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......