Pihu dresses up as a flower

I have a question for everybody!!
What happens to parents when schools announce Fancy Dress competitions?
Why do they go berserk??!!

They wake up at unearthly hours to prepare loads of paraphernalia for their children. Look at this. This is a scene at 5:30 am in our home!!



Mommy is meticulously sticking rose petals on chartpaper :-) She chose to go natural & hence the entire gear had to be made on the day of the event. I was smart & slept peacefully through the entire preparation.

And did you notice the scene in my room? It's as if a typhoon just passed by! What mess!!

At the school, I was happy & excited! It was a special day because my mommie was with me :-)

I wanted to enjoy...to be cool :-)

... wanted to run around and play with my buddies.

But mamma had other plans! Just look at what she did to me!

She tried her best to make me like my attire...Even bribed me with one full packet of Gems!!

But how long would it last?

In appreciation of the kind gesture, I flashed a few fake smiles at the shutterbugs ..

& then decided that enough was enough! Mamma lookeded on haplessly as I tore myself away from the trapping! Nothing is more important than my independence afterall!!

I agree that some of my friends were more accomodating. Despite the boredom, they played along....

But hello! That's just not me!! I refuse to do things that don't interest me. Not too difficult to understand, is it??

But apparently, it was...for my mamma at least. She was very upset that I refused to walk the ramp like all other kids (every single one, she claimed to my daddy later) and even misbehaved with my teachers who encouraged me to come in front of the judges. Thankfully, in the mayhem, the paparazzi couldn't click any pictures and my mom was saved from being caught with embarrassing expressions!

At the end of the event, my buddy Sia won the competition :-) Isn't she the cutest cater-pillar ever!! My mommie has been harping about how unbelievably she co-operated with her mom. Fine, she did. But can't I be different??

Hey mom! Look at me! Do I even care about losses & victories?? I am just so happy to be free. Don't you love this smile ????

I love you just the way you are...why don't you do the same mama?

Diwali Dhamaka

This Diwali, we decided to go to Indore to be with Nana Nani.
Tanu mama also joined us...


I was in favour of a pollution free Diwali, but Nanaji had already purchased stuff for me. What could I do? Nanaji also gave me his walking stick... which I used to light the crackers, and be safe.



I enjoyed thoroughly. Looks like Dadduna also had a good time

We also had some serious work to do. Like drafting a wedding card for Tanu Mama.

It was good that I was there to give inputs.

What would they do without me? Anyways, it got done soon and then I started with my caricatures. Folks believe its quite abstract!

Papi aaji also dropped in. She was the lady who delivered me into this world, you know.
We share a special equation.

A special modeling session was organised and I tried some interesting poses.

I especially like this one. Why? Because I am wearing pink!


Laxmi Pooja was special. I wore a sari.

I helped the seniors in the conduct of the Pooja

Quite a solemn occasion, huh?

So solemn that I decided to give mammunya a huggie

Special moments with Mammunya and Dadduna

Women in sarees...

Post Pooja, I was famished. Ate a couple of special Indori pedas.

With Tanu Mama

I liked the relaxed atmosphere post Pooja

Women in sarees...

The Bima Nagar gang! A happy one :-)

Matheran trip

I took Dadduna and Mammunya to Matheran for a couple of days, before Diwali holidays. The idea was to chill. And chill we did!!

We took it easy after reaching our hotel... it was a heritage hotel. Everything was heritage...including the bathrooms, fans..... :-)

Dadduna went to fight with the hotel people for a room change, while I did some sketches

I am getting better at it everyday


I can now draw human caricatures, with eyes, nose and lips in the right places :-)

We met the 'Master' family at Matheran and they were cool! Thats me with Priyanka, Airyaman, and Arnavaz aunty!

Priyanka and me bonded quite well!

The families did a couple of points together.... we went to Echo Point, where me and Priyanka yelled a lot! I called our Dora and you know what! She responded!

I called for Boots also...

Dadduna also acted as my horse. The good part about this horse was that he listened to my instructions quite well. I just had to pull his ears for getting his attention. And he sang my favourite songs like 'Nagaada baja'

I took a brief nap also on the way....

Me, Mammunya and Dadduna

Day 2 was a little disappointing. It was raining cats and dogs, and monkeys as well!!
I had to sit in my room, sip tea, and generally relax

Good that Dadduna carried his laptop. I watched my favourite 'Blue Doggy' CD

And Mammunya read me a couple of good stories. I especially like the story about the old lady in China...

The return journey was very cool & misty! And the view was terrific. We took a couple of breaks enroute...

Saw a couple of waterfalls....

Its not what you think!

I was just playing with the water :-)

And guess what, when we stopped for lunch, who did we meet again! The 'Master family'!! We had a great time in the play area....

Post lunch, I slept off in the car, and hence the story ends here.