The Moon Landing

Like all kids, Saanvi loves bed time stories..

Animals-birds stories, fairy tales, fables...every night the stories flowed.

Very soon we ran out of the stories we knew !

One night, unable to recollect any known story, I thought I will tell something which was different.

That was the story of landing of first man on Moon !

I was unsure if Saanvi would like this story but anyways narrated it..

To my surprise, Saanvi loved that story and it became a bed time routine to end with Moon landing story..

Recently when she started putting her ideas & imaginations to drawings, that moon landing story transformed into a drawing..

Not only that.. she has updated the story based on her own imagination & its her story now

Here is the moon landing story in her own words..

Story of Moon Landing by Saanvi

Click the link to listen to the audio of Moon landing story narrated  by Saanvi

Time Machine !

Today we were watching Jurassic Park. We were talking about Dinosaurs which happen to be one of Saanvi's favorite subject.

She wanted to see Dinosaurs and suddenly came up with the idea that we can go to see Dinosaurs if we have a time machine !

After few minutes, she declared that she will be creating a time machine and ran to grab a paper & pencil.

While the movie was going on, she wrote this Time machine...

As per her own description, the time machine has the following parts

Conveyer Belt :
We can stand on this and it will take you into the time machine. The conveyer belt takes us out of time machine and we are in different place and year looking at dinosaurs.

Beeper : 
This has red alarm light and beeps when there are dinosaurs come near time machine.

Chemical :
This is used to spray when dinosaurs are very close.

Placer :
This will place us where want to go in the time machine.

Stayer :
This will makes us stay in the time machine.

Teller :
This will tell where we are.

Wire :
Lots of wires inside the time machine to make it run.

Battery :
Time machine runs on battery and it shows how much is remaining.

Button :
Buttons to press when inside time machine.

Wimer :
Doesn't do anything..its a wimer..just there in Time machine

Color Scheme ->  Time machine has to be white in color with black conveyer belt

Can't wait for the time machine travel !!
Are you coming ?

The Garden

Saanvi's pictorial & poetic rendition of the garden

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I plant the seeds deep in the hole
It sprouts slowly into beautiful daffodil

My dad sees how hard I was working
He gives me a warm glass of milk

My mom sees daffodils, buttercups & lotus
My dad picks the fruits with me
My mom helps making fruit salad

I took a big byte of delicious fruit
I said "Hmnn..its good" to myself

I love my fruits as long as I made it !

Good night time !

A new poem by Saanvi !

This time the little poet talks about bed time..
Poem is accompanied by a drawing as well

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The Sun is setting deep into the Ocean
And I feel to catch the Sun.

The Sky turns black like it was deep caves
And I want to go to bed.

But its still a dark cave
So I want to stay.

Mom is calling for nice warm hug
Dad snuggles me into my bed
Telling me goodnight.

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A letter to papa..

Here is a letter Saanvi wrote for Papa..
Each word is again by Saanvi

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I love Papa
Because he throws me up in the air

I love him so much that
I miss him when he goes to office
I wait until he picks me up from school

I love Papa

I like to sit on Papa's shoulder
Then hug his neck and
Mess up his hair

I love Papa

Love 
Saanvi

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Feeling happy & blessed

The First Poem !

It is said inspiration can strike anybody anytime..

But we were really not expecting that inspiration to strike this early !

We are talking about Saanvi's inspiration. Today she wrote a picture depicting sun set. I asked to describe the same sunset in words.

Saanvi started off saying she is now telling a poem.. This is what I wrote as she recited the poem.

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The Sun is setting
Over the Mountains
And over the Sea

The Moon is rising
The Stars are waking up
And it become night time

The birds go to nest
And cuddle their eggs
The caterpillar run into cocoon
The bears go into snuggly holes

I feel like glumpy
My heart rises to the Sun
My legs jump up & down
My hands are high in the sky

That is all I hide in my heart

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Every single word was from her and all I have to do was write it down as it came out of Saanvi's mouth. I needed to write as she still doesn't know to write complete words and sentences.

We were certainly not expecting this..Need less to say we are pleasantly surprised !

Saanvi calls herself as 'Poet Junior' !

She even thought of a name of this poem - 'Sun is Setting'

For us, Sun definitely seems to be raising now !!!!

Snow Angel

Layers of Frozen sheets
Skated on the river
Humongous white blanket
Wrapped the mountains

Snow on rocks
Snow on roads
Snow all around
The surreal snow

It looked like somebody
Poured frosty sugar everywhere
It looked like somebody
Dipped everything in ice-cream

Do you hear it
Tiny snow wings
Spreading on the snow
Flapping & turning

Its the sunny smiles
Its the melting giggles
Its the snow
Flying everywhere

Its the snow angel...

