http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog Our Indian adventure Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:01:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shortly after our return to India in January we discovered that an army of mosquitoes invaded our house. They were particularly brutal at night and we were dinner! We try to protect Kara with a mosquito net over her cot, but sometimes one or two slip in and poor Kara ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2010/02/murder-under-the-faint-glow-of-a-cellphone-light/ It’s been too long since we’ve updated this blog! Since the last blog entry we’ve had an interesting time reorganising our lives here in India with Kara and making the new house our home. Our staff and Alexandra Theo already wrote about Alexandra, our first au pair, in the previous entry. ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2010/02/hello-from-hyderabad/ Namaste hamare dosteyaan, We've been quiet on the blog front, but things have not been so quiet on the home front. Almost two months ago we had a very smooth trip to India with Kara, but it took quite a while for us to find our feet again here in India. It was ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/08/guess-who-is-4-months-old/ After almost 4 weeks I finally made it back to my gorgeous wife and beautiful daughter. It is the last time I'll be away from them for more than a week. I did not realise how traumatic the seperation would be. After spending the first month with Kara I was filled ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/06/flight-of-an-angel/ It’s been three weeks since Theo left for Hyderabad again, and Kara and I miss him terribly! The day before he went, he left one of his worn T-shirts for Kara (so that she can remember his smell), and somehow (although she also thinks nothing of throwing up on it!) ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/06/kara-and-her-daddy/ Its now 3 weeks - for this family of 3! Kara has become even cuter, but her taste for the "night life" has also evolved. She loves entertaining her parents between 1am and 7am. When she is not sleeping - she is in motion. She communicates, waves, kicks and crawls/slithers (mostly in ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/05/kara-in-motion/ It was the best of times, it was the .... - no actually it has simply been the best of times. We have fallen in love with our daughter and our first week with her has been magical. And a big wave from us and Kara (see below) for all the ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/04/karas-first-week/ Today, just after 3 pm, Kara Neha Scheffler arrived into our lives and hearts. She made a grand, but unexpected entrance today because we did not expect her so soon, but already we cannot imagine life without her. 20 minutes before we left for the hospital: Fist things first - so where did ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/04/and-onto-us-a-child-was-born/ As mentioned in an earlier blog - Nelius and I joined the Hyderabad expat trek to Aurangabad. (Hyderabad is known for being the best in India for a few things, but two lesser known facts are that it has the best airport in India and the best expat society!) It was an ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/03/spelunking-in-ajanta/ The oscar studded movie - Slumdog Millionaire is making its way around the globe. It is a good movie, with an entertaining story filled with emotion. It shows some of the best and worsts sights in India and it evoked a lot of different reactions from different corners of the world. Don't ... http://www.theoscheffler.com/theo/blog/2009/03/poverty-crime-slumdogs-millionaires/ Private