Rhea is 6!!

Our darling daughter turns 6 today! Hard to believe!!! Time has flown by so quickly and as she moves out of toddler hood, she is blossoming into a witty, smart, lively 6year old. She is such a joy to be around!! She has been counting down the days to today from last week.

She got a lot of calls today morning today to wish her Birthday - Daddy, Both Appachan and Ammachi's, Her perappa, ranimama and Sara, Kavya, Meghna and Bhavani Aunty.Daddy is traveling so we will have one more round of celebrations when he returns from his trip. We have tennis today evening but we will do take out from her favorite Vietnamese restaurant and then cut the cake I made.



She was so excited about her new clothes and her hello kitty coloring book today morning. I also got her a hello kitty balloon yesterday evening to kick off the celebrations.

Funny quotes (birthday related) from her -

On Saturday when I told her excitedly that we'll stop by the store to get her birthday gift (a bike with streamers et al). She said 'Mom, That's great but it wont be a surprise for me. I can go to my cousins house if you want when you go shopping for the bike!'

Today she came down the stairs and said - 'Am I really 6 today? I don't feel 6'. Then pausing for a few seconds she continued 'Well, I do feel 6, yesterday these pants were too long and now it just fits me. I'm taller today!!'.

Later on - 'Am I going to Ms.Jackson's class today or to Sean's school?'. She thought that turning 6 meant starting 1st grade at Sean's school right away :)

6 months ago...

I thought of documenting tid bits from the activities/adventures and memories from the past year while I was MIA from the blogosphere before I completely lose track/erase the details from my memory. There's only so much I can hold in my biological memory card :(

So in the last 6 months we started two activities for Rhea - Dance (Ballet & Tap) and Tennis.

The dance class is every Wednesday and its for an hour. The first half is Tap followed by Ballet. Rhea absolutely loves it. I did feel a bit guilty waiting till she was 5 to start a full fledged activity for her. At the same time I was skeptical how it would all turn out. She was super excited about her class right from day 1. Here is a picture of her in her ballet ensemble at home. She has started wearing the little sweater since winter coz she feels cold in the studio.



The other activity we started for her is Tennis. She has been seeing Sean with his racquet on the court ever since she can remember. And it was my unfulfilled dream to play tennis growing up. So I was more excited than her I think when we signed her for it. It really helped that she started off with Coach Farshad, Sean's first coach at the academy. He is really good with little kids and she has a fun time every Saturday!

Good Morning Sunshine!

You know those days when you wake up and you really don't want to start the day? A fresh arrangement of flowers is just what I need on those days to add a pep in my step and a smile on my face and get going! A Starbucks coffee also does that, but we know that's not always feasible. I almost always have a fresh flower arrangement at home. Not only do they add color and warmth to a room, it's the perfect pick-me-up on those downer days.



So here's an arrangement from my home to yours and wishing that it puts a smile on your face and a spring to your step!

Enjoy!

Chat with Rhea..

This is the final video I recorded yesterday. This started off as a casual chat with Rhea. I thought that she might get distracted with the camera and not really talk a lot but she didn't seem fazed by it and carried on like it was a normal thing we do everyday :)






The part about the test, i wanted to do in a video because the other day I had a random conversation with her in the car that went like this:

Rhea: Momma, I love tests!!
Me: Really?
(Note to self - why was i not like this at her age - loving tests?)
Rhea: Aha
Me: What do you like about tests?
Rhea: Well, I like that I can get 100% and my Daddy and Mommy are so proud of me!!!
Me: Aww...we are really proud of you Rhea! Good Job!

When I did this video I was essentially trying to capture the same conversation but she said veered in a different direction :)

Dr. Seuss Week

It was Dr. Seuss's birthday on Friday and Rhea is doing Dr.Seuss week at school. So as part of that they are reading Dr. Seuss books and one of the days they did crazy socks day etc. Monday is Music with Ms. Linda and they learned this realy cool song which is an adaptation from the 'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr. Seuss. So here is a video of Rhea singing the song, there are two renditions - Light and Funky.

Enjoy!

Light Version


Funky Version

Bracing for Braces!

Today was D-day and Sean was so excited about getting braces. I didn't quite understand what the ecitement was about since it was going to make his life miserable. I guess its about having to experince what just a few of his friends have and I was pretty sure that he will jump fence 30 seconds into reality.. So I did a before and after video with him and here it is.. Before - here is what he had to share right before his appointment.





After - This is after we got home from the appointment

Sean after braces from PreethsJ on Vimeo.

A year already

Has it been that long since I blogged.Aaarghh, I have promised myself that I will not neglect the blog that much going fwd. I will definitely be posting some tid bits from the year gobe by. Hopefully that will bridge some gap.

So be on the look out for some new posts from me shortly..