Last day of school

Khushi comes home after last day of junior kg and draws this. On left its her , followed by Loretta Ma'am and Vanina ma'am.

Aryan also completed grade 4, he is excited to move to secondary and use a pen !! However he is little sad that three of his best friends , who have been with him for 6 years ( Gowtham, Samarth and Vishrut) move to different cities \ section.

After all you can never have it all but he is still a child to understand that.

Love letter by Khushi to Taiji

Khushi is enjoying affection from taiji a lot. And so she writes an encrypted love letter to taiji ;-). The backdrop of the letter has a portrait of her and Aryan.

Art by Khushi

Our house(center) , taiji house (smallest one on right) And tauji house ( farthest since tauji is staying away these days). Notice the family members in window.

How to describe a book

Khushi: Mumma mujhe woh book chahiye.
Mumma : kaun sa
Khushi: Mumma woh book joh Nishka mere liye laayi thi, jab usne beautiiiiful frock pehna tha aur joh usne mujhe bahut pyaar se diya tha

Where do babies come from ?

Khushi : Mumma , Ma'am told (yeah she already goes to school and is in Jr KG) that babies come from mumma's tummy.
Me : Yes (Already thinking whats ahead)
Khushi : I want to go in your tummy !! (trying to pull up my kurta)
Me : Noooo !! (frantically trying to keep my clothes in place)  you cannot , once babies come out , they cannot go back.
Khushi : How did I come out ?
Me : Doctor took you out , they have special scissors to do that
Aryan : Khushi , you know I was also in Mumma's tummy
Khushi : Haan I know , you were pushing me all the time !!
Me : Huh !!

Aryan's letter to Khushi on 15 Jan 2016

I love Khushi,because  she is cute and she talks sweetly . When she was small she never  use to put her finger in her mouth. Ilove  now and before. But we sometime fight together .

Today is  15 jan 2016 and 18 jan is my and my sister sports day  . And I wish  that me and my sister win a medal or a cup.

I love my sister

Aryan

 

Chiiuuu

Khushi : Chiiuuu
Mumma : Huh ?
Khushi : Mumma Chiiuuu
Mumma : What ?
Khushi : Mumma Bye, Chiiuuu !
Mumma : :-) Bye baby , See YOU !

Khushi means ?

Khushi  means  happiness , NOOOOOO , Khushi  means naughtiness
Yes , I changed the meaning and to know why you should come to my home. But here is a warning. Don't be shocked to see food , water , utensils , toys all over the place.Because me and my maid do not have the stamina to clean as much as she has to create the mess.
She runs to the food at the sight of it , only to spread it all around her. She wants to drink a glass of water , sorry bath with a glass of water , every few hours.
She loves to do pee and then clean it with the nearest available cloth.
She loves to throw stuff off the balcony. We need to be extra careful to avoid someone from being injured,
Bathrooms neeed to be judiciously closed , since she doesnot not have any sense of hygiene.
Toilet training is nowhere in sight. She does tell about susu but just before 10 seconds and then happily sits and does the job.
She does tell about potty but after she is done. Even if she tells before, she refused to do it on the seat.
I have been VERY lazy and not even attempted weaning her off the bottle. I should do that SOOOON!
She has started to run , literally ! And she runs as soon as you want to put her some clothes , not because she doesnot want that but because she finds it a good game and then she will giggle !!
And she is trying to speak everything however nothing comes out too clearly as of now.
She can say the following :
Gog , goggy , gogo  - dog , doggy, bhobho (And she is crazy for them !!!!)
Cow
Bhaaai , Baaaiiiiya, Bhaaaaya
Mumma , Ma
Papa , Paaapaaai (if she is too excited)
Khaya (When you ask khana khaya)
Byeee (followed by flying kiss)
Hiiii
Nai (to bath)
Nahi
Booo (Book , she always takes one and gives the other to you)
Baaaa - Ball
Brr - Bird
Hoooo - sound of excitement
Papa Seee -- when she wants to show some of her antics to papa
Aayi - when you call her
Paai - Paani
Dudu - Doodh
Susu
Paati - Potty
Daadi
Dada
Nana
Nani
Didi
Aaaty - Aunty

And what else does she love ?
To pull bhaiya's ears or hit him when he is sleeping
To eat bindis and erasers and CREAM
To sit on small foot stones
To pull off stuff from tables / kitchen table
To play Peekaboo (TAAAAA)

Aaaaa aaa

Khushi has 2 small soft toys Ducky Lucky and Baby (Pooh Bear). She loves to pat them to sleep. She will hold them on her lap or upright on her shoulder and pat them to sleep ..saying aaaaa aaa.

Interestingly when I want to put her to sleep and she is active and playing , I simply start putting her ducky lucky and baby to sleep. She then comes running and claims her right. On her mom and not on the babies :-) The babies are thrown away and she lies next to me.

