Sunday April 18th onwards

Had a terrific time laughing, eating Mexican food at Chevy's and viewing Varsha's wedding pics on Saturday night.
Sunday we were off to Deven's baptism at the Allentown Presbyterian Church. I was very impressed with the youth group! Very talented, very vibrant and passionately devoted. One of the lead singers wrote & composed his own song & sang it at the service. It was extremely good - better than American Idol (which actually I don't watch - just hear about) and would easily be in the caliber of any top-rated Christian pop song! Seriously!!
It made me think that the foundation and grounding you receive up until your teens - which then seems to be MIA or AWOL in your 20s - comes back in a big way as you raise your family or just get older.
Deven was very excited and it clearly was an important event for him and all of his family (which includes us :-)). Had a lovely lunch, fun conversation and relaxing afternoon before it was off to Kathak class!
Finally, Rohun's funny statement of this month was as follows. When we were in Napa Valley a couple weeks ago - we had a flat tire & our rental car was replaced with a big Lincoln Towncar. Ro loved it! He kept asking Pramod if could get one for the family. So finally on Friday Pramod said to him - do you know how much a Lincoln costs? Its 50, 000 dollars that is 5 with 4 zeroes. He quickly replied Dad I have the 5 dollars can you give me the 4 zeroes!!! Such dumbness is so very cute! Will let you know when it stops being so :-))
Had Ro's parent teacher conference on Monday the 19th. His teachers were amazed at how well he has adjusted to Kindergarten over a short period of time, he seems to know the routine by heart & questions his teacher if she skips him on an activity, for e.g. reading, which may have been on that particular day's schedule. Since he is new to the program he often does not finish his assignment but still will responsibly let the teacher know that he could not finish it. Personally I have to say that there is an order magnitude improvement in his overall abilities compared to ECYC. The Montessori experience is way beyond my expectation for him - I mean it! Division & grammar in preschool/K - what the heck!
Ro also declared that he thinks he may be falling in love with some girls that he likes. An example of a girl he likes is Sarita Mavshi but he quickly corrected it by saying he is not in love with her - he just likes her a lot. Its funny to see him parse emotions in this manner.
Rutha had her science fair today (20th) - her invention was a cereal bowl attached to a mop to help clean up spilled milk messes. Was very proud & protective of her project & did not want to hear any criticism of it!
Last but not the least Sunita celebrated her birthday today with Savita & family & Sangeeta in Toronto. She had a pleasant day with loads of good wishes coming her way!