They are important........very important
They make life joyful..........happy.......wonderful
They hang out with us.......make us laugh.........They share our grief and our happiness too.
They cheer us up when we're feeling low & help us overcome our fears.
They make the best partners & if they are good listeners....life could never be better :-)
They are fun to have....fun to be with & make fantastic company.
Well, they can also be a pain in the wrong places! What's better....we can tell them when they're being one!
They make life worthwhile!
Just as I was beginning to feel lonesome....I am alive to the fact that I have them in my life.
Many a times that I haven't confided in them......maybe my own apprehensions and then realised that I have been a fool in doing so.
Yet again! if not for them....I wouldn't have realised that I was one either!
My world would be incomplete without them....so...so incomplete.
Guess there is some bond. A bond we form over a period of time.
It needs no explanation...Actually...............I cannot explain it.
When in silence and you still find your feelings conveyed accross........
.........you know there's someone just around the corner;
behold! It's a Friend.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
I love you BIG
I've wanted to post this for a long long time.............well, It finally made it's way to the blog!
Three simple words.......they take less than 2 seconds, they can carry feelings accross the seven seas too.................I LOVE YOU.
Those of you who've been blessed with loved ones will completely understand what it means to hear your loved one say, whisper or scream back an "I love you too.
Just as Aisha had learned to speak she had started to reciprocate an I Love you with "Awwooo tooooo" (the cutest part is that she'd sway her tiny head side to side as she said it)
One day I went on to ask her,"Aisha, do you love mamma?" and Aisha nodded in a Yes!
I took a chance and asked her, "How much" and Aisha beamed. "BIG" she said!
The answer tickled me and I wondered where that came from.
I taught Aisha what's big when I drew her favorite balloons........a small one & then a big one. Amazingly my daughter associated the big balloon with more & that's where her reply came from. (If you could see me I am beaming as I type every letter :-))
It's probably been 3 months since Aisha kept to that response & I soooooooooo wish she always responds to how much do you love Mamma and Dada with a beaming "BIG"
I love Aisha and Aisha loves her Mamma & Dada BIG! Amen forever!
Three simple words.......they take less than 2 seconds, they can carry feelings accross the seven seas too.................I LOVE YOU.
Those of you who've been blessed with loved ones will completely understand what it means to hear your loved one say, whisper or scream back an "I love you too.
Just as Aisha had learned to speak she had started to reciprocate an I Love you with "Awwooo tooooo" (the cutest part is that she'd sway her tiny head side to side as she said it)
One day I went on to ask her,"Aisha, do you love mamma?" and Aisha nodded in a Yes!
I took a chance and asked her, "How much" and Aisha beamed. "BIG" she said!
The answer tickled me and I wondered where that came from.
I taught Aisha what's big when I drew her favorite balloons........a small one & then a big one. Amazingly my daughter associated the big balloon with more & that's where her reply came from. (If you could see me I am beaming as I type every letter :-))
It's probably been 3 months since Aisha kept to that response & I soooooooooo wish she always responds to how much do you love Mamma and Dada with a beaming "BIG"
I love Aisha and Aisha loves her Mamma & Dada BIG! Amen forever!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
State of the mind
............the tide swept me farther.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
One more little miracle
3rd March, 6:23pm IST a miracle is born!
We were all equally eager as was my sister-in-law to deliver her first baby. She was to be due on 26th February & then on 1st March & then 3rd March was also said to be possible.
And yes! 3rd of March it was :-)
A slow but a grand entrance yesterday thereby bringing forth a brand new addition to this beautiful World to add to the population of the Gorgeous Gender that walks the Earth.
Yessssssssssss it's a Girl!!!!
A sight similar to what I saw, a feeling similar to what I experienced exactly 1 year, 6 months & 2 days back.....when my little princess Aisha; was born.
Her small little head full with thick jet black hair,
Beautiful hands with delicate fingers, .........pinkest feet, cutest lips and an even cuter cry.
Her twinkling eyes filled with the curiosity to explore the whole world!
My beautiful niece.
One more little miracle......Made in heaven.
.......................sent forth on Earth to be Loved, Treasured and Adored by all.
We were all equally eager as was my sister-in-law to deliver her first baby. She was to be due on 26th February & then on 1st March & then 3rd March was also said to be possible.
And yes! 3rd of March it was :-)
A slow but a grand entrance yesterday thereby bringing forth a brand new addition to this beautiful World to add to the population of the Gorgeous Gender that walks the Earth.
Yessssssssssss it's a Girl!!!!
A sight similar to what I saw, a feeling similar to what I experienced exactly 1 year, 6 months & 2 days back.....when my little princess Aisha; was born.
Her small little head full with thick jet black hair,
Beautiful hands with delicate fingers, .........pinkest feet, cutest lips and an even cuter cry.
