Bloomsbury's Cochin!

As expats the one thing we miss the most about Cochin is the food!! Every trip down we visit all our favourite restaurants & cafes without fail! Half our luggage back to Doha is food & we must be the only family that brings back a full cake with the works as hand luggage!! :-) :-)

 
During our recent visit to the fabulous Lulu Mall in Cochin we discovered one of the best pastries in town at Bloomsbury's Boutique Cafe & Artisan Bakery! Absolutely stylish & chic Bloomsbury's Cochin looks inviting the moment you see it!

 Our first visit to Bloomsbury's we ordered the best chocolate cake we have ever had till date & a perfect cup of cappuccino! They say the first impression is the best & we as a family found a new winner to our top favourite cafes in town!

Our second visit to Lulu was a short one so we decided to order a take away box from Bloomsbury's. The next time it was lunch & dessert. The time after some coffee & cake. Finally our last visit to Lulu at the end of our holiday was only to visit Bloomsbury's one more time!! :-)

 
The sophisticated & stylish interiors, the delicious menu & the fantastic pastries makes your dining experience delightful & something to look forward to! If you love pastries as much as we do head down to Bloomsbury's cause this is one of those chocolate cakes that you don't wanna miss!!   
    

SmallPrints!

 
I love Impressions of  Hand prints & Footprints, especially of my children!! I am sure all the mothers out there know exactly what I am talking about! :-)
We have done some beautiful hand & foot impressions of our boys on canvas, that we have put up on our wall at home! We call them little 'masterpieces' that we absolutely love looking at!
For Mother's Day this year my older son made me the most beautiful gift of his hand prints at school that I will always cherish & love!!

A few weeks ago I took my love of 'impressions' to the next level. Smallprints Keepsake Silver Jewellery was something that I always wanted! A Smallprints gift voucher was the perfect excuse to get my Smallprints Keepsakes done! I got both my boys hand impressions done on the most gorgeous charms that I can wear all the time!! :-) I would highly recommend Smallprints if you love impressions like I do cause I am thrilled & absolutely delighted with my Smallprint Keepsakes!

Summer Holiday Fun!!

My Preschooler's 1st ever Summer break starts today & I am so very excited!! I am one of those mums that miss my kids when they are at school & wait eagerly for them to get home! The Doha summer has started & the temperature did rise to 55 degrees the other day but I promised my boys we are going to have tons of fun & have a great summer!

I made a list of all the fun stuff we could do indoors to keep my boys active & enjoy their summer holidays!
 
1. Swimming!! There is no better way to beat the heat than to splash some water around in an indoor swimming pool! If you don't have access to an indoor pool get yourself an inflatable pool & have fun at home!

2. All kids loves to play with their friends so organize a play-date & invite your kids friends over!

3. Have an indoor picnic at home with games, activities & a picnic basket!

4. Do lots of fun Puzzles! My preschooler loves doing puzzles of different kinds!

5. Colour! Colour! Colour! You can introduce crayons/ water paints/ colour pencils/colour pens on different days & alternate between colouring book / canvas / large sheets of plain paper for your little ones to explore!

6. Bubbles! My boys love to play with Bubbles!!

7. Story Time is a wonderful way to spend some quality time indoor at any time of the day! During the holidays have more story time together!

8.  Pretend Play is one of the most fun ways to spark your child's imagination! My boys love to pretend to be in the Dinosaur Era, pretend to fly a rocket to space, ride horses & what not!!

 
9. Bake some cookies/ cake with your kids! You could get them to help you make a summer smoothie or fruit juice as well!

10. Activity Books & simple crafts are also constructive indoor activities that are a fun way to keep your children busy during summer!

We are all set to kick start our summer holiday!! The best way to plan some summer time fun is to think of stuff that you would have loved to do as a child!! Have a Grrrrrrreat Summer Everyone!!!