Visit to Gurudwara!

Last week was Guru Purab & La Petite introduced Ami to Guru Nanak Ji. And this week promptly they were taken to visit a Gurudwara or as my baby said "Guru Nanak Ji's house!" ;)

She was happy to go- dressed up in school uniform (which is mandatory only during such occassions) and came back home & told me all excitedly "how she had gone to Guru Nanak Ji's house & got Prashaad (I'm pressuming in langar) & had lots of Kishmish there (This I'm unclear about)." ;) I'm happy that my child is being exposed to so much of the world & is growing up with knowledge of what happens in the rest of the world too. 

Jo bole so nihaal... Sasriyakaal! :)

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...! ;)

Oh No! It has started... ;)

So from the time Ami's come into our life, I have always heard my friends and cousins who are mothers of girls complaining "I don't get to choose what she wears. She refuses to wear anything but what she chooses..." I have a very very head strong daughter who generally has no qualms letting us know how she feels... So naturally I have been dreading this stage of hers to come... But oh-so-suddenly it was upon us yesterday! 

She calmly walked up to her cupboard, opened it, chose what she wanted, lay it on the bed, closed the cupboard and announced "Mumma, Ami ko yeh pehen na hai!" As parents we were both aghast and mighty surprised. We knew this moment would come but we weren't ready for it yet... And look at the T-Shirt she chose to innaugarate this stage "50% Ma... 50% Pa... 100% ME!" Hellooooo... I couldn't have said it better. Sigh! :)

Potty training... The things you experience! ;)

No this is not another gory post on how easy or difficult it was to potty train my baby... It is to share the funny side of it! So let me start by saying- my baby is finally potty trained (at least I hope she is now :)). Its been a constant learning for last 3 weeks and now she only wears Diaper while sleeping! :)

The side effect of this being now when we are out or travelling long distance, and want her to urinate in her diaper, she refuses to do it. The outcome of that being...

   

...yes we had to stop the car on Yamuna Expressway, remove madam's pottyseat, so she could do it! :P It is definitely one of life's funny experiences... A typical 'my bunny's funny' moment! :)

Chalo Satsang karo...

Wearing a dupatta... Love Story in hand (She thinks its her Pothi)... Ami can announce "Satsang karo!" at anytime of the day. Quite literally so...

You'll then hear her humming 'Tere charnon mein' (almost fully) 'Radhasoami rakshak jeev ke' (with missing words in between) or 'Tamanna yehi hai' :) She'll even use her hands to indicate that everybody else should sing along too. 

Oh & such adult-like demure looks and comments soon follow! Gosh!!!

First Nail Polish: Check

Hello Girls... 

Guess who's just realised she likes girlish things too? Ami! So here's what happened today- Vidhi Mami put nail polish... Then nanni put nail polish... So my pixie goes like "Ami ko bhi Nail polish lagao Mumma please." I was so surprised coz she has never been keen on such things before but here goes... Today mark's the first time my daughter got her nail polish put. Memories... Memories...! :)

Mere Mamu ki shaadi hai!

Ami's mamu jaan got married on 18th and brought home our super sweet Vidhi Mami :) Ami and mumma had moved to Dayalbagh on 9th to help with the shaadi preparations... Ami had a lovely time running around between shaadi houses and met loads and loads of new relatives. She was hardly able to get friendly with anybody new as there literally were so many new faces... She spent a great deal of time doing masti at Dadi's house too. Especially at times when the shaadi mahol would get too much for her. And her vocabulary saw a dramatic improvement over this period & she could literally tota'ish (parrot-like) repeat all words told in her vicinity, including some that weren't meant for her ears!!! ;)

We went bangle shopping a few days before shaadi (with Massi and Binti didi) where Ami bought loads of bangles, even matching some for her sangeet outfit. 

16th was the first function... Shaadi ka Satsang where Dataji asked mumma to put Ami on the ground and asked her to take Prashaad directly from HIM. This marked the first time that Ami received the Prashaad from HIM directly. :)

On 17th the sangeet day, regular running around at the venue kept happening with last minute preparations... So Ami was packed to Dadi's place & slept in the afternoon and was planned to arrive at the venue with papa all dressed up in her new yellow & orange lehenga. But when mumma found her, just before sangeet was to start, she was still in her shorts & t-shirt and mumma rushed her in to get her ready, assuming she'll be in good mood as she had had her beauty sleep! Little did Mumma know what she was getting into!!!

What followed was full-fledged drama! Ami crying... Unhappy... Not willing to wear lehenga or her much beloved bangles... Cranky... Not willing to dance or let mummy dance... Or get out of mummy's godi... More crying... More chipku'ness... Unbearable May Heat.... And no electricity!!! You get the picture right? Complete mayhem! Until thankfully what saved the day was an orange lollipop! :)




And Alas 18th arrived!!! All excited filled with joy but tired as hell we woke up...

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Thankfully early morning at khet was a little better mood-wise. But she just didn't get what all the running around was about. So naturally she spent most time in mummy's godi (again!). Not even ready to smile by the time the photo-session happened.

Shaadi went much better. For starters Ami was wearing a pretty black & white frock. There was literally no fuss in her dressing! No lehengas or dupattas or bangles to reckon with! So she sat thru the pheras and watched mamu & mami tie the knot happily. :)

Post shaadi, during lunch, the photo-session again clashed with her nap-time and naturally Ami was no longer interested in posing for the camera! Kids are moody but in an odd kinda way, happen to have the priorities right! Nap over photo-session is the right order in life- so what if it also happens to be your Mamu jaan's wedding...?  :) Sigh!