Diwali '09

Diwali is festival of lights..........yes thats true.....i celebrated my first diwali in India but was only 2 months old to see the lights....but this year i have grown big....

In UK we are not supposed to burst crackers without permission.....so we decided to attend a Diwali party arranged by one of our friends........

On the day of Diwali i woke up early and wore my new shirt and jeans after taking a fresh Ganga snanam(head bath)....appa said we will be going out for lunch and after performing the pooja we went to Jimmy spice for lunch......

I had some yummy french fries, vadai and masala dosai for lunch.....i had cakes too.....we had a great time together.....then we returned home and took rest as the main function was in the evening....

We all got ready in the evening..i wore my new suit and boots and to the party hall........my god it was full of people and people......

Luckily we met our set of friends in one corner....the party was nice and there was an uncle on the stage singing and playing some good music for the dancers on the floor to dance....

Amma, appa, Kavya akka, Lavanya aunty, Veebha Aunty and all other kids danced....even i tried a bit to dance.....you know iam good at it.....

Then they arranged for some fireworks outside....we were also given one sparkler each....i like sparklers, but got afraid when a big rocket bursted in the sky.....i was too scared of the noise...so amma brought me back in....

Then we had our dinner arranged with Chennai dosa.....the party was still going but we came back home as i felt asleep......you know with a day full of fun and activity...iam a small kid after all.....

HAPPY DIWALI............................

My First London trip (10th Oct'09)

The moment i step out of my house its either in the car or on someones shoulders have travelled and not by any other means....but you know i travelled for the first in train (choo...choo) to London.

We planned to take thatha and patti for a visit to the London....as they are very old we covered only 2 places that day.....

As per plan we started by train to London in the morning and reached London at around 10.30A.M and went to the Tower of London by travelling through tube trains...i was a bit scared in the beginning but got used to it soon....

I loved all the Gold and silver things glittering in the jewel house...i also enjoyed watching the Ravens.....The soldiers were marching here and there....The guides were explaining the story of the tower to all the visitors....i understood no bit of that...but enjoyed my day in the sun....

On our way back we watched the Thames river and the London bridge.....i was amazed to see all the big boats on the sea......

From there we went to Madame Tussad's wax museum......i was scared to see the dolls....but was fine when i saw people taking photos alongside it....

Even we took couple of snaps and enjoyed the taxi drive too........

After an exhausting day we returned back to house in the evening by train again......We had lots of fun on the trip.....eagerly waiting for another day out.....

Navrathri - 09

Hey all........longtime......yeah busy with the navrathri......ofcourse mom was busy keeping me away from the dolls....

Navrathri is a 10day festival celebrated by arranging dolls on steps decorated with colour papers and lights...and pooja is performed daily to goddess Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati.....

Amma arranged the dolls and decorated the place very beautifully with lights and lamps....i liked the star lights...........she used to do pooja and give sundal prasadam to all....hmmm it tastes yummy.....

On one particular day Vedhika akka came to our house with Veebha aunty dressed up like a madisar mami....immediately i was also dressed like a kutti mama.....all enjoyed watching us.....

We invited all friends for the Golu and all visited our house on friday.....they liked the Golu and the snacks made....I wore a pyjama kurta and played with the kids....

On sunday we performed Saraswati pooja and i did pooja too alongwith appa as iam in need of the blessings for my future life.....Amma kept all things and books near the Saraswati photo and also kept my story book.....That day we had invited Sibi mama for lunch..we all had fun....

The last day was Vijayadasmi.....we are supposed to read and start new things on this day..so amma read the story for me and started teaching me parts of my body....i love learning new things.....

All 10 days were great fun and i enjoyed my time watching the glowing serial lights and colourful rangoli......

My first day at Toddler group (15th Sep, 2009)

You know i like to go out...and when it comes to a place like the toddler group, i wont miss it....

Toddler group is a place where all parents bring their kids to play and socialize with other kids...Its conducted in a Pre-school, only on the Tuesdays from 1PM to 2.30PM....Kids of all ages come there.....

I had earlier visited this place on the last day of the last term, but was there only for a short while alongwith Varsha akka and Nithu...

As i have grown big in this 2 months amma decided to take me there regularly....

About my first day.......all in my house were excited as iam going to go to the school (sort of)...Amma dressed me up, gave me lunch and we started off on time......there were not much kids this time but it was fun to see kids of my age playing together with the toys....

Initially i did'nt know what to do there?? but amma told me to play with all the toys available on the floor....there was also a music player playing the rhymes....even my favourite TWINKLE TWINKLE came.....

After sometime Miss Joe and Miss Donna arranged the dinning table with snacks and juice and asked all kids to sit and have some....I had the star biscuits and some orange juice on my own........it was fun to sit with all other kids and eat....

We started to play again and then came the rhyme time.....we all sit in a place took musical instruments in our hands and started to sing all our favourite rhymes......i enjoyed when all song Twinkle and Hickory dickory.....

The fun for the day ended and we all returned to our home.....I can never forget my day and eagerly waiting for the next tuesday......

Midland Safari ( 30th Aug, 2009)

Not only on Saturday even on sunday we wanted to go out...so we decided to visit Midland safari....As usual we all got ready and amma prepared yummy pongal for breakfast and tamarind rice and curd rice for the safari....

I wore my favourite black pant and purple shirt as it was very bright and sunny that day.....we started a bit early as it might take long for us to cover all places....

As soon as we reached the safari we went inside to see the animals first...Iam always made sit in my car seat while travelling in the car, but that day as it was inside the safari and as i have to see clearly amma took me on her lap and we both sat next to appa....

It was fun to see appa drive the car....we saw elephants, white tiger, bengal tiger, different varieties of deer, birds, lion, camel and giraffe too.....

We also tried to feed the ostrich which came near our car....as i was very tired seeing all the animals i slept in the car for sometime....

You know the giraffe was taller than our car...i could'nt see without lifting my head up.....so many animals in one place.......wowwwwwwwwwww

After the safari we had our lunch and went to the leisure park......as i was too small and scared of all things we did'nt go in any of the rides, but i enjoyed my time watching the rides and merry go rounds.....

We had yummy icecreams tooooooooo.........hmmmmm i love it......

I had so much fun with my parents and grand parents that day.........hoping to see many scuh places..........

My first fish visit (29th Aug, 2009)

As it was a long weekend for appa we decided to take thatha and patti for site seeing.....appa after looking into the net chose the NATIONAL SEALIFE CENTER for our day out.......Even Trisa akka, Lavanya aunty and Siva mama occompanied us..........

We all started from home at 11.oo AM on 28th Aug and reached in a short while....after buying the tickets we entered the fish land.......you know there were lots of fish (chish as i say)......

Trisa akka and i enjoyed the day watching all types and sizes of fish and other sea water animals.......

They also showcased a 4D cinema about the sea animals.........with some special effects too........i was scared and appa took me outside...... I also saw a big turtle swimming around the water......wowwwwwwwwwwww it was so big..........

I saw Nemo fish too......it looked very beautiful......i had great fun the whole day.......

Krishna jayanthi

You remember during my 7th month i was dressed like a chinni krishna, but this time i was dressed like krishna on the real janmashtami day......

Amma drew all bindi and designs on my face and platted a kudumi and wore me the panchakacham alongwith jewels.........also the peacock feather......I had my flute too.....

All liked my disguise and cuddled me.......Even Trisa akka disguised like Radha and came to my house in the evening...we both had great fun posing for the camera.....

Amma finished her pooja to Lord Krishna and gave all the sweets and savouries made.....

I had my share too........hmmmm it tasted yummy........

The day was filled with fun and excitement...........i loved it.........