Jun 27, 2014

Shivaangi's first holi

I know i am updating this post now when it is already so late. However I still wanted to capture it.
Shivaangi's first holi was on 17th March 2014. We had lots of fun at home. We put dry color on Shivaangi's face whereas her sister put water colors and sukha color on Shivaangi's face.

More than any one else it was Devaangi who enjoyed this holi. She got her first pichkaari and was very excited to play holi with it.

Here are some pictures to showcase the fun that everyone had.

Catching up on my bacha's growing years

Shivaangi has started walking
Shivaangi has started walking. It’s been more than a month now that bacha has been walking on her own. . paon ab zameen pe tikte hi nahi hain… shivaangi tries to walk as much as she can!!!


Shivaangi now also is able to get on and get down from the bed. In fact on Friday 6th june both girls were sleeping in my room and I was in the other room watching tv, all of a sudden I felt some one was walking towards me, assuming it to be devaangi, I was pelasently surprised to find that it was shivaangi who on waking up had discovered that mom was not around, so she on her own got down from the bed and walked around the house searching for me.

Shivaangi- the new prankster at home
Shivaangi has started exploring things around her at home. She had been watching us use the ac remote for switching on and off the AC. Now a days she picks up the ac remote of the alarm clock and tries to point it towards the AC. Same goes for the TV remote as well.

To fill water in cooler, we connect 2 hose pipes. At the juncture of the 2 pipes we place a bucket so that the leaking water can be collected. If shivaangi finds the bathroom door open, she gets inside the bathroom and wets herself from the pipe juncture. She puts her hands in the water and loves to get wet and play with water.

Another of Shivaangi’s favorite place is the kitchen. All she needs is an excuse to get in the kitchen and open all cabinets- particularly the one with the plastic containers.  Within minutes of entering the kitchen, Shivaangi opens all cabinets and one by one throws all containers and their lids on the floor.

You open the fridge to takeout or put anything in it and before you realize Shivaangi is there to pull out water bottles and other things from the fridge.

It is very difficult to keep Shivaangi at one place or in one room. At the blink of an eye she is out of your sight and on lookout for a new prank- be it hitting her sleeping sister on face, taking away all toys of Devaangi or even rushing to take out stuff from an open almirah. You will find Shivaangi everywhere.

If you are lying on the bed, shivaangi treats u like a huddle, and loves to cross over your back from one end to another.

It's Papa Dearest for Shivaangi
Shivaangi is her papa's doll.  Moment papa enters house, Shivaangi rushes to him demanding his attention. Earlier she used to crawl to the room where papa was in and now she walks to papa's room.
If papa is holding didi, Shivaangi will tug at his trousers prompting him to pick her. If papa is in the room and has closed the door, Shivaangi starts banging at the door and cries for the door to be opened. She also enjoys all the tickling and cuddling that papa does unlike her sister who doesn't like to be cuddled and tickled by papa. Devaangi enjoys papa's pranks when she wants to play and enjoy else she starts crying.

Shivaangi's Eating Habits
Shivaangi enjoys her food. she loves to taste all kinds of food that you are eating. In fact if shivaangi is around aap usko bhog lagaye bagar kuch nahi khaa sakte J that’s why we have nicknamed her foodie and juggie jones. 
Shivanngi is not at all a fussy eater and can eat any and every thing . 
If she has had her fill or is not hungry, shivaangi very firmly turns her face away and there is no way you can make her eat.
At times she also tries to pull the milk bottle out from her sister's mouth. It is a fun to see Shivaangi having milk. Just like her sister, Shivaangi too puts the milk bottle in her mouth, take a sip or two and roams roams around all over the place with the bottle in hand- taking sips at little intervals. 
Devaangi was and till date milk drinker. Do not give her anything to eat and she will survive on milk. Shivaangi on the other hand prefers food to milk.

The sisters
The bond between the sisters has started to build and is getting stronger day by day. You should see the joy and smile that comes on their face on seeing each other. In fact Devaangi is so possessive of her li'l sister that she  firmly says NO whenever people tell her that they'll keep her sister with them. She always says: mama jab Shivaangi badi ho jaayegi tab main uska haath pakar kar usse school le jaongi.

You get anything for her and Devaangi's next question is: mera to theek hai par meri behan ka kahan hai? Daadi recently got a lovely white hat for Devaangi. She took it and next moment asked daadi: Daadi Shivaangi ka hat kahan hai.
Similar question was put to naani when naani came back from ghaziabad with loads of stuff for Devaangi and none for Shivaangi. Naani now ensures to get gifts for both teh girls whenever she goes out.

Devaangi the new dadiamma at home
Devaangi has sharp ears. Nothing escapes her ears and we are really careful of what we speak in front of her. Whatever Devaangi hears in bits and pieces she does her 2 aur 2 on it to make it 4 and what turns out is a complete different stuff. We tell her to thnak Guruji for everything that he has given her. yesterday she told me: mamma hum mandir jaa ke Guruji's se kapde aur khaana maangte hain!!! 

me to chetan: tum shop se khandavi le aayo
devanagi from car's backseat: mamma tum nahi aap hota hai


Shivaangi's first vacation

Shivaangi had her first vacation in the first week of may. We dared to drive all the way to Shoghi and beyond with both the kids. I was little apprehensive of the long drive as both kids are very young. However the kids did better than us except for the frequent bouts of vomiting that Devanngi had through out the trip. In fact the car had to be dry-cleaned post our trip as it had stains of vomit everywhere :-)
Here are some pictures from our trip








We had chosen to stay at a home stay which was a very good decision considering the fact that we had small kids who could not eat hotel food. The food at the home stay was perfect for the kids.

