Trick or Tweet!

So much has happened since I last blogged. The most important thing is that we’re expecting another baby, due in June. We’re very excited – and it should be interesting to see how Kiara takes to having a sibling.
Halloween came and went – each year the fun increases as Kiara is capable of trick or treating for longer and, unfortunately , can consume more candy. She dressed as a Toucan. Every other girl in her preschool was a Disney princess of some sort.
After Halloween, Normama visited and we spent Thanksgiving with Josie and Pettu in West Virginnia. Normama as usual filled our house with good food and good humor, and left it more beautiful than she found it. Thanksgiving was a lot of fun, with Binny Tellis turning fifty (Kiara performed an impromptu solo dance routine at the party) and Pettu as usual pulling out all the stops to make it a truly wonderful family holiday.
In grimmer news, a careless caregiver at Kiara’s school sideswiped my parked car, and the body shop is still romancing the Rav, two weeks later, while we drive about in a hired car.
Our house is full of people. On Christmas eve, Ranjit’s friend Gautam, Gautam’s brother Hemant and Hemant’s wife and daughter, Gitanjali and Diya, came to stay and here they will remain until New Year’s Day. We’re having an excellent visit. Christmas was chaotic and delicious, as Christmases should be, largely thanks to Normama’s kuswar, which included a very alcoholic cake that contributed to the general hilarity. Diya, who is almost three, and Kiara, who is almost four, are a delight. They fight from time to time, but for the most part they have delightful conversations, lecturing each other on the world according to three year olds, coming up with irrefutable logics and witticisms. They enjoyed opening their presents on Christmas morning, and it was delightful to have children crawling down in their pajamas to unpack their stockings and packages with such excitement – classic Christmas moments. We also had Mark Tellis over for Christmas lunch, and the Bayless family from next door to Christmas tea. It was nice to be surrounded by so many loved ones.
Last night, Ranjit and I had a rare opportunity to catch a film together because the house was filled with willing babysitters – we watched the latest Bond flick, which was a bit brutal but very entertaining. Today we plan to visit the Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center in the city.
Tomorrow I will both visit my doctor – for my fourth month check up.
On New Year’s Eve we plan to join in local public family-friendly festivities, including fireworks and bands, which should be fun for all.
I am on holiday from college until the end of January, but have taken on more blog work for the Times, so that I will continue to be busy all day. Being busy suits me – I am having an easy pregnancy, haven’t gained any weight as yet, and am feeling well rested since I only have one last paper to write.
I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and I hope the new year is full of little joys and free of big sorrows.