Love hiding in the quilt

Mysha's favourite activity now-a-days is to jump into our quilt, pull it over her head and sit there playing by herself... Even the heat is Singapore does not deter her. When you ask, 'Where is Mysha?', she will peep up to show her face and squeal out with laughter. This was one of those moments.

Book 2 - Snow Angel

The story of a mouse family - Mama, Sam and Daisy - on Christmas day. They were playing around in the snow when they see a kind of a Snow Angel coming down from the sky. It's a giant swan which they think is an angel. Daisy is mesmerized but Sam thinks that there is something wrong. The angel does not look well. It speaks finally and says it is tired and hungry and lost his friends. The mice rush to find some berries and nuts for the swan and after having some the swan feels energized to go. The mice feel very proud about this and go back and tell their mom about the episode.

Rating: 5*
Review: Great lesson on sharing on Christmas and great visuals.

The series unfolds ...Book 1 - The Great Monster Hunt

I had once attended a children's seminar where the speaker advised that instead of watching TV, family should focus on reading stories to kids. Infact before a child goes to formal school, 500 stories is what he/she must have heard ....

Ok, I have GOAL... no its not a new one, Mysha has heard countless stories till now, but I thought it would be nice to record them on her blog. So here come the first set of books -

The Great Monster Hunt - A story about a duck that hears some noise under her bed and cries out for help to the pig. The pig in turn calls the strong bear, the bear in turn the loud fox and the fox in turn the clever owl. The conclude that there is a MONSTER under the duck's bed. So they plan to trap him with a rope and a net. When they all reach the duck's house and look under the bed, they find a little mouse under the bed sleeping making a 'pssst' sound and they smile saying they made a monster of a mouse.

Rating:  *****
Review: Well developed plot with sounds expressions building into the climax. Very good pictures covered expressions well.

School starts

It's 19th Aug today and school starts again for Mysha. We have been intimated that she is moving into a new class with teachers Shanika and Xui Zhi. I prepared her upfront showing her teachers photos from the welcome letter, but to my surprise when I asked her, upon her return, how her new teachers were, she replied she was still with her old teacher. I dashed a letter to the Princi to confirm the same and he said that she had infact moved into her new class. HMMM ... I guess Mysha still needs to put names and faces together a bit more ... On my part, Im just happy that she is happy to go to school :)

The princess of seduction

Well, I warned her that if she did not wear her panty in 1 min I would click a photo of her bottomless. But she was in a defiant mood. So here you go, let me introduce to you Mysha, the princess of seduction

The tresses story

Just before school starts I thought it would be a good idea to trim Mysha's mane. It was more that a year that she had had a hair-cut. As usual Mysha did not have any tantrums and quite enjoyed the novel experience.

Independence Day!

Aug 15th, I woke up Mysha in a jiffy and set a deadline of 20 min to be ready... It was Independence day and we were headed the the High Commissioner's Office in Singapore for the celebration (well suggested by Sai and Archana from my school).

Sigh!!! We missed the flag hoisting :( but it was nevertheless great to catch up with a few performances. Mysha was content holding the flag and seemed to enjoy her time moment we got some space to sit (phew !!! more that 1000 Indians must have attended the event)

Jai HO!

Happy Birthday balloon girl

The next day post her b'day Mysha picked up some decorations that we bought back home and strutted around the house from one room to another. Happy B'day balloon girl is what I called her.

And yet another celebration !

On the weekend, arranged a party for Mysha's b'day celebration with family and friends. What a pity that we didn't take snaps. Thank fully we had a few cellphones clicking. Mysha look adorable in her white fairy dress.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
                MY DEAR LITTLE

1+1+1 makes her third birthday

 Dished out a cake for my little one on her birthday just to realize that the oven would not work in the new house. Had to call on a few friends to get this one baked :) Mysha went personally to the friend's house to collect what she called "my cake" and insisted that we cut it soon ... Sorry Dada we didn't wait for you but was a pleasure to have nana, nani and khala join in too :)

It's Nandika's b'day

Yes, its the b'day season ! Here is to Nandika, one of Mysha's best friends ... LONG LIVE GIRL

Play date with Aditi

Mysha "besttest" friend - as she calls her - came home today for a play date.  I was 3 hours of fun for her I must say. I spent 1/2 hr or so telling them some stories and playing with them, but for most part they seemed to enjoy each other company and were happy to be left to play by them selves. Towards the end Mysha was drowsy so I suggested that she could sleep. Seeing her go to her bed, Aditi joined in too and I gladly put the blanket over them to complete this picture.