Her twinkling eyes filled with the curiosity to explore the whole world!
One more little miracle......Made in heaven.
.......................sent forth on Earth to be Loved, Treasured and Adored by all.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Play School or no school......my gal's a rockstar!
Well, today Aisha turns 1 & a half! :-) and as any parent would start to think M mentioned "we haven't started discussing Aisha's play school & other little details you know".
That one question took me straight to a conversation I had with a lady I bumped into during a visit to Aisha's doc. This lady with her 2 year & some months old little boy who were standing in a queue outside the doctor's room asks me, "how old is your daughter" & I proudly reply, "she's 14 months old".
The lady then asked if Aisha went to play school? to which I replied,"Ofcourse No!" Me reaffirming, "She's just 14 months old you see!!!" The lady was shocked!!! "Oh!What you saying, haven't you heard of Mother Toddler, I took my son there when he was 7 months old!!!!????" She gave me a look like as if I'd come from a planet which she never knew existed!
I said,"Yes! I do but I didn't want Aisha t0 go through something like that so soon, I'd rather have her join the play group after she's two", to which the lady gave me a bewildered look & exclaimed." OMG! You've missed so much!!! Had you joined the Mothertoddler group your daughter would have recited numerous nursery rhymes by now!!! Moreover you will lose out on much more if you wait for her to turn two!!!" I maintained my calm & said," I don't think so" and that was the end of it. Well I was'nt rude.....but to the lady i had certainly lost it. Maybe she went on to discuss with her other friends & family how irrational & careless mothers today can be!!!
Well, the "You've missed so much!!!" certainly irritated me, but by virtue that the lady's son was the only kid sweet enough to reciprocate Aisha's fondness by hugging her right back when she went to hug him helped me hold back my urge to snap back.
That discussion has stayed with me till date and led me to analyse whether my little princess has lost out on anything from the absence of an early play school exposure.
Aisha identifies all the fruits and all the objects from her books.........she also religiously sits herself down with her book & pencil to do her "ABC". She recites a few rhymes, Hickory Dickory,Twinkle Twinkle, Ringa-Ringa, and Machli Jal ki Raani hain. She's picked up three languages at a time & doesn't get confused once by mixing up her languages with the wrong people! I mean, she converses in tulu with her Ajja, & with her maushi in marathi & with me in English! All of this at 1& a half!
In all this yes! maybe where Aisha would have recited 6 rhymes she recites three, where she'd know objects & shapes she instead identifies plates, spoons, dabbas, kachala (Kachra), curtains, muqutooos (Mosquitoes). She can also tell the difference between a TV remote & a cell phone. How??? Well the TV remote is held aptly in front of the TV & a cell phone to her tiny Ear into which she cooes her sweet, "haaloooo"
What's there to miss??? Infact Aisha has gained much more, the care & love of her grand parents, a fascination to the household chores (she loves dusting the chairs & wiping the floor), she spends hours listening & repeating each new word she comes accross.......check out her vocab.....she's brilliant! She loves identifying the pictures & objects in her books, she loves listening to music, "Do the hokey-pokey" is her favorite to dance to & "Give me some sunshine" is her favorite to sing along. She does the nananananana bit with super enthu! Play school or no school......My girl is a ROCKSTAR!!!!!
That one question took me straight to a conversation I had with a lady I bumped into during a visit to Aisha's doc. This lady with her 2 year & some months old little boy who were standing in a queue outside the doctor's room asks me, "how old is your daughter" & I proudly reply, "she's 14 months old".
The lady then asked if Aisha went to play school? to which I replied,"Ofcourse No!" Me reaffirming, "She's just 14 months old you see!!!" The lady was shocked!!! "Oh!What you saying, haven't you heard of Mother Toddler, I took my son there when he was 7 months old!!!!????" She gave me a look like as if I'd come from a planet which she never knew existed!
I said,"Yes! I do but I didn't want Aisha t0 go through something like that so soon, I'd rather have her join the play group after she's two", to which the lady gave me a bewildered look & exclaimed." OMG! You've missed so much!!! Had you joined the Mothertoddler group your daughter would have recited numerous nursery rhymes by now!!! Moreover you will lose out on much more if you wait for her to turn two!!!" I maintained my calm & said," I don't think so" and that was the end of it. Well I was'nt rude.....but to the lady i had certainly lost it. Maybe she went on to discuss with her other friends & family how irrational & careless mothers today can be!!!
Well, the "You've missed so much!!!" certainly irritated me, but by virtue that the lady's son was the only kid sweet enough to reciprocate Aisha's fondness by hugging her right back when she went to hug him helped me hold back my urge to snap back.
That discussion has stayed with me till date and led me to analyse whether my little princess has lost out on anything from the absence of an early play school exposure.
