L.O.V.E

It was yet another morning in our workday lives.
Me in the kitchen with MIL, V in the living room with his morning paper and coffee and kutti "r" on the bed sleeping after his morning milk was the scene.
Like always, our hands at what we were doing, our thoughts planning out the day, and our ears in the direction of the room - V and me dashed to the room as we heard kutti "r" woke up. He woke up with a big smile and a sparkle in his eyes.
Sitting on the bed, he stretched out his arms as if reaching out to us. Responding to him, V and me got closer to him without knowing what was in store for us. kutti "r" pulled us even closer and smacked(v) his lips in want of a kiss. It took us a second to realise that he was asking us to plant a kiss on his chubby cheeks. We moved closer and kissed our little prince at the same time and moved back. kutti "r" signalled for another one and another...
As giggles, smiles and laughter filled the room, kutti "r" stretched out his arm, this time reaching out only to his dad. V moved closer and kutti "r" drew V's head near him and said "amma".
I was standing there unaware of the next scene.
kutti "r" smacked his lips again and with V's head resting on his little palm, he said "amma"...
V smiled at me and said, "he wants daddy to kiss mummy"...hahaha...
Unbelievable!
Daddy kissed Mummy
Daddy and mummy smiled at baby
Baby smiled. The day began :)

Welcome to the generation which acknowledges the expression of L.O.V.E

A Valentine fun - an edible game of X's & O's

It was 2007, 3 days after Valentine's day - hold on...I am going to save this story for an upcoming post, so let's jump to the Valentine fun I made for V and me this evening :)
Thanks to the choco-nut cookies and Milky choco-choo that came to my rescue this evening to make a quick and edible game of LOVE!
Milky choco-choo is my new found medium to make amazing edible shapes :)

The variations are endless. You can skip the cookie and stick to using only choco choos. You can choose between the strawberry/chocolate/regular to make colorful coins for your edible game of x's and o's.

As always, I'll let the pictures talk.
What's a February 14th without X's and O's :)

and of course, we devoured a couple of them after playing with them!
I am one of those who simply loves the spirit of the day and I am sleeping tonight with a bigger smile on my face :)

A son lost - same day 2 years back

Neo was our first son!
And it still hurts to imagine the pain he underwent 2 years back.
Gastroenteritis is what the doctors said, a little surgery to identify where it all occurred, a coward mom who didn't want to see the inflammation of the intestine, a bold dad who wanted to find out why and believed it would help another pet parent...a 3 day struggle....it happened so fast....the most mischievous pair of marble eyes....the tail that wagged the most....the most sloppiest kisses filled with love...Thoughts race...words fail...eyes tear...the heart aches :(
Here's to MY NEO - a masterpiece!

We miss you dingy :(