Our Holiday to Calicut & Malaparamba

It's already November...Nice to start the month with refreshing memories.  Our recent trip to Kerala, Kozhikode was refreshing and definitely have a calming effect.  If you travel during October you will enjoy rain,sun and cold.  They can be described as majestic and beautiful.   

The first four days we spent at the Malaparamba father's place.  This time we were lucky to visit lots of temples nearby.  We were determined to see it all and in the end, we still felt like we had lots of exploring left to do.  Malaparamba is such a beautiful mountain area.  It rained off and on but felt nice cool during the day and chill in the night.

One of the things we did while in Malaparamba was hiking.  I'm so insanely proud of Aryan.  He hiked without a complaint, enjoyed every view and played with wonderful dirt.  He loved hiking,this help him to get his energy out. We loved it because we enjoy the nature and very refreshing from city life.

Aryan enjoyed his 7days trip at fullest.  All he did was hike, played with kids around and he used to drift off to sleep easily at night . He also did fishing, he was very happy he catched three fishes.  

Last few days we spend time with Aunty’s house in Kozhikode.  All our cousins from Hyderabad,Bangalore and Kerala joined us.   I’m a little sad, I was busy enjoying the good company I didn’t take snaps.

 
 
 

We're hoping to make it back not only next year, but to spend more time with rest of our families. I've really enjoyed sharing our holiday, it's refreshing my brain for this November.

Sri Krishna Janmashtami and our weekend

Happy Sunday & Happy Janmashtami!  Janmashtami marks the celebration of Lord Sri Krishna's birth. And we celebrated janmashtami at our mom's place. Mom made yummy kesari for us. We had a fun loving game,fancy dress and dance.

Here is the snapshot of celebration ...

Little Krishna and Radha 

 Sister helping brother to get ready for the show.

Hope you enjoyed your weekend!

Ben 10 Backpack and School uniform

Summer vacation is over and school season kick started. Going back to school after a month's vacation is not very cool for kids. So just a week before the School reopening I decided that Aryan must have his new backpack for his first day of school.  With my shop orders lined up I had very less time to sew a backpack and his new uniform.  I guess sometimes you just have to force yourself to make time.  He loves BEN 10 and I had promised to make Ben 10 backpack long back. 

My son was really excited about his new backpack & new uniform and after seeing them, he was very happy and geared up for his first day at school. 

The short sleeve uniform shirt fits him perfectly. I love all details and how it turned out (Front pocket with school label, back yoke, sturdy collar).

I choose to make a simple and convenient pattern for backpack with little time in hand . As you know I love recycling. This backpack was made from an old Jean same like Owly backpack                  

This was the first time I was working with pipping.  I had gotten few plastic pipes long back, which I was thinking to use for bags. Gosh! I had a hard time to sew it around. But I'm very happy the way it turned out - Stiff to hold the shape.

When Aryan knew I was making the Ben10 backpack for him ; he was behind me every now and then asking " Mama, is it ready"  When the backpack was ready, he was so happy to see it and he was wearing it the whole day. It feels so nice to make things for kids that they really like.

I have added the adjustable straps and I padded the strap with cotton batting so it sits perfectly and comfy on his shoulder.  Roomy interior with little open pocket (I just forgot to take the photo from inside).  Ben 10 photos are washable sticker appliquéd on the front.

 

Overall this was done in less time and fits perfectly for my boy.  It felt great to make for my little one.

First day to school

Monday my husband and I took my son to his First day of school. He was bursting in tears; I wanted to celebrate the day with little photo session and treat him with ice cream after school.  I'm a person like to treasure memories and never wanted to forget little things that I hold close to my heart. I did some photo session when he went to kindergarten/playschool.  It's amazing to see how kids grow and change; so you can look back and bring smile.

As soon as when we walked into the school block; he saw his playschool buddy.  He was very happy. We did little photo session after first day of school. 

Today was his third day to school; he is back to the school routine - early to bed and rise early.

Bag for summer camp

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I've whipped up this cute bag last week for my son's summer camp. I bought this fabric a year ago thinking to make bedspread or curtain.  For some reason it was lying there in my fabric cupboard but I figured it would work perfectly for a cute bag. Aryan is more than happy to pose with his new bag.

His summer class holds six different activities, the day starts with Yoga, Art craft, Memory game, Puzzle, Painting and Cooking. He loves going for the classes.  My notion was a fun-filled bag for his summer camp and I just love the way it around out.  It's very roomy to carry his craft work, a spare of cloth, water bottle and snack box.

See? Simple and cute!