Moved into our new house

This Tues 13th July we moved into our new house :) The prettiest room was ofcourse Mysha's. Ever since she has seen it, she has fallen in love with it. After a difficult first night, today is the third day she has slept on her own in her pretty room. Must I say I'm proud of her.

Strutting around

This early morning pic when Mysha wore a pretty lucknowi kurta given by her nani and a set of matching danglers from my collection

Cap photo shoot

In Fonty I found this really good store selling caps. I picked up a pristine white one with a pink ribbon for Mysha. And Mysha's papa did this wonderful photo shoot with it.

Term End School Photo

Oh Mysha looked adorable in her term-end school photo. She wore a lovely orange-red dress given to her by Arshi baji.

Oh Where Oh Where!

It's been 2 months since I updated this blog :( Intentionally kept it so, because I know the void I left in Mysha's life by deciding to go to France for my studies. This entry, with collection of photos during this time, is a dedication to Papa, Dada, Dadi and Anna, Dolly, Vineeta and her innumerable friends esp. Aditi, who kept Mysha from missing me ...

Needlework

I probably need to ask Mysha's teacher what she has been up to with this work, but for the past 2 weeks Mysha has been bringing home this neat thread work. Wonder if she learning to use a needle!

Mysha's cute laughter

This is the first time I explored using video on YouTube. Her laughter is so delightful and endearing that it was worth all the effort. Looking forward to adding more videos of her :)

On this occasion Mysha was enjoying every bit of her time on the Bedok reservior with Dolly and Sushil. Near the water there were so many small mosquitoes dancing on our heads. The voice is in background is Dolly's who is trying to animate flying them away and Mysha as you can see is tickled to the bone to see her.

Allah-hu-akbar

Ilyas and Dada usually call out to Mysha before praying so she can join in. This was just one of the moments when she decided to join. Both Ilyas and Mysha were praying so much in sync that I could not resist capturing the moment. Alhum-du-lillah.

INSEAD Olympics and Mysha's gun

This Saturday, INSEAD had organised a day full of games and fun at Sentosa aptly titled the "INSEAD Olympics". We trooped there, family and all and truly had a gala time. Mysha took fancy of the sharp shooting water gun. Once Ilyas taught her how to use it, she could not lay her hands off it. She tucked it right under her arm with an action ready to shoot. I had my spray, everyone else beware!

My pink ummbina

Ah!!! she meant an umbrella, but that's what she calls it. Ever tell her that its raining so we can't go out and she quickly retorts back saying, "But I can take my pink ummbina" .... now what do u say to that ?

Mysha's work

On this lazy Saturday morning, I saw Mysha school packet lying in the living room. I promptly opened it to see what Mysha had made that week. Seeing me open the bag, Mysha got all excited and screamed, "I will show you", so I let her. She laid out all the paintings she made and excitedly told me what colors they were ...

I'm a little teapot

Mysha has a new song now in her repertoire - "Im a little teapot, short and stout". Since last Friday, she has been singing it every now and then, with all the actions. Its quite a cute sight :)

Evening at Bedok Reservoir with Dolly and Shushil

Yesterday we planned an evening with Dolly and Sushil again. This time it was at Bedok reservoir (next to their house). Mysha had great fun in the play area and obviously was with Dolly all the time. Back at their home, Dolly gave her a 100 piece puzzle and play dough set. Mysha was delighted. After a evening full of play and fun, we had great home made dinner (thanx to Dolly). When it was time to go, Mysha refused to budge. So we told her to stay there. She promptly agreed and told me to leave the bag and bottle behind! So we decided to walk to the door in an attempt to make her realise what she was up to. But she was firm with her decision. She and Dolly when inside and she chose what bed she would sleep on what what stories Dolly would ready for her. Clearly she didn't need us.