Birthday preparations

Anvitha's second birthday celebration preparations have started.
As we could not celebrate her very first birthday last year, this year we thought of making some preparations.
Moreover, through her favourite rhyme video 'Happy Birthday to you' and looking at the only photo of her last year's birthday she wants her 'Happy to you'(her way of saying it) everyday. And we are forced to tell her that it's on the next morning.
For the event, as we went ordering the cake and shopping for a dress, both me and S had a discussion about our birthday celebrations and the age at which we first cut our the sooo called 'birthday cakes'.
That was probably at the age of 25 we saw ourselves blowing the candle and cutting the cake. Even then our elders would scold us for blowing the candles out as they said those lights should burn till the end:)
Even more amusing sight for me during her dress selection was 'me taking her to the trial room to try on different outfits and the way she would come out to show them off to her father!'
These trial rooms too we hadn't seen till we entered these metro cities.
Whatever it is, only thing I wish is that she should learn to know the value of money and the hard work that goes in to earn it.

Our growing friendship

There are lot of things these days which me and my daughter enjoy doing together: dancing to some of our favourite beats, acting crazy at times, our evening walks, daily visits to her favourite temple, our story telling session and more importantly both sharing and enjoying our chocolate bars:)
And thus, there seems to be another relationship forming apart from just mother and daughter: friendship.
Of course, we do have our times of tantrums but both of us have learned to make up after the fight.

Back beat

24x7 chatter box...

...It starts at around 8'0 clock in the morning and closes at around 10 in the night:
talking is what she does the whole day. Observing, repeating, gesturing, imitating, lip-reading and whole lot of other modes of communication comes out to convey her messages. She has even learned to address her grandfather by his name rather than calling him 'ajja'. And her mom has become 'amma shuti'. Talking to her favourite doll, talking over the phone, saying prayers (which is mostly 'Om Anvita':), repeating letters of the alphabet and numbers(her new amusement); everything is a part of her language learning routine now.

Butterfly

How on earth can a butterfly get into her tiny nose!?
Every time there's a tickle in her nose she complains that there's a butterfly gone inside it and the best part is she can't even pronounce the word properly!