Ria's Mango Milkshake

Ria never ceases to amaze me with her way of thinking and her analogies. She has a keen observation and always watches carefully whatever I do in the kitchen.
She has seen me make milkshakes and juices using the blender. So this is what registered in her tiny mind : You need a :
a)Blender
b) A liquid of some sort (water or milk)
c) Chunky stuff (fruits)
d) Lid

The other day when we were giving her a bath , she declared she would make mango milkshake for all of us. She took the transparent water jug, filled it up with water, added her 3 frogs in it and closed it with the red plastic container. Then she said you go 'whirrrrr' and thats it a delicious mango shake is ready!! . We were so taken aback by all this brilliance that we could not help laughing for a long time!!

Santa Claus is coming to town...

Ria had been rehearsing a couple of songs everyday for the Christmas Party on the 19th. The 2 songs were 'Jingle Bells' and 'Santa Claus is coming to town' . Turns out that when Santa Claus
did visit them, all the kids started crying and the song was forgotten. What was surprising to me was that Ria did not get scared. It seems she went up to Santa and sat near him. When Santa asked her what she wanted , she even replied. The kids had a blast in school with all the arts and activity. Ria has caught the Christmas spirit!!

Ria celebrates Halloween.

Ria wanted to be be Cinderella for Halloween. She just loves the blue gown worn by Cinderella.
Unfortunately the stores did not have the costume in toddler sizes, so I bought a pink princess dress for her. Fortunately Ria didn't complain, she liked it.
She tries to be very dainty and lady-like when she wears this dress. She had a good time in school that day. In the evening we went to her friend Vishnu's house for a Halloween Party.
Later that evening all the kids and parents went 'trick or treating'. Ria collected a lot of candies.

Ria's new haircut

Ria had her first proper haircut today. It's amazing what a good haircut can do to your face even though it's just a few inches of hair gone!
She looks so cute now and I don't have to put a clip to hold it in place.She sat like an angel and did whatever the hair stylist told her to do. The lady was so pleased with Ria that she gave her 2 candies. Ria got few compliments on the way back too.

Daddy's Birthday!!

Today Ria was very excited as it was Daddy's birthday. Ria and Mommy got a wonderful cake for Daddy. Ria helped Daddy blow the candle. Ria and Mommy had prepared Daddy's favorite
snack 'Sev Batata Dahi Puri' . Daddy was very happy!




This is Ria's gift to Daddy :

New Backyard

We recently installed a new patio. We got rid of the old paver patio and the patch of grass.
Now we have a beautiful slate patio in it's place. there is lots of room for Ria to ride her trike now.
The backyard actually looks bigger now. Here are some before and after pictures :

Men At Work

One day the men decided to display their culinary skills. The menu was nice and simple : Spicy vegetable chow mein. It was good team work :
Actual work : Kunaal
Advice, suggestions and 'interventional surgery' : Ramdas Bhavaji
Tasting, cheering and comments : Manish
It turned out to be surprisingly good :-)