Naisha! - Tulika

Naisha's such a big nautanki - yesterday Sunil came back from a tour and she did her usual I've-fallen-down-pick-me-up routine. When Sophia ran to pick her up, she refused to get up till Sunil went and picked her up!
Sometimes I feel she just LOVES to embarrass me. I had been teaching both of them to do a 'namaste' for a long time. Hrit picked it up real fast but Naisha just refused to learn it. Then one day when I was telling someone that Hrit had picked it up pretty well but Naisha just couldn't ... right then, very promptly Naisha executed a perfect 'namaste' complete with folded hands!

The takeover - Tulika

I have decided to take over the blog, at least occasionally. Frankly, Hrit and Naisha are just too grown up now for me to ghost write for them. Plus there are things (when they get all naughty and unmanageable) which they would never write on their own, so I need to fill in the gaps.
Am dying for them to start writing on their own.
What brought home the fact that they were all grown up is the fact that I've started school hunting! And I just can't believe it. I mean, I still haven't got over my time at Ruby Hall... big stomach and all!! But the fact is that they're well in their first year and for them to start playschool by the time they're two, the proceedings start now.
On the progress front - they've discovered swings! Naisha simply loves the sea-saw while Hrit's favourite is the slide. He loves crawling up the slide and then sliding down on his stomach.

Progress - Tulika

Potty landmark for Naisha. For the first time yesterday she managed to tell us she had done the job!

Fancy dress in the middle of illness - Naisha

It's been a bad month. We've taken turns to fall ill for the last three weeks.
But we're kindered spirits and we bounce back pretty soon. Being ill didn't mean we stopped having fun. For starters there was the fancy dress contest. Oh we had loads of fun. Hrit bhai finally did go as Lalu. He was so excited he walked on stage (with mama) much before his cue. The announcer who was saying 'here is the man who likes to keep people waiting' ended up looking a little foolish because Hrit bhai was already there!! So she shooed him away backstage till she finished her introduction speech and then he made a grand re-enrty.
Then it was my turn and mama promptly handed over Hrit bhai to her friend right in front of the stage and ran back for me. I went as a fairy princess. Mama did make wings for me. She tried to make me wear my dress at home but I went crazy trying to look at my wings. Since they were on my back it was quite a struggle to look at them... imagine having something really exciting stuck to your back! Anyway. so off came the dress. I got to wear it barely five minutes before my stage appearance.
All those bright lights were a bit daunting and I felt a little lost though mama was right behind me. Then I heard all the aunties calling out 'Naisha Naisha' and I grew comfortable. Just as I was beginning to enjoy myself the announcer aunty said 'a big round of applause for this little fairy princess' and mama was marching me off the stage.
So that was our first stage appearance.