Daddy and Mumma are touched

Tassu aunty (Pihu's playgroup teacher) told us this interesting story about Pihu.

The playgroup has a small kid, who has problems with his eyesight. Tassu aunty tells us that Pihu would be there for him and would ensure that he is included in all the activities of the group.

The kids go out for some time to explore the outside world...like the park to explore things like leaves, the soil, grass etc. Because Pihu's friend is not very comfortable in such settings, she would hold his hands and take him around helping him collect leaves...

Our daughter is growing up into a fine lady (sniff...)
Proud parents :-)

Pihu & her gang

The Byculla Zoo

We all went to the much talked about Byculla zoo, one of these bloody hot week-ends.
It started very well, since we decided to take the auto-rickshaw & the Mumbai local. Pihu enjoys both these experiences thoroughly!!

The elephant was the saving grace! The only majestic animal on show.... the rest were somewhere around :-) we saw the ears of a hippo, the crocodile was somewhere in the pond.... most of the other enclosures had an eerie silence.

We saw a langur eating a banana!! That was terribly exciting!!

and a decent flock of deer getting bored out of their wits!

As I said earlier, it was bloody hot!!

But I enjoyed it!!

Daddy speak:

Pihu desperately wanted to see the tiger (since we has assured her that there would definitely be one for her perusal!).

There was none!!

Will the real tiger please stand up? and be there in the zoo when (if) we visit the Byculla zoo again?

Something funny!!

Guess what? I found something....

It's funny :-)

Infact, very very funny!!!

Do I want to share it with you? Lemme see....

Ummm..well....

He..heee, I told you!!!

My first certificate

Good news!!

Daddy came home quite late from office. Noooooooooo. Thats not the good news!! He was hiding something from me, and then slowly, he handed me a surprise gift and a certificate. This was for participating in the painting competition in his office. For those who came in late, I participated in a painting competition in daddy's office on 24th Dec, in my Santa attire....

I am happy!! Thanks Daddy and thanks L&T Financial Services!!

Thanks Sivaraman uncle and Kalra uncle for signing my certificate!!

You all made my day!!

Republic day: Jai Hind!!

We had a flag hoisting ceremony in our society. Me Mumma Daddy got ready early morning in our white dresses...

The flag did not unfurl as it should have...

People gathered together and planned on how the flag should be folded and tied. I heard them out and gave some sound advice.

While the seniors worked on the implementation of my plan...

I kept the crowd enthralled with my Talwalkar's body building poses!!

The filler kept the crowd engaged and the flag was ready for hoisting :-)

And lo!! It was up there and flying high!!

The children sang patriotic songs... ably assisted by the seniors

Then we ate some snacks and had our quota of juice :-)

Me and Abhi :-))

Family in white!

Jai Hind!!

Goa- sea, pool, dolphins...

Mumma Daddy are quite keen on making me experience new things. This time, they wanted me to experience a train journey. I normally prefer flights.

Well, to cut the long story short, I kept vigil while the seniors had a good night's sleep. After all, there are so many stories of luggage theft!

Goa, finally!! The air was so fresh!!



We checked in, ate & slept so that we are ready for the 3 day extravaganza!!

Day 1

Good morning!! What a lovely day!

Just the kind of day to spend on a beach.

I did some artistic work on the sand

Got back in time for breakfast!! Then we changed into something more comfortable & moved to the pool :-))

I remembered Dory from 'Finding Nemo'. As a tribute to her undying/unflinching spirit, I sang the memorable song 'Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming' about a 100 thousand times!! This I did on my own in the baby pool. Guess Mumma Daddy were very proud of my feat.

It was time to relax. It was a warm day. All this exercise made me tired and happy

Afternoon siesta...

Since I got my afternoon beauty sleep, I decided to be kind. While relaxing in the resort garden, I thought of giving mumma daddy some private moments together..so i wore my shoes & went away to a corner...

I waited for them to come & fetch me back...

God!! how boring this 'wait' can get...

Finally mamma remembered & called me...

I ran into her arms & clung there for quite sometime...

Afterall, this is my most favourite place in the whole world...

Despite such a packed schedule, I managed my mandatory evening walk, in order to get the gastric juices flowing...

Peaceful day.

Day 2

This was supposedly the sight-seeing day.

We had the bus exclusively for us... but the ride was very long & boring. I passed time eating kurkure (which I cajoled mumma into buying, when she was buying kajoos for her friends!) and Frooti.

The boat ride was fun. If you want a glimpse, please visit us to see the videos...

Folk dances...

A beautiful sunset...

To make the return journey exciting, I insisted on some stories.... we had a good laugh, since mumma came up some new stories/characters. Daddy mixed 2 stories- Rohit & Mohit in the Park with the Sanders story. Guess he made it up on the spot. But then I did not mind his creative inputs!

I liked Cristina, the young lady. We got along like a house on fire! She was waiting for me, since she knew I would be leaving tomorrow and she would not be around. So sweet of her...

Day 3

I was woken up quite unceremoniously by Mumma Daddy. They created a lot of noise about some dolphins, boat, beach. I was not very interested but had to give in to all the coercion...

The deal was clear. I get ready if I get to wear my glares :-)) Haha

The boat ride was amazing. I took the front seat on daddy's lap and loved the cool breeze blowing thro' my hair... This is life

There were lots of dolphins.... but they were very quick. I kept alerting the boat driver by shouting 'woh dekho, woh dekho' whenever I spotted them. This helped mumma daddy also to get a good view. They would have missed it otherwise because of their slow reflexes!!

This made them very happy.

This is the place I used to call 'Goa ka Ghar'. Others call it Ramada.

Once we were done with the dolphin cruise, I kicked some waves before we called it a day.

It was a nice end to the 4 day trip!! I had a blast!!

Lest they forget, I also did a small drama acting angry & all that. This was to ensure that mumma daddy get acclimitised to my regular tantrums :-)