Snowman

It snowed 2 inches today. C was very happy to see the snow. C showed me that the snow has covered the grass, the trees and the roofs. She was quite elated. When we were about to leave for the church, we allowed her to touch the snow with her bare hands and play with it for a while. I threw a snowball at her and she quickly threw one at me.

Later D bought C a pair of snow gloves. I started to build a snow man for her, thinking that I was about to show her something new. After I rolled the snow and made it stand erect with C's help, C asked me to get the carrots for the nose!!!   It seems Caillou makes quite a lot of snowmen and C is well aware of them.

Even after we finished making the snow man with 'baby carrots' nose and 'grape' eyes, C kept packing the snow man. C kept her eyes on the snow man for the next couple of days and reported us promptly when it fell flat!

Surprise!

C's favorite game:

She would bring a cardboard box or something.  and say

"appa, close your eyes"

""

"surprise!!!"

When we open our eyes, she would hand over the box of nothing to us.

May be she does not understand "surprises" nor "gifts".

She likes this game a lot and plays this whenever I come back from office. She says, "surprise....  ta da..." and points to the Christmas tree, everyday!

PS. we have to act surprised everytime and thank her profusely, else she would reprimand us!

3rd birthday

In the morning, D wrapped c's gifts from relatives. C woke up as usual (around 8) and was very happy to see more gifts.

I had taken the day off and we went to the Mills mall to play. C had fun for some time.  When one of the kids would not let C use the Slide, C got upset and started crying! I told C to request the other kid, which C reluctantly did.

We were planning to go to Red Lobster, but ended up in panda express!

C Bday party

We had a small gathering at our place in the evening. C was very happy to cut the cake and would not allow anybody to blow the candle neither cut the cake. She said that it was her day! She got lots of gifts and became too hyperactive.

Daph decorated the house and also made a terrific cake. She also painstakingly attached embellished c's gown with beads.

imaginary camera

C likes to be photographed. C also has an imaginary camera and takes pictures of me sometimes. After clicking, she would show her hands and ask me whether the pics are good. After I say yes, she would give me back the imaginary camera and asks me to take a picture of herself and gives her typical eeeeee pose.

card swipe open

C is talking to herself quite a bit these days. She keeps narrating stories or singing something. She also has  a peculiar habit of trying to open the doors with an imaginary card swipe.

Whenever we stay in hotels, C would cry hard to get a chance to open the doors that have a card reader.

Recently at home, she has gotten hold of a trash plastic item, and go around swiping doors before opening them. If we open the door ahead of her, she would ask us to close it, swipe it and then open it majestically. Some times, after opening the door, she also swipes it to close it.

appa vs dad

Yesterday at the doctors, after C refused to take the toy from the nurse, the nurse handed it to me: "Ok, I will give it to you dad!"

C thought for sometime and was after the nurse that "This is appa" atleast 4 times to correct her.  I think C is getting confused with some other kids calling their dads "dad" and thinks that 'dad' are 'those kids fathers', etc.

However, at night, she asked me "are you sleeping, dad?". I tried to explain that appa is tamil and dad is english, etc.

Doctor Visit

Today we went to the doctors for C. She was coughing every two minutes. But no fever. In fact, she had fever last week for 2 days but didnt sneeze; cough or anything. Looks like the virus is behaving erratically.

At the clinic, C was quite apprehensive about the whole process. We pacified her saying "the doctor will only use stethoscope to check her. She was fine. She also behaved fine when the doc took checked her. Later the nurse came to give C a flu shot. C didnt realise it. C was very happy thinking the worst was over.

The nurse brought a fluffy toy and told C that C could have the toy only if she took the medicine. C was very happy. C thought she would be given a medicine like 'cough' drops or something, of which she is quite used to! So, C said Ok to the nurse. Nurse asked us to hold C's hands so that she does not scratch herself. Even at that point C didnt realise and then the nurse gave the shot. She jabbed the needle in C's thighs, however, it was so smooth, C didnt realise it at all! So no crying, nothing. We were all amazed.

But when the nurse tried to hand over C the toy, C refused to take it! 

Thank you hands

The other day D caught C thanking her hand. I guess, D will write about this one day.

Cough

The other day, when C coughed, she covered her mouth with her palm. Being such great parents as we are, we dont spend time teaching her all these. So, D got curious and asked where C learnt this amazing use of hand.

C replied "from TV!"

Now, you know. I think, some cartoons are good (Dora, etc.) but disney's princess movies are not good. (I they are for adults like D!)

People get ready

Yesterday I was singing a song "People get ready" (youtube or wikipedia) and chantel joined me with the second line "There is train eh coming". I was shocked because I never taught her this song. I asked D and she had not taught her that song too. Somehow she has picked it up from me during many of my first-two-line-singing-of-songs.

Johanna bday

C behaved ok during most of the time. She wanted to blow the candle, but we saved it from her. While having dinner C wanted to eat the 'orange' cake icing. When I gave it to her, she would just eat the icing and none of the cake.

Later she got cranky and was crying for everything. (wanted to play with toys, wanted to fold clothes, etc.) While circling around the cake, C also wanted to lick the cake from the tray! Someone gave her a piece to lick - a plastic ornamentation on the cake. C promptly licked it and was about to put it back on the cake!!! Varna and myself asked her not to do it. But C went ahead and did it anyway and got a good scolding from V and ran crying to D!

Later C tried to patch up with V by trying to hug her, etc. but it didnt seem to work!

brown bedroom

We bought some bed sheet set with comforter for our bedroom. We also bought new curtains for the bedroom (at last...we can remove D's duppatta that we have been using as a curtain!)

C was very happy with the brown color comforter and curtains and was very excited. She would say "i like it so much"; "this is my favorite room" etc. etc.

She likes is so much, we even used it (like a candy) to lure her to go to sleep after dark.

Appa wont scold

Ever since, I heard the story about "appa thittuvanga" I have been telling C that "அப்பா திட்ட மாட்டாங்க" . D does not like this. So, whenever I say "அப்பா திட்ட மாட்டாங்க", D comes behind and tries to tell C that "if C does anything wrong, appa will scold!"

Other day C dropped some rice onto the carpet and D scolded C and then "if you dont clean it appa will scold!"

To which, C promptly said: "அப்பா திட்ட மாட்டாங்க!"

These days Jones has ben the only person C is afraid of. Whenever he says something she listens and obeys. C is also afraid of strangers in stores. Whenever she misbehaves in walmart, we tell her that 'that' aunty will get angry, etc. and C behaves alright at once!