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The Pandyas had a year of learning, fun with the family and friends, and travel. The kids learned to swim, ride their bikes, and start to ski on bunny slopes. They learned to give back to others and contribute to their community in simple ways through school. They still are learning to make their beds, clean their rooms, and to finish their dinner without giggling! I think back and sometimes forget, we all did the same thing!

This year we definitely got a rhythm down with the kids being so much more independent while our amazing babysitters, Stephanie, Becca, Brie, and Jill, help keep our family balanced and glued together. The kids love sharing their thoughts and feelings at our weekly “family meetings”. Here they simply share their thoughts from school, what they learned, their friends, their feelings and what the expectations are of the week of them and the family, including that ever so complicated lunch and dinner menu of the week!

We love hanging out with Orissa’s friends or just random Friday movie nights! Some weekends, the kids love sleepovers at grandma’s! Gives them time to connect with family as well.

There were a few mini-trips this year; skiing in the Berkshires, a short friends trip to Newport, Canobie Lake Park for Father's Day, P-town, and a NJ trip to Grand Cascades & Philly to visit with friends. We also enjoyed our annual family trip to Cancun.

Lastly, the kids got some great cultural experience through visitng the Chihuly exhibit at the MFA, the Eric Carle museum, and seeing Peter Pan at City Hall.

+ Mela: South End
+ Meyers and Chang: South End
+ Capital Grill: Boston
+ Evoo: Cambridge
+ Tico's: Back Bay

+ Coldplay
+ OMG - Usher
+ Adele - Rolling in the Deep
+ Dancin in the Dark - DEV

+ Inception
+ The Fighter
+ Social Network
+ Alice in Wonderland
+ Tangled
+ Toy Story 3

+ Mashable
+ Ted
+ WOOT
+ HubSpot
+ Groupon
+ Mint
+ Living Social