Swimsuit

We bought a swimsuit for C, thinking that she might need one at the retreat. She was very happy with the suit and wore it on the day we bought it itself. When I asked her to remove it, she would not and was wearing it the whole day.

Missed you

Yesterday when I returned from office, C came to me and told me that "chantel missed you!".  We still dont know whether she understands these things, but it was nice. Today morning when I was about to leave for office, she went to the closet and got her pink shoes and asked me to put it on her. After this, she wanted me to take her to the 'slides'. When i told her that i was going to the office, she said she was also going there! She started crying when I would not take her but later cooled down. She 'prayed' and 'crossed' my forehead and kissed me (a ritual she has been doing recently following Daph!) and told me 'pirahu parkalam!'

A Date with Yazhini

Yesterday D wanted to go and get some stuff. We went to the Mills. C wanted me to take her to the play area. First she wanted to play in the slides. then she didnt. She wanted to go on the train. When I took her tot he train, she was too afraid to go. So, we went to the play area again. On the way, C saw some icecream photos and started asking me for that. I told her that we would but those after we finished playing. After some time, C started enjoying the play area and started running around with the kids and was a bit reluctant at first to go on the slide. There was a dense diaper smell in the air, and some of the parents were sniffing their kids diaper area to make sure.

After some time, C got bored with the slides, and came out of the play area, but ran directly into the train thing, (they had just opened it) and went and sat inside a compartment. I was not sure whether she will be able to take it. However, she was not afraid and sat through the 5 or 6 rounds all alone in the train by herself. After this she started the ice cream drama again, but settled for a coin car. When the car started wobbling, she didnt understand what was going on, but i thought she had more fun just playing with the steering wheel of the coin car.

When D came back after some time, C ran towards her. When C asked for ice cream again, D knew exactly where to get it. By that time, C thought, I might sabotage her chance of getting the ice cream and told me "appa, nee inga iru!"

Pinch

Yesterday I was installing the ceiling fan in the bedroom. C was all over the place and would not listen. D put her a cartoon, which C liked, but would not sit for more than 30 minutes. C was picking up all the screws and washers and displacing it. After repeated requests, I got angry and pinched her. Whenever things like this happens, C does not run to D or myself, but would run out the room to an empty room and would sit there for sometime. She returned after some time. After we finished the installation, C came to me and started playing in the bed. She was all bouncy and didnt think about the pinch at all. I cannot believe any human being would forget (forgive!) such thing so fast and so fully!  I was overwhelmed that I told D that I would forgive / forget, if C does anything really bad when she grows up. (SO, if Chantel is reading this, she can use it as an excuse in the future!!!)

Minority

Today I became the minority at home. We were getting ready to go to the ZOO with Jeev and varna. We were running late and D decided to give C a bath! (rather than just changing her into new clothes...;)

I told D that we wont be on time and we should not do that in a stern voice. C was standing near by and started saying, " appa, thittathey appa, thittathey!!!  it is ok!"

Nail polish

C is very excited with nail polish. She gets hold of a bottle from D's set and starts her own thing. Yesterday she had a lot of time to indulge in such an activity because we both were on the phone for ad infinitum. She first put it on her fingers (not just nails) and then her toes. After sometime, she went after daph and painted her toes. While I was busy talking over the phone, C also started on me (I was sitting on the bed) and finished my toes, before I realized. During the course of my conversation, C also tried to paint my finger nails...which I was smart enough to stop.

At the end of the day, the bottle was empty, d and c were fully painted, my toes and our bed sheet are pink. I am roaming around in socks!

exercise

C was in the basement with me while i was exercising. C jumped on the sump pump, then wrote something on the CD and then try to push the DVD player. Most of the time she was walking around wearing D's heel chappals. It was quite interesting to  know that she spend around 30 minutes by herself. When I finished excercising and walked up the stairs, C, as usual, picked up some unwanted stuff from the basement, and remarked: nalla chantel exercise pannal!

Vasantha vizha

  

Last weekend we had the vasanth vizha organized by the Missouri Tamil Sangam. Daph was busy with the fashion show and i was busy with the pattimandram. C never used to enjoy MTS events. She would not go away from us. However, last weekend, C was on her own and somehow gone and attached to one set of kids and started playing games with them. She was the youngest. I dont know how she understand the rules, etc, but she was playing ring-a-ring-o-roses (or something similar) with them. She does not know the names of any kids, (we dont neither!) but she was running around with them!

V or A

Today C came and showed the nut cracker (given to us by Duane/Treena) to D and told her that it looked like V. Then C held the nut cracker upside down and told D that it looked like an A. D thought it was pretty intersting. And I told her to blog about this. Lets see. ;)

Duane Treena visit

Yesterday Duane and treena visited us. D had prepared C for the visit and D was quite elated. She said Hi duane when he entered but became shy later. C was very active yesterday. When we sat down to eat, C wanted to join too. Then she would not eat but wanted juice. Then oranges and then biriyani again. She wanted her food tray to be on and then off and then on again. Then she wanted to take the chicken off my plate. C also was very eloquent with treena and was telling her so many things.  None of us understood. But when D switched on the cartoons, C was all set and very happy.

When they were about to leave, C was very busy with her cartoons and said "bye bye" even before they started to leave. However, when they left, C left her cartoons and came to the door to send them off. Around sleeping time, she didnt want to stop watching the cartoons and started to cry. However, in 30 seconds, she changed her mind and decided to go to sleep!

Painter

Yesterday when I reached home, C was crying. She told me amma thittitanga. I asked her why.  She mumbled for a long time, but would not directly answer. (takes it from D!)

Anyway, D explained that D had spend a lot of time painting a nice Jesus painting and C, in the last minute, has taken hold of the brown color brush and has scribbled on the painting.   It is really sad.

Sulky face

Apart from crying for anything and everything, C has mastered the art of the sulky face. This typically happens whenever, we should at her. Her face becomes very sober, and looks like all the charm is sucked out of it and looks at us pleading ("dont lose heart...be firm and stubborn" we tell ourselves!) If both of us are against her, she just walks away from the room (typically runs up the stairs!) and sits on the 7th step or something. I took a picture of this yeaterday, should find some time to upload that image.

Yesterday, while driving, i had to killu her for constantly chappifying the lips. She didnt like it and so would not talk to me. I called, cajoled at east 25 times, but she would not look in my direction. Later, I had to lie to her about something - candies, or something, to make her look at me!

Wall graffiti

Last Friday when I reached home, C came running to me and took me next to the backdoor and showed some scribbling on the wall. She was trying to tell me that D shouted at her because of those scribbling and expected me to side with her! However, after some time i realized that her blue crayon has left its mark on many walls in the house. She got a full shouting and ran to mommy this time.

Sunday, D was cleaning the bathroom. While D was not paying attention, C escaped with a spray cleaner and sprayed stuff on one of the walls and was trying to clean it with a cloth-washing-scrubbing-brush. At least her intention is good!