Life with Sharanya

Folks --I am getting adjusted to life with Sharanya -- sorta laying out ground rules, roles and responsibilities you know... not easy dealing with some one whose inevitable response is to stick her thumb in to her mouth for every point I raise with her.. juvenile is the word that comes to Mind. The things that I go through .. man.. I go to First SCHOOL - Nursery and am enjoying it-- I do hope the school reciprocates my feeling. I do have my own doubts when my teacher sees me in the morning -- "Here comes trouble" is what is written in BOLD all over her face. Amma tells me that Sharanya goes to a fictitious school called "Tiny tots" after I leave -- what rot !! As if I don;t know that she stays behind sleeping off the morning.. But I let amma believe that she has me fooled -- good and proper. Here's a video of a game that Amma, Sharanya and me play... For some reason, this train always starts at Chennai and stops at Coimbatore.. .. Nothing like the rustic to rejuvenate you eh amma?Before Amma blows up , let me move on and state that I am highly musically inclined and play Ramesh Chithapapa's mouth organ on a daily basis. All of a sudden, There is a huge demand for cotton buds but I call that professional jealousy..You can check out the videos here. For you gang of ardent admirers, I donot mind dishing out a free album now and then.-- collector;s item -- nothing less..worth it's KB in gold an' all that...

2 Years Later.....

Hi All I am back After a long hiatus, and if I had nothing to say in the last year, nothing much happened either.I am currently at CBE at Vasanth thatha's place - scaring the heebie - jeebies out of Sharanya - my little sister who was born last month. Hoo boy I mean girl... is she small.....I have a pretty full life nowa days - going up to Geetha pati's place for sweets every alternate hour,yoodling with Sharanya, sleeping in her mosquito net, using her bath chair and generally making people go crazy... I am happy bcos Amma plays a lot with me now - something she could 'nt before Sharanya was born.

I try teaching Sharanya my rhymes and games though I do not see the light of comprehension on her face. Haha..Guess she really needs to pick up. As of now all she can do is cry and feed.. maybe punch the air a couple a times. Imagine being so puny...Anyways I plan to take care of her as well as I can .. if I have the time that is... I have enrolled into a new playschool at Chennai - First sCHOOL--I believe it's called and I am planning to give this school and my teacher all attention from June 27th on wards.You can check out my Marudhani stuff in the first photo and my new protege in the second....Until we meet again.. Amicalement

I 'll meet you once I go

Play Park 2, The Broom and Things

See Saw - Hee Haw
Slide Ride Swing Bing

Hi Folks, I am devoting a section exclusively to my growing expertise at the play park. What the

heck I can even climb the slide the other way--swing, make mud pies, and do the see - saw. I do come back home black like a chimney sweep much to the despair of amma - my primary cleaner and the unholy glee of my appa - my comrade in arms at getting coated with the grimy stuff.

You can see me swinging those chains off the hinges here. This is my favorite past time - at any time of the day, I might add. I generally go the park at 5:00 pm and am back by 6:00 for my nap. I have picked up a new skill now adays and am creating lotsa consternation to Ambika -- our house help. Check this out for yourself.

Zoo Zoo goes to the ZOO

Folks, It was my first visit to the zoo and I guess the animals really enjoyed the day more than we did. They were sitting snug in their caves or lying on water troughs while we braved the 40 degree sun and walked the whole length of the Vandaloor zoo twice. Whoo was it hot out there.

We started out with a nice lion safari that went into a Jurassic park like enclosure and it was thrilling to see lions on both sides of the bus. Though Amma and i were very scared, Appa took care of us and very bravely snapped a couple of photographs as well. The lions seemed to obey his every command and modelled for him. Well Well Well !!! Brave Dad ....


After the safari, we went back to the zoo where we saw birds, giraffes, elephants, ostriches,reindeer, a hippo, storks and a monkey family to boot.I had great fun watching all the animals frolicking and had lunch. Then we moved on -- (trudged would be apt) until we reached the car and could switch on the AC. We drove down to A2b and we all had lunch. I loved the play area there and would'nt get off my high horse. haha

My First Birthday

Friends, Yucky Grown ups and Fellow Toddlers,

I am more than a year old now and had a couple of family gatherings to substantiate it.

The first function was homam at Anjenaya temple and here I am all set with amma and appa to visit Mr Hanuman. It was a batch processing initiative with around 20 others including a couple of thathas expressing their happiness at having mushroomed on this earth "this day - that age" Just like the Hindu eh??.Amma, appa,2 thathhtas,2 pattis ,Karthik mama, Sangeetha mami, Anu athai, Maya and Darshini were the important dignataries who graced the function and of course mahself as they say in Texas.

We came back and had a good lunch at the Flamenco just opposite and we all thoroughly enjoyed gorging ourselves -- Maya ate an exceptional lunch and declared her patriotic fervor in the Indian cause.

The afternoon was spent in blissful sleep while, appa, amma and mama slaved to get hot pooris and the decorations ready. The main contribution was appa's who got the entire hall bedizened with colour paper, hanging lights and balloons. Even more phenomenal was the way he had planned the event and got Karthik mama to do some work as well.

The party was a gala event, the cake an absolute beauty - a MINIE cake as in Mickey, Minnie and lots of yummy stuff on the table -- all AMMA made.The kids had a whale of a time playing passing the parcel , dirty dancing and generally horsing around , the best part being that it was all done by appa and amma, not by event managers from outside. Thanks youse all for a great party. Wish I could have a party like this every month but I understand there is a small cost factor involved.... Sigh..... Wish my dad was a millionaire..er billionaire. Well I am scooting now for my afternoon sojourn with the diwan. Ciaooooooo wait for my next post

Back after a Long Hiatus

Folks, It's awesome to be back in this forum and crowing about myself. I have not been too active on the communication side since my biographer - dad was a bit too busy. It seems he has to work for a salary -- funny ehh? I have tons of things to share with you- I have a tooth, can sit up now,crawl, slide up and down the divan, scream my lungs out,twist Thatha's nose till he screams for mercy and just about make anybody's life miserable. You can actually see my tooth if you look at it hard enough. Most people I know have felt the issue more strongly than you can suppose.
Well, my bite is worse than my bark I suppose...)). I have a picture of Amma and myself as well -- a rare picture I might say where both of us are smiling..)).

Dad's first Birthday

Hi people, Dad celebrated his first birthday... with me that is .. last week end.
There was a lot of yummy stuff on the table that I could smell but not see too well from my carry cot though I did get a peep now and then.

But nothing so exotic for me...As they say , Paavum Infantum Lactum.(.. (roughly translates into "Milk for the poor baby" in Latin).
Anyway Dad enjoyed his day working through a plethora of dishes or so it seemed to me.
I wore a new frock given by Anu Athai which was all the more pertinent as it was in yellow representing the CSK. It was the next day that the dam broke and I started getting a stream of visitors of all shapes and sizes.( fyi They had all come in for Aishu's wedding). It was fun seeing them but irritating the way they kept pinching my cheeks to get me to smile. I decided to give in as the mob seemed really determined and gave a huge lopsided grin after which they left me in peace ( and in 1 piece I might add).