Aisha identifies all the fruits and all the objects from her books.........she also religiously sits herself down with her book & pencil to do her "ABC". She recites a few rhymes, Hickory Dickory,Twinkle Twinkle, Ringa-Ringa, and Machli Jal ki Raani hain. She's picked up three languages at a time & doesn't get confused once by mixing up her languages with the wrong people! I mean, she converses in tulu with her Ajja, & with her maushi in marathi & with me in English! All of this at 1& a half!
In all this yes! maybe where Aisha would have recited 6 rhymes she recites three, where she'd know objects & shapes she instead identifies plates, spoons, dabbas, kachala (Kachra), curtains, muqutooos (Mosquitoes). She can also tell the difference between a TV remote & a cell phone. How??? Well the TV remote is held aptly in front of the TV & a cell phone to her tiny Ear into which she cooes her sweet, "haaloooo"
What's there to miss??? Infact Aisha has gained much more, the care & love of her grand parents, a fascination to the household chores (she loves dusting the chairs & wiping the floor), she spends hours listening & repeating each new word she comes accross.......check out her vocab.....she's brilliant! She loves identifying the pictures & objects in her books, she loves listening to music, "Do the hokey-pokey" is her favorite to dance to & "Give me some sunshine" is her favorite to sing along. She does the nananananana bit with super enthu! Play school or no school......My girl is a ROCKSTAR!!!!!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Cheers to the Earth
Where the trees blossom in vibrant colours and the sun shines in all its splendour.
Where the grass is always green & the streams bubble cheerfully throughout the year.
Long Live the Earth!!!
Where the grass is always green & the streams bubble cheerfully throughout the year.
Long Live the Earth!!!Save trees.....don't print unneccesarily...if you do.....use the print on both sides & two pages per sheet option. Be pro back to back photo copying
Conserve water....don't brush,shave with the water running.......don't take a shower.............use a bucket instead.
Plzzz plz plzzzz..switch off those lights when you leave the room.....not to forget your monitor when you shut down your PC too
Urge your society to try the option of installing solar panels so we can use solar energy for heating.
Plant trees, plants, shrubs whatever........every little leaf can help create more oxygen
Recycle.....use cloth bags......Just think..........If malls offered a discount of 1% on every purchase if you brought your own carry Bag!
Doable???......great...let's get started!
Cheers to the Earth..........Let's give this planet a face lift!
Collage's
A collage is a random collection of pictures but what follows below is a colection of priceless moments which Ive gathered bit by bit. These are some of the glimpses of some beautiful moments, some to capture specific dates and others just because they were too beautiful not to capture :-)
These collage on the right are dates & a few cute pics (from left to right: Aisha's very happy to be clicked right after her bath, Aisha immediately after shaving her head on 2nd October'2009, Aisha enjoying the evening breeze, Aisha showing off her first two teeth, Baby Beautiful Hair (best natural curls ever), Aisha shows off her climbing skills, Aisha's set for Bandra Fair, and then after Bandra Fair refreshed after her juice & bananas :-) yeah...bring them on....aisha loves bananas.
To the left is another of my favorites; (don't mind my snap in the left corner...i always find some space to put a lil of me in there :-))
The one where Manish is combing his lil girl's locks with the new hair brush(Right, second row.........Aisha was a month old then) The pic to me is beautiful......dont you think so????
The ones taken while she's asleep where she looks angelic and the last one to the extreme right below is the best...... I call it "Dada's Little Wonder", it was taken in dim lighting but brings out the moment very well. There's nothing like having your baby wrap her tiny fingers onto your finger. That's the only bit of security they need....even when they take those first baby steps.
This collage here is just the three of us. The pic was taken on X-mas Day 2007. Manish & I were unaware of the baby we were expecting.....& what followed is our beautiful daughter Aisha (centre).
These collage on the right are dates & a few cute pics (from left to right: Aisha's very happy to be clicked right after her bath, Aisha immediately after shaving her head on 2nd October'2009, Aisha enjoying the evening breeze, Aisha showing off her first two teeth, Baby Beautiful Hair (best natural curls ever), Aisha shows off her climbing skills, Aisha's set for Bandra Fair, and then after Bandra Fair refreshed after her juice & bananas :-) yeah...bring them on....aisha loves bananas.
The one where Manish is combing his lil girl's locks with the new hair brush(Right, second row.........Aisha was a month old then) The pic to me is beautiful......dont you think so????
The ones taken while she's asleep where she looks angelic and the last one to the extreme right below is the best...... I call it "Dada's Little Wonder", it was taken in dim lighting but brings out the moment very well. There's nothing like having your baby wrap her tiny fingers onto your finger. That's the only bit of security they need....even when they take those first baby steps.
NEXT is Brand new mum with her brand new baby.....Me & Aisha at 23 days :-)
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