Happy New Year 2012~

Our Little Trible Princess

Here comes another surprise...Our Little baby changes transforms into a Tribal princess and wins Inter Apartments Fancy Dress Challenge.... This promotional event was organized by Candor International School

It was a frantic midnight preparation, with Mommy making all her bow, arrow and spear! But in the end it was all certainly worth the effort.

She stood 1st among 7 other kids in her age category....Here are some pics...

 

The Angel Turns 4

Yesterday was a  BIG day in little Shahana's life. After weeks and weeks of anticipation, it WAS finally her birthday. And funnily enough, the day started with an anticlimax LOL!!

For the past couple of weeks, Shahana would ask (almost every morning), "Is it my birthday today?" and we'd help her count the days left till her birthday. Yesterday, she woke up declaring that her birthday was tomorrow! It took a good 30 minutes to have the little darling believe that this morning was indeed her special day. Some fun, huh?

The day slowly began with a visit to the temple, seeking the Almighty's blessings after which we grabbed a quick lunch and back home so that baby could catch on some sleep. If she didn't then it was sure shot disaster because she'd be cranky and irritable in the evening and we all will have a hard time coddling her. Anyway, none of that happened and finally evening came. 

Suddenly, my little sweetheart, metamorphosed into a beautiful little fairy. And the gown that she wore was one that she picked for herself. I am indeed amazed at how clear today's kids are about what they want. Infact she was crystal clear about the whole look. Here's a quick look :)

Not only the clothes, she was also quite clear about the decorations. She wanted a fairy theme and here's a picture of how that looked :)

The evening was made memorable with a magic show and a tattoo artist, that was immensely enjoyed by all her friends. All the kids were extremely happy, but more importantly, our little princess was very happy to have such a wonderful party. 

One day she's a small bundle of joy; we blink and suddenly she is a 4 year old talkathon! 

Here is the link to the full album;
https://picasaweb.google.com/talk2anand/Shahana_Turns_4?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCI6SpPfn0_jsGQ&feat=directlink

Dance Classes

Shahana started attending dance classes at our apartment, and man she's loving it. For starters we put her into 'Bollywood freestyle' because anything else would be too formal for her tender age.

She really has fun and is certainly the class favorite :) Here's a little sampler of what our baby has learnt!

Mere Ghar Aaye Ek Nanhi Pari

Fancy Dress!!! A word which excites our little baby a lot. She starts asking questioning, what will I wear? Will you buy me matching clips/shoes/bands etc....And next moment she's planning for her dress to be like...

Her first experience of dressing up differently, in new school, but no competition(thats a Good thing). And she loved being "Pari". Don't dare to upset her, who knows she will turn you into a "Pumpkin" with her Magic Wand....LOL

For next 2 days, she as on with the wings while eating, playing and even sleeping....ha ha ha

Never mind thats our lovely baby.

Holi and the Baby!

Last Sunday, it was Holi. Much awaited by all of us at home. Shahana was particularly enthustiastic about participating in the festivities. In fact she was in full prep mode - her acquisitions included a water gun, some water baloons, two pichkari's .
Looking at her enthusiasm, we were actually very relived that this year, she will not cry herself crazy. Ok, a little background here: She has never liked Holis in the past so we were a bit apprehensive. All the crazy colors on everybody's faces, usually scares her.
Ultimately the big day came and much to our disappointment, it was pretty much the same story. She still doesn't like Holi and color play. So we had to leave little Shahana at another resident, who is friends and also doesn't like to play Holi. Once she was put in a safe place, Anshu and I had quite a blast.
It is Wednesday and I still have traces of color on my palms.

Looks like we will have to wait a couple of more years, before our baby becomes comfortable with this whole concept of holi and applying colors.

First Stage Performance of Shahana :)

Shahana is turned into a magnificent performer now. A day before yesterday was her (first experienced )Annual Day in Montessori school. She's only 2-3 weeks old in Little Feat Montessori now, but she has been managing to impress teachers and parents with her charming personality :).
Have a look at the videos taken on her Annual day. A small piece of info, she was not part of the performers' troupe actually, but her enthusiam left everyone bowled over with a surprise when she climbed on to the stage with full confidence.