We had a short trip to Chennai end of december and were back on 14th. We left on Christmas and the kids were super excited. Our office and kids schools were closed on 21st and the kids were literally after us asking why we didnt book our tickets for 22nd. We tried, we did not get any tickets. We tried in july and it was still too late. Anyways, i had to work till the last minute and the 3 days i got helped me in shopping and packing. I did all the shopping and packing in those 3 days only. I should say i did a good job ;-)
The kids were so excited when we landed in chennai and they didnt know how to react when they saw their mama. LOL! after few minutes they started chatting away. When we went to mom's place the next day, ashu had started coughing and then we went to sil's place for dinner and the next day his cough got worse. I was wondering if it was due to ashu running around in the grass. Anytime he does that his allergies get triggered, but ended up being bronchitis. He was sick for a week. Poor kid. He was totally bummed because he was really looking forward to going to the beach and MGM this time. That didnt happen. Nevertheless he had enough fun once he recovered and also quite some while being sick. He was just grumpy in the nights when he was sick. We didnt go out much during that time as i was sick too. Also the cylcone in chennai!!! Everybody blamed me for bringing cylcone to chennai :)
AJ had a terrific time from the second he landed. He was non stop. He was with my brother all the time that i wondered if somebody stuck them together with fevicol. He called Janani a sweetheart and made her blush. LOL! This time both the boys got along with Gau. the kids had a great time and i had my special time with both jan and gau. jan, especially. She is turning into a wonderful litle lady - intelligent and stylish :)
At inlaws, we had a good time with Sri and Harini. Sri refused to play with aj at first and then after couple of days she saw him playing a word game with kindle and became friends with aj :) Harini was full time entertainment for us and the kids. For some reason she ignored aj. she was fine with ashu and the first time i saw ashu "konjing" a baby other than aj :) They both had fun with harini's thooli also.
Once ashu was okay, my brother and sil took us to EA mall. B didnt come and my brother called in Vinod and Karthik for rescue. He decided not to handle two ladies and 4 kids all by himself. They took the kids to fun center or something like that while we both shopped. We first at at Rajdhani and it was awesome. Big mistake though. With tummies sooo full it was difficult to shop!! Even Ajay ate more than his normal share.
We attended my perippa's sadabishekam. I left ashu at appu mama's house as he was still sick and i didnt want him to be exposed to homa pogai and also didnt want him to eat outside yet. Ashu was so good at their house and did not trouble at all. AJ had a terrific time at the mandapam running around with Gau and Mukhil. I got to meet most of my dad's side relatives. Met my cousins and their kids too. Missed a few of them though.
The worst part of the trip was the last week. Mom got sick and frightened me and put me in panic mode. She was hospitalized. I got to spend time with her in the hospital and since we didnt have anything to do, we talked about old times and it was great. She told me stories about herself and dad when they got married and also about her grandpa. Precious memories for me to carry :)
I didn't travel to Tirupathi since amma was sick and Ashu stayed with me as he just recovered. AJ and B went and AJ came back gol gol..with mottai :)
I thought he would throw a huge fit if someone made fun of him..but he was totally cool. Gau called him motta boss and he casually called him "mutta gos" and walked away. It was hilarious :D
Back home now. Kids were very unhappy to leave chennai and i am too. Now we are back to u.s. and back to routine life...How boring!
