Elmo tales and more

And now, we have some Elmo tales along with the Dolly tales. :D So Elmo has managed to beat everyone else and is happily sitting at the first place on San's list of favs. It's all about Elmo the whole day. She's even learned to sing half of the Elmo song... it goes like this: "ya ya ya yaaa... Emmo sooooooooooong" (accompanied with a major head shake). All she needs now is a Guitar and it'll fit perfectly in the whole Emmo song scene. :-)

So she loves Elmo, loves the Elmo song, and gets to watch Sesame Street while having her meal... what's the problem here? The director of Sesame Street has assigned a limited space to Elmo in the episodes cuz' he has to fit in Elmo's friends too! So as soon as Elmo disappears from the scene, San stops eating, and starts looking for Elmo. <sigh> And then, I've to make up stories to make her eat. "Take one bite and Elmo will reappear." "Elmo wants you to eat! How does Elmo eat?" "Look look, Elmo's here, and now eat!" "Oh look, Dorothy is here!" (she's Elmo's pet after all... works as good as Elmo!) Oh and Mommy just ran out of stories... and patience too. Phew!

Mealtime is struggle time. If Elmo isn't there, she doesn't wanna eat. If Elmo is there, she forgets to eat. So, we've to find ways to make her open her mouth and put the food in. And that, my friends, is the toughest task of the day!

What's new? If you ask her what her name is, she'd say 'Shaammi" (that's her version of Saanvi). Ask her what is Papa's name, and she'd say Micky. Ask her what is Mommy's name, and she might say Divu or just gibberish. :D

What else? Whenever she senses trouble (like when she's about to get a scolding or Mommy's in a bad mood), she starts off with her sugary Sorrys and ends it with a big hug. She breaks into the Sorry act at the slightest hint of a would-be-trouble. Now that's what being proactive means! :)

New words, some drawing, and more dolly tales

New words... hmm... Papa dear has taught her how and when to say Please. So now, she manages to get almost everything with the help of her sugary Please that she backs up with a cute head-tilt! Who would have a heart to refuse after hearing this version of Please! :-) The next word is Shower - courtesy Papa dear. San used to be afraid of getting into the shower earlier, and used to stick to the cozy bath tub with her Pooh bear toys and a green mug. And suddenly, all she wants now is stand in the shower. She enjoys it on her back, then turns around and takes it on her face, then hair... and I've to operate the shower till she's done with it (which never happens cuz' I've to pull her out of it). San's version of Shower - Shovo!

New girly stuff? She wants to choose her footwear now. Gone are the days when I used to choose her shoes. Yesterday, she surprisingly matched her pink dress with pink sandals. I wanted her to wear something else cuz' the pink ones are not her size anymore. But she insisted (fought and screamed) and didn't let the pink ones go. So finally, she walked out with the pink ones on, although, they gave her a hard time at the end of the day. :-)

Dolly tales are on - she now makes me change dolly's diaper, tells me to shower her, and brush her teeth as well! Oh and I forgot to mention the Giraffe baby that sleeps in her crib. He doesn't get much of San's time, but gets loads of kisses and hugs, and a sugar-coated Nay Nay (San's version of Night Night). :-)

Elmo is her new favorite now! Barney has slipped to position 2, Pocoyo keeps slipping in and out of the queue, and Pooh gets lucky at times.

Here's her latest scribble... drawing, I mean! :) she doesn't draw quite often cuz' that's our job. So here it is... a fish, a bird, and a baby... that's what she told me it is!

What else? Just a phew! :-)

Dolly tales

San never used to play with the loads of soft toys that we used to buy for her. The only doll that she had was always sad, cuz' San always ignored her. And I used to think, here's my tomboy who loves her cars more than the dolls!

But then, girls will always be girls. The doll is a happy toy now cuz' suddenly she's getting all the attention and care from San! San hugs her tight, kisses her everywhere, feeds her whatever she eats (and doesn't forget to put a bib on her before she eats), talks to her, and puts her to sleep. She even started changing her diaper since yesterday! Woohoo! :D We watch her in awe, like we've never seen or done this before, like she's the only kid who does it, like the doll is the luckiest creature on this earth! :)

Cute things! But then, her girly tantrums are developing too. She plays with the food more than she eats, throws a fit when we try to be firm with her, screams in her highest pitch, and throws stuff around when she's angry... phew!

What's new? She can say her ABCs and count from 1 through 10... yay! :)

San speaks

a flower sounds like a 'faawer'
better, but not cuter, than 'baaboo'
a cockroach's 'r' is missing
but that is okay too.

peacock is sometimes a 'keapop'
one is 'mon' and two is a two
A-Z, she easily says
and wonders what is a 'W'.

butterfly is still a 'butta'
she's clear about it too
even when butter is also 'butta'
and a button is a 'butta' too.

'elle' is her favorite
about a kangaroo, she has no clue
a tortoise is a 'toto'
she knows an owl and a parrot too

'solly' doesn't come that easy
and so does a thank you
but when you sneeze, you'd surely
hear a cute 'besh you'