Here comes..

Cookies, Milk, Stocking, Decorations...

All is set for Santa Claus to come down the chimney !

Thank You Notes !

On the eve of Thanksgiving in Saanvi's school, children were asked to bring something for which they are thankful this year.

Heard that children of that age usually say they are thankful for the candies, toys, dresses etc..

So we asked Saanvi, what is she thankful for..

Her response amused us and of course, delighted us !

Couldn't have asked for a better thank you notes..

" I am thankful for you for teaching us new things and making us smart "

These are the exact words and sentences. Only help she asked was help her with spelling of the words..

Needless to say both her class teachers were very happy to receive such lovely thank you notes !

Magical Days !

After driving for last 6 hours, body was begging to be rested.

Slipped into the bed & into sleep in no time. It was not long before I was woken up and saw she was wide awake.

Looked at the clock and it was 3:30 AM !!

I asked why she was awake ? She said 'Looking if Sun is out, Can't wait to go into Disneyland !'

With great difficulty tried to put her back to sleep.

How time flied ...

The little baby girl whom we called Saanvi in my palms looking around didn't sound so far away. It was just 4 years ago..

She brought in the joy and totally changed the way we viewed the world. As mom & dad, how our world changed. How we started viewing everything through the prism of her light...

Life's priorities & goals started centering around her.

From speaking few broken words to speaking non-stop on many topics, she grew tremendously in these 4 years..Talk about speaking about Dinosaurs, Space, Plants, Butterflies, Monsters, Moon, Planets, Cartoons...

In fact the idea of going to Disneyland for Birthday came from her.

Never seen her wait for anything as much as for this trip. Many of the mornings she used to wake up asking if it was August yet !

So no wonder the excitement reached pinacle , thus waking up several hours before sun himself on the first day of Disneyland visit !

Our previous visits to Disneyland were before she had arrived. Even as grown-ups, we remember the first time we entered into that magic kingdom with awe-filled eyes and got goosebumps when we met Mickey & his friends. Even as adults we felt that child-like wonder in our hearts.

This time it was different and like all things in life, it was an occasion to see Disneyland through a child's eyes.

The Sleeping Castle & those incredible rides started the Disney experience in a bright way.

Within Disneyland, we had a special surprise for her !

The fairy god-mothers-in-training in Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique transformed her into a real princess with a princess gown, makeup, hair, shoes & even had a carriage for some time !

How delightfully she enjoyed every moment she was the princess.

If getting transformed into princess was not enough, she also met other princess friends - Snow White, Ariel, Cinderella..

Every where she roamed in Disneyland, all the Disneyland people bowed her and called her princess for whole day !

Royal treatment indeed !

Meeting the Mickey Mouse & topping the day with the awesome fireworks sitting on papa's shoulder was phenomenal.

Next day was even better..

Her most favorite show - Mickey Mouse Club House had a live stage show. Happiness on her face seeing whole Mickey, Donal, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto,Sophie, Doc McSuffins, Jake & Neverland Pirates was incredible.

But nothing was as sweet as meeting her favorite Minnie Mouse. She simply looved meeting Minnie !

Most of the rides were fun but she didn't like couple of them. As soon as she came out of those little scary rides, she wanted to build a happy-funny-not-scary ride for her dolls.

She simply savored the World of Color show where water & light create magic..

But the best was yet to come..

Next day started with she wearing the special Disneyland 'Birthday' badge and first thing she met in morning was Goofy & Minnie again ! Both of them wished her & hugged her.

She got birthday wishes all around in Disneyland. Thanks to the 'Birthday' badge.

We had one more surprise up our sleeves..

Lunch was in a special place - Goofy's Kitchen !

Goofy, Pluto, Jennie, Jasmin, Aurora, Bear & Chip-n-dale came to her table to say hello and wish her birthday wishes ! Goofy's kitchen also had a cake for her birthday. With Goofy's Kitchen singing birthday song, she cut the cake..

Rides in monorail, boat, ship, old train, parade & more rides..The fun continued.

It couldn't have been better !

But the best memory for us was outside. After the tiring days in the magic kingdom , she used to slip into sleep exhausted. In her sleep, we used to see the cute smiles and pretty laughs on her face..

It was simply magical & beautiful to look..

Hope she will remember all the beautiful & magical memories forever.

On turning 4, Wishing Saanvi that the tomorrows will bring more smiles & more magic !