And when she is sleepy but has too much to play then she just keeps walking around patting her chest and saying aaaa. Who says you cannot sleep while playing :)

Khushism

Its been long since I wrote a proper update on Khushi. I have not even done a proper birthday post for her. So let me see how much I can write in this post.

We celebrated her birthday in October and did a rainbow theme party at home with kids from the apartment. It was mostly Aryan's friends ,their younger siblings and a few mom. Dress code was rainbow colours. The party went well and kids had a blast. Khushi behaved like and angel and was not scared by the crowd. Which I think was a big achievement.

Post her birthday , we started her day care and her grandparents left. She pretty much adjusted in the day care without much fuss. Ofcourse she cries when I say bye to her but she smiles and cuddles with me when I pick her and blows kisses to the day care ladies. So more or less I think she is fine there.

She was naughty and is naughty :) She literally keeps us on our toes. I sincerely think every single day why I made so many drawers in my new house and how to keep the stuff now without using the drawers. She empties her UG drawer , she empties all kitchen pull outs , she has pulled out some crocery and thrown it twice, she has played with sanitary pads , she has painted herself brown with my lipstick , she has torn Aryan's books , she has done drawing on the walls. Ofcourse the fault is mine and not hers :-)

She is messy to the core. She loves playing with her poo and has had a million accidents , to the extent that once it was almost in her mouth , thankfully I noticed just in time.

She is a super fussy eater. If she doesnot want (which is mostly) you can not do anything to make her eat. This worries me all the time cause she is skiny. And no its not a motherly exxageration. I was never ever so worried for Aryan.

She started walking as soon as she completed 13 months. And that means she can now stand on her toes to switch on the fan and pull the stuff off the dining table.
She recently started talking and picked a few words.
Ma
Mumma
Papa
Daaa di
didi
BHAAAYA
Bhai
br (bird)
caaa (car)
That is her current vocabulary. But papa is what she calls with such sweetness :-)
Most of the time otherwise she shouts.

Ofcourse there is a LOT more to write but thats for another time. Will be back with more :-)

Khushi's Birthday

Princess and her cook

Long long ago there used to be princess. The princess was such a picky eater. She never used to like any food. She will keep the food in her mouth , chew it for few seconds and then spit that out. The cook used to cook various foods to please the princess but nothing worked. The princess was fed up with her cook. She would get excited at the sight of food and come running to taste it. But then it was never good enough for her and she HAD to spit.


That princess in born again in our house hold and the cook as well. Khushi and her Mumma :P

Khushi at 11

Khushi turns 11 months today. And like I always say , she makes me say this often. Oh Aryan was such a seedha bacha. She is getting naughty with each passing day.

This weekend we went to market with her in the stroller and she pulled a shopping bag lying on someone's table and I had to jump and grab the bag to prevent it from falling. The lady who was sitting just next to the bag exactly knew what happened , however rest of the people on the table stared at me as if I was flicking their bag off :P And then she banged her hand to a dustbin ..Ewww. And sometime later while getting to the lift , she grabbed the shopping trolley  of somone who was going out of the lift. Thankfully did not hurt her fingers , as none of us noticed her antic that time.

I might soon have to sell off the stroller anyways , because she no longer sits on that , she stands. So if we manage to belt her to stroller then we can use it , else we use it keep our hand bags and shopping bags :)

Last evening , she went missing and I roamed around from room to room , shouting "Khushi". No response means danger , else she replies with a "AAAN". And found her , in her own room ofcourse !! She had opened the 2nd drawer of her wardrobe , managed to hold it and stand  and then was busy clearing it up. Yes , she was holding the drawer with one hand and throwing off the clothes one by one with the other hand. Soon we had an empty drawer.

Except from being naughty , she is a real sweet heart. She charms you with her antics all the time. If you put a finger on you cheek and ask for pucha and if she is actually happy with you , you get a REAL pucha , with sound effect :) Sometimes you get way too many , on cheeks and chin and then cheeks again :)

When I ask her if she wants something , a yes is a BIG grin and tilting of head. A no  is indifference.

When she wants to show off that she is in mumma's lap , she will keep her head on my shoulder and smile at the person who is trying to charm her.

Somedays we are lucj to hear a "papapapa " and a "Mummumma" , rarely though. Papa got extremely lucky this weekend when he walked by and she said "aay papa".

When you open the main door or she realizes that we are going for outing , she jumps in your lap so much so that you hand pains.

Bhaiya is adored all the time. Lying next to bhaiya is blissful. Eating off his eraser is a mission. Twice the eraser has been pulled out of the mouth.

Writing is another agenda. She has already scribbled the floor a few times. I am waiting when she will stand up and scribble a few walls and her papa will run around to do a touch up on his newly painted house :) Would love that scene :)

And we had her mundan done on August 26th at chikka tirupati. Now she keeps on touching her head and sometimes tries to locate the clip to pull it off and eat. As if there are no better things to eat in this world.

Here are some pics of the little brattina :)



Independence day...

..not India's ..Aryan's. Yes ..15th August 2012 marks independence for my little guy. From that day Aryan started sleeping all alone in his room on his bunk bed. Its been more than 10 days and is going smooth ...mostly.

