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! ;) 

Movie Date: Penguins of Madagascar

Just another normal Tuesday became slightly special for my baby girl as she had her first movie date at home. We called her friends home to watch a movie with her... We did it in full style. Popcorn, tickets, and the whole jing-bang! Tickets were issued... 

Ami helped Mumma pack a little something to give away to all her friends. 

Mumma's little helper, personally did all the bee stamps on these small return gifts. 

We then made some popcorn and lemonade & waited for Ami's friends to come...

All kids settled down and the first 50 minutes were quiet and was super fun except for request for more popcorn!  But as we soon realised their attention span was not much longer after that and they wanted to move around and play rather than sit in one place and watch a movie... :) 

Getting them together for a group shot in the end was an event in itself! Phewww!!! 

Beautiful evening, spent with friends, watching a lovely movie- Aha! First Movie Date- Check! Laughter & Giggles- Priceless!!! :)

Happy Spa Date...! Yay!!!!

So if someone had told me when Ami came into my life that she'll have her first Spa Date at 3 & a half, I'd have found that "you-are-joking-right?-funny..!" But today happened to be her first Spa date and boy did she have fun...? :)

This is what happened... We went to her friend Dia's house for a Spa Playdate and the five girls (along with two sweet little boys) had a ball of a time. They really did have a complete deal...Bubble-dipped-Pedicures... Face packs... Nail Polishes... :) It was just sooo much fun! 

Ofcourse splashing water was sooo much fun too! ;)

Not very happy about the face pack, ehh?

We made cupcakes for all her friends with "Happy Spa Day" tags on them... And needless to say, it really did turn out to be a 'Happy' Spa Day! :)

Secret Santa, XMas Party & Masti

XMas was so much fun this year... After so many years I played Secret Santa with friends building up the excitement from the week before XMas! Had a lot of fun deciding creative gifts and sending stuff to one another :) And kids had loads of fun too...

Ami's XMas started quite early. By end of Nov we had decorated the tree... The whole month of Dec all play dates had activities related to Xmas- and there were quite a few... Colouring, crafts, food, masti and get-togethers all had a festive feel. At the XMas party all kids got same gifts and Ami had a good time opening so many gifts. 

We bought her a kitchen set and Santa gave her gems, loads of stationary and chocolates in her stockings. She also got a Furby from Alakh Mama & Vidhi Mami. It was a time for lots of gifts and the month just flew with so much fun... :)

Chal mere ghode tik tik tik...

So Ami decided to go horsie on papa. And it was loads of laughter and fun all around... Chal mere ghode tik tik tik...! ;)