You have always talked and behaved ahead of your age but in three and a half years you qualify for a  a seven year old. Your reasoning and your arguments make so much sense and are so adorable . 

You are so entertaining and making people laugh is your fave sport these days. Your sense of humor is absolutely outstanding.

You love making your nana laugh and keep repeating  the actions and say things that get her in splits. The other day just before I was putting you to bed , you went " Mamma! I love making everyone laugh" .. i feel proud to hear such things from you. 

The kind of questions you ask me leave me in awe. So you must have heard of the word "cheating" in school the other day and asked me .. "Mommy, What does cheating mean? I explained that when you do or say something which is not true and right is cheating... a couple of hours later  you  hid under the chair and said " I am not here " and when I tagged, you came out and asked with such innocence  "was this cheating mommy?" ,to which I explained that no it was Joking. So nowadays if you do something, you would always ask if it is cheating or joking?" My clever clogs!

Craft work is your favorite thing ever.... cutting , pasting , coloring and stamping keeps you enough busy for a couple of hours.  

We have this very sweet boy Anik  as our neighbor here and these kids get along really well. I usually play along and we usually do a role play from Peppa pig where I become madame Gazelle , Mahi becomes Peppa and Anik becomes George.... and we do lots of craft work thereafter. It's just so easy to make kids listen to you if you get involved ... He only calls me Madame Gazelle now and I love it.... 

Sometimes when I observe them play from a distance ,I can't't believe the things that they say... The other day I heard him tell Mahi" We should not waste things" then Mahi goes " yes! because if we do will have nothing left" ... they behave so grown up.. 

Swimming is a hit and a miss this Season as you are not keeping quite well. But you love it soo much and the days you can do it makes you soo happy. We are living in one of the best suburbs of Canberra and every thing is so convenient and accessible. One of the best sports centers in Australia is just across the street from us, which makes life so simple.

And then of course , you finally got smitten by Shopkins..Phew!! it's one waste for money but then you go " Please mommy , please please please, I promise I promise( she probably doesn't have the concept of promise right but she knows it's an important word and uses it very liberally) , please can i have shopkins" 

And of course when nanu is around you get whatever you want...

Our night times are sooo much fun these days.... every night Mommy , nana and nanu witness a great show by Mahi.... Nana holds the pretend curtain and go " Ladies and gentleman please put your hands together for this beautiful performance by Mahika" and then Mahi dances so beautifully on  one of her fave songs ..her playlist has three fave tracks- Cheap Thrills, Love you Zindagi and Udi Udi jaye from Raees.

Once the performance is over and  I ask her to  sleep , she goes " But we did not do counting".             That's kind of  a night ritual these days ... she counts until 100 with nanu and nana, gives them goodnight kisses, some very tight hugs and then comes to her room. The bond is amazing and so thick that  she calls my mom her mom and me her sister these days... 

Pulled a heart sticker from the wall, gave to Nana and goes " I Love you soooooooooo much" 

Mahi started her second season on the 29th of April. Though she has always  been excited going to the class but season one was more of a warm up . She would move in the class when she wished and most of the times was very shy. 

So for your first class this season,  mommy daddy came along with  Nanu and Nana to cheer you up. 

You were so excited to show the grandparents your ballet moves and actually did so much better this time. You have it in you and we all know because you dance at home all the time. Take your time though,we are in no rush. I know you will do it when you begin to love it and only then will you love to do it.

Nanu and Nana were glued to the little window for the entire time and got so excited that they just couldn't take their eyes off you.

The class has expanded now, earlier it was just Mahi and her friend Anabella. This season the class number has exceeded to 6 students .

Daddy had his Cricket match most of times through the first season but whenever he came he would get worried about you not doing anything ,more so because you would do such beautiful hands and leg movements at home.

The first class of this season he was so proud of you because you did such a good job and made sure to be there to see you before he headed for his match.

We wish you all the very best for this season our little ballerin.....

 

 

 

The Fun has just Begun!!

The Easter bunny came along with mahi's Nanu and Nana this year .

  In her 3 years she has stayed with them for almost a year and a half and has very fond memories and strangely remembers  so much.. She would quote something that happened in India when she was there and was only 18 months old. 

With Nanu comes trips to the park everyday... and lots of laughter :) 

Good morning cuddles!! where more is less 

With Nana there is so much warmth around , the unlimited cuddles for both Mahi and her mom and the yummylicious food that could bring tears of joy in your eyes.