Ofcourse we have some rules.

Mumma has to lie down next to him and together we do some reading and when Aryan is almost sleepy  , Mumma can move out of his bed after giving him a good night pucha.

Papa's mobile should be kept near him , so that he can dial mumma's number if he is scared at midnight or need something.

Room lights should be left on. To this one , ofcourse we will soon convince him to switch to night light rather than the room lights , but I am fine with this to start with.

As of now he will sleep on the lower bed during night and top bed during day and once khushi moves to his room , he will occupy the top bed at night too. This rule is mumma's idea , for 2 reasons , Mumma is not confident of letting him sleep on top for now and plus its easier for mumma to cuddle with him on lower bed.

If at all he feels scared , Mumma should come to him immediately and sleep with him.

So far though , he has called a 1-2 times and after some cuddling allowed mumma to go back to her room.

On some days he wakes up early , before mumma and papa , mostly because papa's mobile has an alarm. And on those days he would want mumma to come to him and do some cuddling , which mumma enjoys as much.

So its been going good. Just that the Mumma still wakes up at midnight and walk to his room, to adjust his blanket , to kiss him sometimes and to do similiar stuff. Hopefully soon she will also be relaxed enough.

Showing off his new bed.

PEOPLE WHO READ THIS ..DID YOU TOUCH WOOD  ???

:-)

And yes ..here are some pics of the KUNGU FU kid !

Mumma gets another hair dresser

Yes ..your guess is obviously right. The little one grabs the comb from mumma's hand and tries to comb mumma's hair. So what if she was holding the comb upside down  :)

And it reminds me of THIS :-)

Pehchaan kaun ?

A letter you must read

A letter you must read ..so what if its not written by me. This letter is written by your lovely Abha Aunty to Cub and Bub , but I so wish I should have written that and I so wish I should have followed that in life.

I know parents should lead by example. And I know this letter has a lot of things that I don't do often. But I still want you to read this. May be you will make better human beings than your parents.

Thanks Abha ..for this lovely one

Read it here.

I am a postman ..

At Class I school culminating day. He dressed as postman and narrated what a postman does. Pretty good job and very cutely :)

The naughty little cutie that she is

Can now crawl with jet speed , loves to chase mumma around the house and we sometimes play run and catch game too. Tries to jump down her crib. Walk on the sides of the bed , her arms resting for support. Cries when she wants to sit , but doesnot dare to try. Does not dare to stand without support.

Believes that everything in this world is tastier than the food offered to her. Loves eating toys, garbage, pencils, erasers, paper, banana peel and her fingers. She basically eats everything except FOOD. She is a first grade fussy eater. When she doesnot want to eat , you just cannot give her a spoon full. She will stitch her mouth almost literally and yet keep smiling at you. As the spoon will go near her mouth, she will twitch her nose , like it smells :P. And if at all she wants to eat(very rare scenario) she will climb on you and snatch the stuff and tries to gobble it down with amazing swiftness. Needless to say this is the stuff thats not usually offered to her like maggi :P

Feels its mumma's duty to figure out when she is hungry and rarely demands milk or food.

Loves to bath and dip her hands in the bucket. Claps as soon as you make her sit on her bath bed. Doesnot love to dress up though.

Loves to dance to all kind of music. It may be a title track of some TV show , some movie song or my besoora singing. Shakes her legs , hands , wrists and lifts/ shakes her body ..not in complete cordination though.

Likes to be around her brother without even demanding any attention from him.  Adores him and enjoys his company. When Bhaiya is in mood and there is no Chota bheem on TV the two of them cuddle and giggle for long , else bhaiya will carry her to mumma / dadi saying "lo isse sambhalo". He understands that its his responsibility to take care of her when there is no adult around and gets stressed.

Says bye when ever asked , even when the person she has to say good bye is carrying her in his/her lap.

Demands 110% attention as soon as she sees mumma or papa after work, even though its for just 10 mins.

Enjoys throwing stuff around. Can stand up holding the table and pushes every single thing down. Loves to drag off the table mats or trays and does not care if that lands on her head or not. Claps after throwing any clothes or nappies that rest on her crib.Throws off any toy or other stuff thats on her walking track.

Loves to go out. Jumps all the way during outings. Loves dressing up only when its for an outing.

Gets tickled with slight touching and giggles and make you giggle.

Fill our home with smiles.

Aryan's 6th with the pics :)

And the little guy turned six. He demanded and had a Chota bheem party with just his friends. Let the pics tell you more :

Invite that was printed in b/w and then coloured and written by Aryan.

Return gifts (Colouring and Activity books and Puzzles) and Colouring and activity sheets to be used at the party

Personal notes on each return gift

Khushi waking up Aryan in the morning

All set for party !

Bhai behan ready and waiting for guests

Bheeeeeeem pose!

Kids feeding ladooo to bheem!

Cake and decorations on the table

Showing off his bheem Tee!