Honey Monster

Splish, splash, splosh

Namaste!
These are some photos from our family trip to a nearby water park last weekend. There was a perfect baby pool for me with lots of slides and waterfalls - I even went down to the big slide with Mama and Papa - lots of splashes! We are all well and happy. My latest toy is discovering how to turn the tv on and off and the fact that it swivels on its stand - amazing. I am not interested in watching the tv at all, just turning it on and off, endlessly. Well at least it is better than exploring the balconies! We have now booked our flights to come back to England so we will arrive on the 4th May. I am so excited about the flight as I will have 10 hours to explore every inch of the plane, there is absolutely no way I will sleep, I don't want to miss a thing. Just think, maybe Papa will take me to visit the pilot.....It is so hot these days, I am sleeping in only my nappy, one night I also slept in Mama and Papa's room with the ac on - lovely. Got to sign off now as we are going to Mama's yoga class - Friday is 60 sun salutations in a row, she always looks a peculiar colour when she comes out! I love you lots and lots xxxxxxxx

Baby Buddha

Mama and I took an outing to a Tibetan monastery today just two hours away from Mysore. Mama has been there a couple of years ago but she never imagined she would be returning again with me! Bylakuppe is the name of the Tibetan settlement where the monastery is housed. The monastery is home to 4000 monks and 700 nuns and it has 5 stunning temples which contain 68ft high gold statues of Buddha and his reincarnations. A lovely friendly monk, Tayshi (which means "good luck" in Tibetan) gave us a tour of the temples and explained the tenets of Buddhism to us and even showed us a holy stupa which usually non-Buddhists cannot visit. Being a baby has lots of perks! Apparently my name should be Buddha as he was the first son, not so far fetched as you might imagine given my slightly Tibetan looks. Even Tayshi suggested I might be a reincarnation..... Before we left this morning I also helped Sujatha make chappattis as you can see in the photo - flour everywhere!
Daddy has a day off tomorrow with us - yippee! xxxx

Joseph Schumacher!

Dora the Explorer

I hope you emjoy these videos that Mama took of me today. As you can see, I have an inquisitive intellect and am currently attracted to cleaning items! Mama continues to do her yoga every morning and I go along too and have a power nap and then a walk in the leafy avenue with Sujatha until she comes out, looking a bit hot, but full of renewed energy! I went to Papa's office this morning, I really do love it there. I sit happily in my cot in the main office watching all the activity. We go next door to Mangalama's house for lunch. Today I chomped through a sweet chappatti and some rice whilst at the same time trying to get into the kitchen to help to roll the chappatti dough. I just can't understand why I wasn't allowed, it looked so much fun, and so messy! Every afternoon Mama takes me out in the sling, forward facing now (da dah!) and I absolutely love it! Of course we attract lots of attention but everyone smiles at me which makes me and Mama smile too. I particularly like going to the local fruit and vegetable market nearby, the fruit sellers always give me a free banana and Mama a flower for her hair. Happy days.

Curioser and curioser