorgeous smelling as it is stylish looking.

Lindt Swiss Thins - Rs. 590

This would make any chocolate lover very happy and the plus side is you can ask your mom to share it with you ... Genius!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.<3

H&M India is now Online

I am stoked that now after Zara we have H&M available for online shopping. I took a little sneek peek and fell in love with these Slip-Ons.  

Image Courtesy H&M 

As a bonus H&M is giving free shipping till 30.3.2018 and also has 50% on selected stuff. Happy Shopping.

Summer dress

How cute is this lemon dress. Its from BabyMonk. They have come out with the cutest dress for little girls and you can check them out here. Now that I have finally started putting Navya in dresses,I am constantly looking out for cute options. This site is confusing me with choice. Plus side Navya will end up with an amazing summer collection.

Are you guyz excited to dress up kids in summer clothes? 

Enjoy the Weekend

Hope you enjoy these little factoids and have a happy weekend. We don't have anything planned for the weekend so will just go with the flow.

Great advise from today's inspiring women.

I wish This Sabyasachi gown makes a red carpet appearance soon. It's just so retro !!

For #Ladiesfirst we are set on watching this documentary as our Saturday night movie. 

Do you think this Chic Cold Shoulder Wrap Dress is such a summer essential?

Did you checkout the 2018 winter paralympic google-doodle yet? Also the winter paralymics started on 9th March in case you want to have a sneak peek at them check it out here.

First Indian to recieve the Pritzker Prize. He is inspired by Le Corbusier, the architect of Chandigarh(My hometown).

And we just got a step closer to the Royal wedding. I am totally excited about this wedding.

LoveStyleCrazy #ThrowbackThursdays

Looking back on certain memories brings back smiles and sometimes tears. These memories sometimes just pop up out of the blue, but sometimes we make an effort to remember things. This series is my little effort to talk about things we loved, laughed about or utterly disliked in the past.

1) I am sure all of the kids from the 90's remember this "it" song . It was playing on the radio and Paresh also new the song so well. I have danced to this song a million times and I still sing it when i am playing Antakshri. Some songs get stuck in your mind and you just have to sing them everytime you play antakshri .
P.s. the best thing about This song is Milind Soman 💖

Alisha Chinai's - Made in India

2) Last week we lost one of the most iconic actors in Bollywood. What a beauty. I have grooved to so many songs of her and will continue to do. Yes i can still dance to "Yeh ladki kahan se ayyi hai -Chalbaaz" or "Mere Hathon mei nau nau churiyaan - chandni"  my favourite childhood songs.

3) A little #TBT of my own. This is me and my dad after a lunch about 3 years ago. I will be visiting my folks next month and am so eagerly waiting. this time I plan to click hundreds of pics with them.

4) I am not ashamed to admit that "The notebook" is one of my all time favourite romantic movies. This is one of the most iconic moments of the movie. "I am a Bird if your a Bird" *Sigh*

Can you think of any crazy old pop songs ? Or is their any favourite movie dialogue that you remember that you would like to share?

February 2018 #BookClubLSC

February being the month of love and all made me select two books which kind of fall in that genre. The reason why I say "kind of "is because they are not your typical romantic novels but these are books that make you appreciate love and loved ones even more.

The books I read this month are:

A man called Ove

As the name suggests this book is the story about Ove. A story both sweet and hilarious. Ove, a Swedish man plans to commit suicide after the demise of his wife, Sonja but things don't work out as per his plans. 
This book is about love, the love he has for his wife, the love he has for the cat who he refuses to acknowledge as his pet, the love for his car, the love for his old neighbours whom he hasn't spoken to in a long time, the love for his new neighbours who keep intruding in his life. 
Fredrick Backman who is the author in  this article says that Ove is basically drawn from him in real life. This books beautifully explains why people who are set in their way can be the best people to be around. 


The Fault in our stars

I have seen the movie cried my eyes out, read this book in 2014 cried my eyes out and re read it this month..guess what "cried my eyes out" Oh Gus you charming Gus why! This is a story about three people and how they deal with cancer. The young couple who know death is inevitable but still manage to find love and joy and humour and more love. It's also about the author of their favourite book who had dealt with cancer but has been shoved to the dark side of life. 
This book is a reminder that no matter what your going through in life you can always appreciate the love you get. 

Both these books were wonderful reads and now I am off to select two for the  month of March. Have you read any of these books?if so how did u feel about them? 

In case you want to read any of these books you can get them here and here.

Also do u have any particular books in mind for March?

From Two to Three

Having a baby changes everything. It fills your heart with so much love it becomes difficult to contain it. Also it fills your body with so many hormones it becomes difficult to stay sane.

But wait,.....I am not writing about how utterly happy and/or exhausted I feel after having a baby. This is not a post about my life after having a baby. I am not sharing any motherhood or parenting tips. I do plan to write about those things but not today. Today I just wanna say Hi !! to everyone, just wanna share some virtual hugs and kisses, just wanna tell everyone that you are doing a great job .

XOXO

May Goals

#lscmonthlygoals
With this Hashtag I am starting with a fresh  new series on "monthly goals" - self explanatory ain't it.
 2016 is passing so quickly and there are so many things that I wanted to get done this year, so setting goals seemed like a good way to get things done. (Well at least in  my head it did !!) Here I am trying to get a LATE head start (if that's even a thing ;))

1) I want to change the look of my blog and make it more sleek and appealing. I also want to be more regular with my posts so I plan to post atleast four times a week.

2) I want to have more posts on my Instagram as well, making it more interactive. Here is the Link in case you wanna check it out.

3) This month I also want to shake things up a bit on my fitness game. shaking things up basically means starting things up people. I plan to go for a run thrice a week and so exercises at home every alternate day.

4) This month is Boo's bday and I wish to make it a success.

Hope I am able to get on top of all of this !!

Refresh

Flare This Season

Revival of the 60's or the 70's  style is the style mantra of the current fashion statement. One such comeback is of the Flare jeans.  Also  known as Bell- Bottoms or Boot cuts these were a part of the hippie culture and later moved to Mainstream Fashion. They are a versatile piece of clothing and can be used for a bohemian style to chic girl in a number of ways. These are best paired with Heels or Clogs. So its time to give those skinies a little break and get your grove on with the Flare. 

  So here are a few inspirations "TO BRING THE FLARE BACK"