Have passport ...

For the next couple of weeks, the grandparents will rejoice and the non-family readers will sigh ... as I will be blogging loads of posts about the kids and NOT so much about Delhi or India.


Summer is rapidly fading away and we are concurrently rapidly losing steam when it comes to being excited for yet another day of spending 24/7 time together.


Recently though, the kids moaned and groaned about the requirement to start off our day by getting visa/passport photos.  Now, mind you - it is a relatively simple and painless process.  You drive to the kiosk/shop, pose in front of the white background, the photographer clicks away, and then Kushal goes back two hours later to pick up the photos.  


Apparently though, when you're 4 and 6, it is a HUGE waste of time to spend those 15 minutes BEFORE the pool, getting those photos taken.


Anywhoo ... when we got home, they asked why their toys didn't have passports.  More specifically, why the Barbies and Woody didn't have passports.


So I did what any mama would do ... and we made passports.


First step ... take passport photos ::






Next up :: 


Glue sticks, cutting the Great Seal of America hot off of the printer and glancing over at their own passports every so often for inspiration




What was so cute about this was when it came time to list the toys' citizenship, Tony got creative.  Instead of USA or India, he decided that Woody came from "Andy's Room" and Buzz Lightyear's citizenship was "Infinity & Beyond."


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Moving on to cute thing #2 from recent moments.  Mia has been long awaiting her fourth birthday.  Mostly because that is the magic age that she could start ballet lessons.  She turned four ... I registered her and brought home "THE BOOK"


Because this sequence of photos was taken without her knowledge, I'm going to simply share them without my commentary ... precious.














She starts this week ... and I can't wait! 











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