August 13, 2007

Dog Days of Summer

Does anyone know why it's called the "dog days?" You learn something new every day. Wikipedia just informs me that the saying goes back to the time of Romans, and refers to Sirius. No, not the Howard Stern one - but Sirius, the Dog Star. Apparently, the rising of Sirius in the morning also coincided with the hottest days of summer. There - just reading this blog expands your knowledge of the world! Please visit often.

Grandma Kathie was with us this past week, along with her dog Sheena. Priya had a great time with the visit. Though I think she enjoyed Sheena more than any human in the house. I have yet to see her walk around calling for me, like she did for Sheena. She would follow the dog around, saying in an almost sing-sing voice, "Sheena... Sheena..."

The girls looking cool in their shades

Priya went to the Lake County Fair with Tish and Grandma Kathie

She clutched on to grandma throughout the ride


Armaan is coming along fine. For the last few days he's had some problems with gas - which leaves him pretty miserable. He's been getting occasional doses of gripe water, which sometimes seems to help, and sometimes not. Hmmm.. How many American readers know what gripe water is? The brand available at the store was Woodwards - which is the most well-known brand. But, I think the one that we got for Priya worked better. That one is called Baby's Bliss, and is an American concoction.

Unhappy baby

Happy, sleeping baby

On Saturday we went to the annual Bosch picnic. This is the first year I attended, and it was mostly for Priya. There's free food, and stuff for the kids to do. The day was a scorcher, though. We were thankful for the tents, and the strong breeze.

I want a hot dog

Do I look happy to you?

Still not quite sure what to do...

But still looking cute doing it!

The end of a long day...

A hot weekend no rain equals perfect beach weather. Not knowing when the next opportunity would present itself, we decided to make it a beach day on Sunday. It turned out to be perfect. The sky was slightly overcast, with temperatures in the mid-80s, and 76 degree water temperature. The evening before I got a tent that Armaan could sleep in, and that worked out very well. Now I can't imagine a day on the beach without it!

Getting ready for a day at Tiki beach

Ahhh... this is perfect

This week Grandma Jody is visiting

Unlike exactly a year ago, Priya didn't quite take to the water as easily

Does this picture look familiar?

8 comments:

Kathy said...

Your little dude looks like he is getting chubby...nice!!! Love the info, we are sad we missed the lake county fair

Susanna said...

We used 'Infacol'- seems to work. Daniel put his feet in the sea last week- but I reckon your water is a lot warmer than ours!
8 weeks to go..................

Shelly M. Burrows said...

It's so sweet when the littlies fall asleep on the way home! Unfortunately, they usually wake up and are on a second wind! Those two are sooo sweet, give 'em a kiss and a cuddle from all of us in North Carolina!

Kristin said...

At least you didn't come home from the fair with a pet like we did!! And where is Tiki Beach? I always like to try out new beaches! My new fav is New Buffalo Beach!

Bipin Sen said...

Sorry, Kristin! Only Priya knows where Tiki beach is! It's the name of the beach in one of her episodes of the Backyardigans! In real life, we went to the Indiana Dunes West Beach.

Kristin said...

I should have known!! Only a beach in the Backyardigans would be called that! How funny!

becs said...

Soooooo cute! I gotta have you show me how you put all your videos in. I can't figure it out. We'll have to hang out with you guys sometime so Jaymin and Armaan become good friends!

swart said...

don't know what to say about those picture of you on the beach ... at least the kids looked cute :)