Some firsts

Ananya just created her first grammatically correct sentence a week ago! She was in her Thatha and Avva's backyard, walking the grass, looking at the trees...and then she said...

"Where are you, birdie?"

Back at home in SF, that sentence has changed to "Where are you, plane?" and "Where are you, copta?" (for helicopter).

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Ananya just went to her first dentist appointment yesterday. The dentist was so kid-friendly, gave Ananya a TON of stickers and a toy..and Ananya thanked her by screaming the entire time. No joke. The entire time. But at least the good news is that the dentist said she has good strong teeth :)

Maui Wowee

Pooneet, Ananya, and I recently went to Maui for a lovely week of fun in the sun! Our friends Cliff, Helen, and their son, Gabe, joined us for the whole trip and Ananya's favorite Ray Uncle and AJ Uncle flew in to visit for the weekend. The trip was fantastic - we spent our days swimming in the pool ("jumba!"), playing on the beach ("beeeech", "ocean", "saaaaaand"), and eating sushi for dinner ("sushi din din"). Ananya had so much fun running around with Gabe and thanks to Gabe, Ananya finally likes eating eggs :)





Here's a video of Ananya playing in the sand:


And here's a video of what Ananya and Gabe did all day long...run!


Here are more pictures from our trip:

Music class

Ananya has been attending Teacher Janny's music class for a few months now and absolutely loves it! Tenzin and Ananya go every week in the bus, which is half of the fun since Ananya is obsessed with buses. Once they get there, Teacher Janny leads the class in 45 minutes of song, dance, free time with a variety of instruments, and some sort of new activity almost every class. And to top it off, Teacher Janny hands out stickers at the end of each class...it doesn't get much better than that in Ananya's world :)

Teacher Janny recently emailed me and I just had to share Ananya's first written teacher feedback! "Ananya looked so cute today in her pigtails. She is doing so amazingly well in music class these days." Pooneet and I are so proud :)

Easter weekend

What a fun filled weekend we just had! Ananya's Dadu, Dadi, and Guddu Dadi came to play and babysit Friday night - Ananya had so much fun playing with everyone, while Pooneet and I went out for a night of fun with our friends.

On Saturday, Ananya's music class teacher, Teacher Janny, was hosting a special music session, so we invited Ananya's friend Aakash to join in the fun! Music class was great - Ananya absolutely LOVES her teacher, all of the songs, playing with the instruments, and, of course, the stickers she gets at the end of each class :) We then headed to Ananya's Avva and Thatha's house later in the afternoon, where Ananya played in the grass, helped water the plants, went for numerous walks, and learned about/saw/smelled poppies along the way. Avva and Thatha had fun babysitting while Pooneet and I went to a family wedding reception.

Sunday (Easter) was a little cold and rainy, but that didn't stop us from going over to our friend Chirag and Rajita's place for an easter egg hunt! Ananya got to play with her friends Surya and Beyla, saw her cousins Aayush and Vunshika, and made some new friends in the process. She loved finding the eggs and putting them in her basket - and she especially loved one of the eggs that had stickers inside (which she proceeded to put all over Pooneet!)

Here are some pictures from the weeekend...

Weekend of egg hunt, zoo, and bouncy house!

Ananya had a super fun weekend! On Friday, her favorite Eemo came up to visit. In preparation for Easter, Eemo brought Ananya a baby chick, yummy treats, and an Easter egg basket. In appreciation for the many hours that Eemo played with her, Ananya showed Eemo (who works at Blackberry!) how to use some features on her Blackberry! Techie kids these days...

On Saturday, we took Ananya to the SF Zoo for an easter egg hunt. We met up with Cliff (aka. Hey Uncle), Helen, and Gabe who just accompanied us to Maui last week (pictures coming soon). We saw flamingoes, a huge rhino ("rhino biiiiig"), penguins ("pengin jumba" which means penguins swimming), and even went on a choo-choo train.







Then we drove down to Dadu and Dadi's house, where Ananya soaked up the sunshine, ran in the grass, played with Priyanka Bua and Chaitanya Foofa (and said "Foofa" for the first time), and, of course, had a ton of fun with Dadu and Dadi.

On Sunday, we took Ananya to see Avva and Thatha, where Ananya played in the backyard the whole time, ate lunch al fresco, and took a nap (while Pooneet and I went to the magical land known as Target)...and then we headed to a family friend's birthday, where Ananya fell in love with the bouncy house. She bounced around for almost 45 minutes and hasn't stopped talking about "bouncy" this week!



Ananya walking in Daddy's shoes, even though the shoes are on the wrong feet!


Bouncy house

So trendy!

Ananya recently got a new headband, which she loves (and which her mommy wishes they made in a grown-up size!). Here are some pictures from Ananya modeling her new hair accessory. Lucky for her, since most of her wardrobe is pink or purple, she can wear her headband with almost everything :)

Morning Routine with Daddy and Elmo

When Pooneet gets Ananya in the morning, one of the fun things they do together is sit on the couch with their own blankets ("bankin" as Ananya says) and watch Elmo (or in Ananya's words, "Elmo La La").