Turning four!!!

It was Ami's birthday yesterday and we had gone to Dayalbagh to seek Gracious Huzur's Blessings in Khet (as is our usual routine on birthdays). I had made Chocolate Cupcakes for Prashaad. GH spoke at length to the group... There were over 20 people who had come for their birthdays to Khet (the largest group I have ever seen on a single-day, aging from 1 to 65 yrs :) Gracious Huzur was very happy-happy and our day started on a very nice note. Badi Mummy and Mumma had planned breakfast at Radha Nagar with cake for Ami. So post khet we went there... Left Agra around 11 for Gurgaon, with Gharwallas from both sides (except Dad who couldn't make it); we got back home by 3PM.

We had a small party planned for Ami's friends in the evening. I rushed to get the decor done and MIL got Ami ready and brought her to the venue. Umang rushed to get the cake... 

The party was in Dominos Pizza at Good Earth and we got magician and tattoo artist to make it more fun for kids. All the kids along with Ami had so much fun with his bag of tricks... :) 

Then this morning we had another cake cutting in school. :) she was very shy there... I'm never sure if she enjoys being the centre of attention or not... ;) 

For now, happy to report that our little madam is going around telling everyone that she is a big girl now- all of four years old! ;)

Halloween @ Vatika City

The newspaper post next day said Vatika are the "trend setters", so I guess we have to believe it...! Hai na? ;)  We organised Halloween party for kids in Vatika City for the second year in a row. So where we are concerned, planning as always happens at the last minute... This year we decided to include some activities for the kids to take the event up a notch- Magic Show, tattoo artists, art & craft workshop, was the way we went.. 

Learning from the mistakes of last year we decided to go with a goodie bag instead of ordering happy meals (and I strongly believe it was a good decision :))

Ami had been very scared of masks last year, in order to avoid that, I had started preparing her weeks in advance, she seemed excited about the whole idea- even deciding she wanted to be Pumpkin this time, and choosing her own costume! :) 

But on the D-Day she got scared, yet again clinging to me whenever an older child with mask came close. :(

I sent her home and asked her best friend's mom to bring her along whenever she came for the party. It was a good call... :) She was happy when she came later with her friend. Spent a lot of time dancing to songs, went around clicking pics and even got a tattoo... I was happy to see her enjoying herself. :) Her one regret was she didn't wear the pumpkin dress (she had refused to wear it while she was cranky).

Next morning she woke up, and oh-so-seriously told me, "Mumma, were you a Witch in Halloween last night?" I said "Yes! Why?" Her response "I didn't like you as Witch Ma. You are pretty-pretty when you are my mumma." Awwww! Always glad to know that! ;)