Mereka Happy Bday

You started waiting for this day perhaps from your previous Birthday.

Every time you attend a birthday party you ask , "Mumma mereka happy bday kab aayega"

Then you plan minute details ,

"Main Pooh bear cake laaonga , nahi cartoon wala , tom and jerry"

"Main party popper karoonga"

"Main baloon burst NAHI karoonga"

"Mumma didi aayegi mereke bday mein?"

etc etc etc



And here it is ... "Mereka Happy Birthday"



I could see this morning how you were on cloud 9 , with people calling you from around the world , I could see a ring in your voice as you said "Thank you !"



I hope your birthday turns out just the way you wanted it to be. Hope you have loads of fun today and on Sunday , when we are having over your cousins for lunch.



I hope you have 100 such birthdays and I wish that all your plans for each of those birthdays come true !

And all your plans for days between birthdays also come true !

Lots of love to my little - BIG BOY !

YAY!

YAAAAYYY !!! We won a bronze medal , for THIS project !! YES ..in the prestigious Artsy-Craftsy challenge !! Hip Hip Hurray!

Check this out here.

Getting Assertive with his Demands!

Scene :
Aryan loves mom-made burgers (anti-jinx!!). So after he finished his burger.

Aryan : "Mumma give me camera"

Mumma : "Why"

Aryan : "Aapne bahut acha burger banaya na , main aapka photo khichoonga"

Mumma was on 11th heaven !



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Scene : Super market Entrance


Aryan : "Mumma jab nanu nani aaye the , toh unhone mujhe paise diye the na , bola toy lana"

Mumma : (Shocked !!! He never really demanded anything till date) "Okay!"

Aryan : "Toy lena hai"

Mumma : "Okay lets see the toy section , what you want"

Aryan : (spots Play doh !) "Play doh!"

Delighted Mumma picks 4 different colours of play doh !

Aryan : (spots a big set of sketch pens) "Yeh bhi lena hai"

Mumma : "Do you know what that is?"

Aryan : "thats XYLOPHONE"

Mumma : "Its not xylophone , we will get you xylophone tomorrow"



Scene change : Next day in a gift shop , buying gift for a birthday party.

Mumma notices a xylophone , remembers her promise and shows it to Aryan. Aryan is delighted and wants to buy that. After sometime , while we are still looking for gift for the party,

Aryan : "Mumma I want MIKE"

Mumma : "Okay , choose between xylophone and mike"

Aryan is confused for long time

Mumma : "Okay , lets buy xylophone today and mike on your birthday"

Aryan : "okay"


Scene change : Aryan played with xylophone for an hour.

Aryan : "Mumma lo , I dont want xylophone now , I want mike now"


Mumma is too shocked to believe his new milestone.

Crafts of the month!

No, we are not starting a monthly craft competiotion , Shruti is already doing a great job on that. We are just showcasing what all we did this month :-)

So here is our firt Origami craft , a hat from the book we got from Shruti Aunti !! THANK YOU SHRUTI AUNTI !



What you see below is the remains from a party popper ! Yes , Aryan is so fond of party popper that we was asking everyday about his birthday for the sake of it. So his dad got him one.



So this is what we did with the remains. A black canvas , which was painted long ago and was saved by mumma was used to make a shiny star !


And then we made a colourful house on the same day !



Showcasing his creation !



Now Shruti Aunti is talking about block printing , so we did something to mark our participation!






Another block printing attempt with potatos , but it is not neat and hence I am not giving it for the artsy crafty!

Mera Bawarchi

Collage fun !

Confident to Over-confident

Last year when Aryan went for the first time in apartment's splash pool , he slipped in the water and water got into his tummy. As a result he vomitted and got scared of swimming pool.


Since that day , we kept on encouraging him to step into the pool,but did not succeed until last week. After and year or so, last week he stepped into the splash pool and then into the bigger pool (kids above 3 are allowed in the bigger pool under parent's supervision) and had a great time.

This weekend again he went to the bigger pool with his father. After splashing and playing for few minutes he tells his papa , "Papa aap ruko , main ek round leke aata hoon" (You wait here papa , I will go and swim a lap)

Anupam and I could not help laughing for minutes when he told me this. My little prince took little time from becoming confident to over-confident :-)

Anti-Jinx..Kala tika ..touchwood

Kyoooooki

Yesterday he was watching a cd on laptop , while I was sitting near by. So he slipped himself in my lap while he continued watching cd. So I asked :




"Aap mumma ki godi mein kyoooo baithe ho ?"

Aryan : Kyooki mujhe baithna haiiii"

Me : "Kyo baithna haiiiiii"

Aryan : "Kyoooki mujhe achaaaa lagta haiiiii"

Me : "Kyoo acha lagta haiiii"

Aryan "Kyoooooki mujhe mumma acha lagta haiiii"



The extra "i" and "o" are to indicate that the talk happened in quite a musical way :-)

Yesterday night..

He took my hand into his and wrapped it around his body and hugged it tight and said "Yeh mera mumma hai , mera friend" and kissed my hand.

Kal bhi nahi

So yesterday it was 1 phrase that dominated all the talks we had. Some examples :




Aryan : "Mumma mujhe bread khana hai"

Mumma : "Aryan ab roti khayenge"

Aryan : "Nahi mumma , mujhe bread acha lagta hai , maine kal bhi nahi khaya na bread!"





Aryan : "Papa aap TV dekho"

Papa : "Nahi Aryan , I am done"

Aryan : "Nahi Papa , aapne kal bhi TV nahi dekha na!"





Aryan : "Mumma book padenge"

Mumma : "Thodi daer baad"

Aryan : "Nahi Mumma , maine kal bhi book nahi pada na"