Bang on Target

More matching dresses, courtesy of the local Target store and the kids school for making their own "tie-dye" shirts..

Goes without saying that the kids will give me one good pose and one "kurangu" (monkey) pose for every photo shoot.. Apparently that is their norm.. the photographer just found out about this today.

They make great models. Was worried that the 5D has developed a focus issue of sorts but after cleaning the lenses and mounting pins carefully, looks like there are no big issues..

Whew!

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Wagle ki duniya

When we went shopping for clothes, as soon as we landed in India, my thoughts on getting the kids matching outfits got a very critical response from the Mrs..

You are like Wagle in Wagle ki Duniya! Do you remember how he dressed his kids in matching outfits?

The comment initially drew a big blank from me because the time this serial was being telecast, yours truly was working hard to earn the title of "star maggu" in school and college. Nevertheless, my reasoning was apparently the same as Mr. Wagle! Save money by reducing cloth wastage! Per crude back of the receipt book calculations of three different Chennai tailors, one can save anywhere from .2 to .4 meters of cloth to stitch two salwars if you buy the "same" cloth for both girls.

After these critical looks and comments, we mutually agreed to do Wagle with a twist. Same pattern cloth, different color or design for the two girls. We get some level of matching but lose the cost saving bit.

Here is the first in a series of photos of the semi-matching outfits...

More photos over the next few weeks..

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Matching isn't a new concept for these two..

Thanks to the platform stores at the Gandhi Market in Mumbai..

The little one is almost there. Another few millimeters and we will somehow find a way to pin a flower on it...

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Orangeutans

The last of the new matching Salwars...

complemented by some bead garlands..

They sure are getting naughtier by the day!

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Match them while you can

Round three of the matching salwars was unleashed today. The girls did not even bother to ask. They dressed up, went to the backyard and said "Daddy, where is your camera?"

We seem to have successfully created genetcially modified photogenic offspring!

Our first thought was that the pink was a little too bright. This one turned out to be the best!

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