Being Mommy, Being San

Puzzles, puzzles, and more puzzles. Sketches, sketches, and more sketches. That is what San is up to these days. Oh and a bit of paper-cutting too, now that she has a shiny pink pair of scissors and an orange glue to do the job!

Recently, on one of her 'raid the closet' adventures, San found her pretty little infant pillow, and loved it. Why? Cuz' it was the 'moon'. But then, she soon realized that the moon is not so colorful, so the pillow is a rainbow now. She puts it on the top of her head and calls herself a rainbow! Okay, just one of the silly things that she likes to do, but it's cute! :)

Lemme also tell you about San's latest pretend play. She pretends she's the Mommy and wants me to play San. She, then, takes me to Walmart for shopping (she buys me really cool stuff, like ice-creams, chocolates, strawberries, and cherries). She makes sure that she carries a change of clothes for me in her little bag, and that I always am secure in my car-seat with the seat-belt on. She takes me to the swimming pool too! Yay! Phew! And lemme tell you, playing San is tough! Especially when you go on a restroom trip with Mommy and when you've to sit in the cart while Mommy shops! :D

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Here's a little story that she told me today:
"When San was a baby, she slept on the rainbow pillow... and had milk from her bottle, and did goo-goo gaa-gaa, and pooped in her diapers... and Mommy said, "Yucky!"

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This post is a part of the Thursday Mommy Brain Mixer.

San's first dentist visit, haircut

Finally, after a lot of delay, we took San for her first appointment with the dentist. I had reached the heights of my anxiety (thanks to my dentist phobia) cuz' it was a family appointment. San did great for a first-timer, especially when she had to hold those weird films between her teeth to get the x-rays done! Thanks to the load of stickers that they gave her! :) Okay, why do I call those films weird? Cuz' I couldn't hold them even for a second, and thereby gave the worst performance of my life! *embarrassed*

So all went well (I'm not including myself here), until the doc started brushing her teeth. Yes, they do their job well, but the flossing part was scary! I was worried that San might get hurt. :-s It went fine though. And San happily came back home with her goody bag and two balloons. Phew!

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The first haircut, hmm, needed a lot of thought. How short? What style? We finally decided for a little trim, not more than an inch long. Papa dear likes long hair, and so does San. We took her to Snipits that specializes in kids' haircuts and is colorful enough to woo the kids! She happily sat through her haircut, enjoying the animal crackers and the bubbles.

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San's into paper-cutting these days, and keeps trying to cut sheets of paper into various shapes with her very blunt toy scissors! :D Her dedication makes us wanna buy paper scissors for her... but our only fear is that she might use it as a weapon in one of her bad moods! :P

Give her crayons and the first thing that she'd draw is a smiley face (and Papa, and Mummy, and a baby). :-)

Mommy and Baby

Daddy :D

A complete smiley

The Liebster Blog Award

This is something off-topic, but great! I finally got an award! The Liebster Blog award... tadaaaaa! Lemme extend my hugest thanks to Roshni, Mom of Little A and Big A, for presenting me this award!

Here are the rules of the Liebster Award: 

1. Post 11 random facts about yourself.
2. Choose 11 deserving bloggers and tag them in your post.
3. Tell them you've tagged them.
4. Answer 11 questions the tagger has asked you and give 11 questions to the people you've tagged.
5. No tag backs.

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A few random facts about me, myself:

1. I believe in 'forgive and forget', but I never forget.
2. I hate money matters.
3. My brain is active 24/7; I could have been a Scientist! :D
4. I always wanted to become a dancer, and I still want to.
5. I want to write a book, and I want the book to make me rich and famous.
6. I have a dentist phobia, a really bad one!
7. I'm bad at Maths.
8. I abhor the chocolate flavor (unless it's a Dairy Milk chocolate bar!)
9. I hate my nose; it's big for my face and has a dent.
10. I love mountains. I can spend my whole life with them!
11. I'm also scared of heights; so much that I feel dizzy while going up the second floor itself.

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1. What has been your best moment so far in this year?
I guess the best is yet to come. Maybe, all good moments so far were the best! ;)

2. What do you hope to achieve (can be a micro goal or mega goal) by the end of this year?
Make San drink everything from a glass!

3. Which TV program do you HAVE to watch?
I don't have a TV... how cool is that! :-D

4. Which sports figure, TV personality or movie star do you most identify with? Why?
None. I'm the uniquest piece on Earth!

5. Where do you plan/hope to go for your next vacation?
A cruise to the Bahamas!

6. What trait in your spouse drives you crazy (not with desire :P)?
His patience.

7. What trait of your spouse do you admire the most?
His cool!

8. Ask your spouse the same questions (6 and 7) about yourself this time, and let us know the answers!
What drives him crazy is when I do things thoughtlessly. What he admires the most in me is my caring nature.

9. What are you currently reading?
Sherlock Holmes - Vol. 2

10. What music do you love listening to?
Lively and foot-tapping numbers.

11. Which of my questions did you hate the most?! :D
The fourth one. It's boring! :-P

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Tag 11 people? Uh oh! Not possible, but I'll tag the following:

Martha, Marijke, Deeps, Jaspreet, and Noor.

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And here are the questions:

1. What's your favorite way to kill time?
2. Roses or Gerberas?
3. What would you do if you become invisible for a day?
4. What super-human ability would you like to possess?
5. Tea or Coffee?
6. What's your favorite season, and why?
7. Curly hair or Straight hair?
8. If you could go back and change one incident from your past, would you?
9. If you get a chance to change one thing about your country, what would it be?
10. Mountains or Beaches?
11. Your idea of a perfect birthday celebration?

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And I'm done, finally! Thanks, Roshni (although it was tedious! :D).

The ant-bit-me tale

San's second summer session at school started this week, it's the third day, and the third I-don't-wanna-go-to-school day too. I wonder why! And to top that, she came home from school with an ant-bitten foot and a runny nose on Wednesday. Runny nose, I can handle, but the ant bites that looked nothing close to an ant bite were scary!

"Mommy, the ant came in my shoe and bit me."
"Noway. Where did you play today?"
"No water play, Mommy."
"Did you play in the sand-pit?"
"No."
"Then?"
"The ant came in my shoe and bit me!"
"Where, San?"
"Ahaana no water play."
"San. did you play in the grass?"
"Yes, grass!"
"Ughhh!"

I was sure that she didn't play in the grass, and that the rashes were some kinda allergy. And I wasn't agreeing to San's ant-bit-me story, until I spoke to her teacher today. The kids did play out that day, San did not go in the water, and some kids (also a teacher) did go back home with ant bites. And then I wondered when to believe these kids and when not to. Yes, they're good at making up stories, but San has proved me wrong twice already, when I thought she made up a story. I feel so bad, sigh! :(

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Coming back to her cute little new words, San told me that she'd been 'clean-upping' the closet. Hoho! She's clever enough to know that the verbs end with an 'ing'. But then, she is yet to know where it goes! She anyway has a long way to go before she understands all that grammar.

And then, even before we start off with the scolding session, she tells (read 'screams') us that 'she understands', with a frown! It's like, "Okay, I've said it cuz' I'm supposed to say it. Don't expect me to mean it too!"