On all days of the vacation we were on the road as we drove to kufri, fagu , theog and matiyana. The kids too seemed to enjoy with both of them strapped in their car seats.

At Kufri both kids had their first horse ride- Devaangi on horse back with papa and Shivaangi strapped to maa.

It was a 4 day trip and was very fun filled!!! Looking forward to many more such vacations with hubby and kiddos.

Apr 2, 2014

mama i can crawl and move about!!!

yes the title says it all!!! Shivaangi has learnt to crawl and now it is very difficult to keep her at a place. We have kept the furniture in our house to a bare minimum so that both the kids have ample space to move around and play. Trust me both the girls make full use of this arrangement. If Shivaangi is not in her bed then we have actually started looking on the floor before moving around- you never know when Shivaangi was crawl and come around!!!!!

One of Shivaangi's favorite place is kitchen.. If  ma or nani are in kitchen and Shivaangi is in the drawing room, then sooner or later Shivaangi will crawl and find her way in to the kitchen!!! In fact it became so scary on 30th when i left milk to boil on gas and went to my room for a minute. I took some time and forgot all about the milk. When i went back to the kitchen I found milk had boiled and was now flowing over the floor. I am sure you can guess the shock that i got when i found shivaangi merrily sitting next to the milk flowing on the floor.
 My bacha was just saved!!!

Shivaangi has learnt to stand on her own

28th Mar when when Shivaangi first managed to stand on her own by holding on to the sankhera. And it was just the begining!!! There on Shivaangi wants to stand on her own all the time by holding on to whatever she can lay her hands on!!!
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Conversation between Devaangi and papa

Papa to Shivaangi: mera golu kaisa hai
Devaangi: papa yeah golu nahi golu molu hai... Golu to mamma hai!!!!

(P.S i didn't know where to look)


Shivaangi's first holi

We celebrated Shivaangi's first holi on 17th Mar 2014.
The day started with applying tikka on our Guruji's pics in our house mandir. You will not believe it that by evening on two of Guruji's pictures, the tikka had taken the shape of om. It's Guruji's way of blessing our bacha!!
We applied colors to Shivaangi for shagun- after all this was Shivaangi's first holi!!!


But i think the person who enjoyed it the most was  Devaangi!!! Devaangi was excited when papa applied colors to her face. However when Devaangi first saw herself in the mirror she wasn't too happy. In sometime she however got used to her new look. Then there was no stopping her and Devaangi enjoyed playing with pichkari and colors....


God bless both my bachas!!!! 

Mar 4, 2014

ufff main kya karoon

Background to the conversation:
I had put my cellphone in airplane mode as Devaangi was playing with the same. I took the phone from Devaangi with lot of resistance to give some one's number to my guest at home. I forgot where i kept the phone after taking out the required number. About an hour later i was looking for the phone when the below conversation took place:
me: Devaangi where is mama's phone
Devaangi: woh to gandi waali aunty le gayi (reference is here to an Indonesian face  mask that we have at home)
me: kya?
Devaangi: haan aapka phone maine gandi waali aunty ko de diya hai. 
This loop of dialoges continued a couple of times while i was fanatically searching for my phone everywhere.
After some time Devaangi came with my phone in her hand.
Devaangi: mama apka phone
me:yeh kahan se aaya?
Devaangi: (with a big smile) yeah maine apni almirah mein rakha tha
me: Devaangi aap aise mera phone kharab karoge to aapke papa mujhe daatenge
Devaangi: mama papa nahi pitaji (with a big grin)
me: what??
Devaangi: mama papa nahi pitaji



Feb 26, 2014

Arrival of our little princess

Tiny fingers, tiny toes,
Little, itty, bitty clothes,
Dresses, dolls, hair in curls,
Guess what…It`s a Girl.
With Guruji’s grace we gratefully announce the birth of our little daughter Shivaangi!! 

This is how mama announced to the world the arrival of Shivaangi 
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Bin maange jholiaan bhar dete hain wo, 

Miri Piri ke Maalik, har Muraad poori kar dete hain wo,
Un Devon ke Dev ne apne angon se bana Devaangi ko Bheja,
Aaj uske peeche Guruji Shivaangi ko bhej diye hain wo.
Jai Guruji!


This is how papa announced to the world the arrival of Shivaangi


Yes to complete our little world and add to the joys that her elder sister has filled our lives with, our younger daughter Shivaangi  arrived in this world on 3rd july 2013.

Jhula Jhula

Like other kids of her age, devaangi too likes to go to the park and enjoys her rides on the slides and swings. She in fact looks forward to such visit. Once Devaangi is on the jhoolas, it is virtually impossible to take her back home. My bacha is an absolute daredevil. The first time she saw the slide in the park (she was a little less than 2 years then), she wanted to go on it. We made bachu slide all the while holding her hand. That was just the beginning. Woh din hai aur aaj ka din hai, devaangi goes on the slide on her on irrespective of how high the slide is. She simply loves to slide. At home too we have got her a slide. When she is in mood and papa is around, devaangi simply loves to hang around the slide and enjoy to the fullest with papa guiding, pushing and instructing her!!! This activity is more common at late night when a tired mom has gone to bed and papa and darling daughter are in full mood to chillax and enjoy without a nagging mother around