Mango Treat...

Mehndi

The first wedding invitation since we came to the US.




We went to a mehndi yesterday. The time was 6:30 and we reached there around 6:40, thinking we were late, as it happens we were the first to be there - by first I mean even before the hosts! I guess when going to a pakistani function we should observe the time difference between pakistan and here, for desis time doesn't matter they go by the date instead!

Margalla Hills

I am back...

Greetings from Islamabad!

Sunset

The River

hmmm yummy mangoes...

It’s been a while since I wrote anything on my blog. I guess I am too excited to write anything. The reason for this excitement is that I am going home soon. I just can’t wait to roam on the roads of good old Isloo (Islamabad). I can’t wait to eat the yummy mangoes and very sweet grapes and of course all the delicious veggies. I just hate the taste of the veggies here.

some new pictures

San Antonio TX

Fire

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Bily Joel

Spring Fling and the Princess

It was the Spring Fling at my daughters’ school today. The girls enjoyed a lot but got very tired because after the fling we took them for shopping. My little one, as she was tired and sleepy, gave us tough time while shopping. She wanted to buy a dress and refused to sit in the cart. I gave her the dress she wanted so that she’d sit in the cart properly. I thought I’d leave the dress at the cash counter but you know you can’t fool this clever little girl. She just wouldn’t trust us and kept holding the dress till the end. I kept her away from the cash counter when my husband was paying and she thought that she got her new dress. She slept on the way back and slept for another 30 minutes at home. When she got up her first question was…where is my new princess dress?

She is in 'princess phase' these days i.e. believes she is a princess and that she should wear a glittery, swirlable dress all the time, even when she is sleeping. I hope this phase ends soon as I am fed up of changing her ten times a day. Changing ten times because she wants her dress to swirl when she twirls and not all of her dresses swirl when she twirls (she calls it the princess dance). What is more when she is the princess instead of treating me as a princess mother she thinks of me and everyone else as the princess maid!!!

My elder daughter had a white cotton dress which she wore only once. I liked that dress a lot and kept it safe for Amani to wear. It is size 4 and I thought it should fit her this summer, so I took it out and made the mistake of letting her try it on. She wore it and didn’t want to take it off and spilled some diet Fanta on it. I washed it immediately but the orange color did not go away (I am wondering what this diet Fanta is made up of!). So I washed it again but no luck, then I added some bleach and washed it for the third time, it helped a little. But the very next day she wanted to wear it again. She slept in that dress last night and today when I was getting her dressed for the spring fling she wanted to go in the same white dress which is not white anymore (thanks to punch flavor Gatorade this time! ) and now I will just wash it once and get it dyed :(


At the Spring Fling: enjoying kicking while baji standing at the back too shy to play



We got our hair sprayed baji got all blue and...



...I got red and purple



Treasure Hunt



we both found spider rings in the hunt baji did not want hers so i got both
oh! no, I did not hurt my fingers...I just love to wear bandages


and look who else was enjoying spring fling

New Blog

Check out the new blog I created for my kids drawings. I will try to post my own work there as well i.e. IF I am able to finish the ones I have started :)
Through the Looking Glass

Hadia's art work

I promised to post some art work by my almost 9 yr old. Here are a few of her works which her teacher believes are good and I personally think that she does much better then this.

The first one is me, she drew it last year on mothers day. Second is probably herself. Third one is also last years selected art work from school and the fourth one is this years art work from school. The last one is my favorite. It's just part of the painting I could not get the full image as it is too big for my scanner.

Dried Cranberries

Glow in the dark

Still Life

This is the only painting I did since we came to the US. Its a remake from a book. Am working on another...(my own original work)....trying to build up my portfolio...once again...will try to post my new work too.

RDG loves DEK in 1980!

Walking with baba...

Kemah Boardwalk

Aviator

Getting old....