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Rendezvous with Mylapore along with my boys :-)

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    Courtesy :mylaporefestival.com Like always I was wondering what to do to let the weekend fly away again. My husband had announced that Saturday was a working day for him.Friday somehow passed with a few friends dropping by and on Saturday I decided I will make my boys enjoy a bus trip to Mylapore. Adyar is very well connected by bus to Mylapore. So, since this constant buzz about the festival started , I have been tempted to go and see the Mylapore festival. Both my boys were thrilled to take a bus trip. I was slightly apprehensive about the crowd but then decided to take the plunge. Accompanied ny anothe friend ( who has two kids again !!!), we took the bus ride upto the temple tank. As I had expected , both Tejasvi and Yashasvi were thrilled and had a good time travelling in the bus. We got down near the temple tank and started walking . There was this push cart which sold some mouth watering pani puri's. The child in me was tempted but the mom in me was not...

Shoe -string-budget-holiday- with my boys: )

Ok so this cannot actually be categorized under a write up, but then the fact that managing kids during vacations seems like OMG !!! kind of a feel...I decided to share my vacation diary. Realized its not that a tough task too. Being a mom with boys aged 6 and 3.5, and a spouse who did not have a choice but work through even weekends, I make sure they get a good and a well balanced environment to grow up..not as intelligent men but as well balanced men..and I believe intelligence shall follow. Ok so this year..fabulously my spouse announced that his weekends are going to be eaten up at work. I had this pretty long break from 23rd Dec'2015 to 4th Jan'2016. The day his school closed for vacations on 23rd, my first born came and asked...So amma what next ??!!!...........and hence starts my vacation diary.. Day 1 ( 23rd December ) : Half a day spent at school, gift shopping after school,birthday party in the evening....day well spent...lots of friends and frolicking...b...