Bedtime Stories... :)

...So when Ami was younger, Umang and I- who are both avid readers, had tried to get her interested in books but to our disappointment she was just never interested in them. We tried reading to her loads of times, but her attention span was always much smaller than the smallest of stories and she would most often loose interest in the plot much before the ending. 

A few months back to our joy we realised things had changed some how and she now showed interest in stories- just like that, out of the blue. And to our immense delight we discovered that our pixie now, not only wanted us to read to her (regularly) but was most often also keen on repeating the story back to us. Her favourite series currently is Pepper... And she loves reading what he is doing and also learns with him. The bed time ritual (both during afternoon naps and night time slumber) is incomplete without a book which she chooses herself. Generally afternoons are my turn to read to her and nights are Umang's!

So let me share how exactly the scene goes... During afternoon nap: Mumma lets read "Pepper goes to School"! Okay Ami, lets do! (...After reading the story to her) Excitedly "Abb Ami padegi"... Ami's turn to read! Okay... :)

Oh and the same repeats during night slumber with her papa. And often times the same book repeats too... :) She is almost able to tell the dialogues word for word by just seeing the pics on the page.. And yes I am kinnda-slightly-happy-proud of that ;)

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! :)

Chitiyaan Kailaiyaan Ve!

A few months back (post our Binsar trip) Ami got hooked on to 'Abhi toh party shuru huiye hai' and insisted on playing that song all the time in the car, so she could dance on it... And now it is 'Chitiyaan Kalaiyaan ve'! So why is this more special? Coz she sings lyrics with it... She knows lots of words of the song and sings it when she feels she's not being observed! Its sooo cute and funny :) I love it!!! Her favorite line from the song? "Mann jaawe Shopping karade...!" Such a girl thing no? :)

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... :)

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! :)