Showing posts with label Saanvi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saanvi. Show all posts

Saturday, December 19, 2015

The Elves & Shoemaker !

They took all the Kindergarteners in Saanvi's school to a play.

Saanvi enjoyed the experience of going to the theatre with the class and watching the play.

The play was 'The Elves and the Shoemaker'.

After watching the play, Saanvi put it as a story book..

Here it is..




















































Friday, November 13, 2015

Tooth Fairy Visited !

Saanvi sounded excited and had a wrapped tissue paper in hand. As I entered house, she announced gleefully that her baby tooth fell off ! It was a cute tiny white tooth which looked just like a Pomegranate seed.

Saanvi was getting ready to go to bed and didn't want to loose the tooth. So she put it in a zip lock cover and put it under her pillow. She was super excited that the 'Tooth Fairy' would come & take away the fallen tooth. She was expecting to wake up to see her tooth taken away by the fairy and find some thing from fairy !

When she woke up, she found this letter under her bed

















Looks like Tooth Fairy did come but couldn't take teeth out of zip lock cover. Tooth fairy also said it will come today night.

But where is the zip lock bag with the teeth ?
Its gone and there are some coins on other end of pillow.

So where did the zip lock bag go and what is about the letter ?

Saanvi had so many questions..

She decided to write a letter to Tooth Fairy so that when the fairy comes tonight, she can read & understand that tootth is not there. Also quick indicator to the fairy that Saanvi's tooth looks like a pomegranate seed.


























But there are some coins under the pillow & tooth gone. Saanvi wondered may be the fairy took it ?


























But what if the fairy has not taken the tooth & she comes looking for one.  Doesn't she feel bad ?

Saanvi had solution for that situation..



























Win-Win for everyone !


























Letters are under pillow and waiting tonight for 'Tooth Fairy'.

Lets see how it goes !!

Thursday, August 6, 2015

High Five !

When Saanvi was born we called her our bundle of joy..

Ever since then we have been unveiling the constant joy she is bringing every day..

With her every single step, we have enjoyed the parenthood

In this journey, we have learnt about her and about ourselves

Some times she becomes our parent and we relive our childhood

The world has changed for better

Can't believe its been 5 years since she came into our lives & changed it forever..

Saanvi is turning 5 ...

Happy Birthday !


Saturday, June 6, 2015

Whale Watching !

Ocean & sea creatures has been Saanvi's source of fascination for a long time now..

Her knowledge of Ocean started from a cartoon show - Octonauts. This is a show about the sea animals & their adventures. Then we got her a picture book of sea mammals with description which became one of her favorite books.

There are Whale watch trips that offers opportunity to go to the natural habitat of Whales and watch them closely.

Being a ocean enthusiast, Saanvi loved this idea of going for whale watching.

She was very eager to see the whales and of course carried her favorite sea-mammal book to compare the whales that she would see. After traveling into the ocean for 8-10 miles, we started seeing the whales & sprouting.

Here is the artistic rendition of the whale watching by Saanvi.


















That is Saanvi & family on the ship 'See Fox' looking at the whales that are sprouting.

Here is video of whale watching with commentary from Saanvi
Whale Watching Video

Hope you enjoyed the Whale Watching !

Sunday, May 3, 2015

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


Thursday, April 9, 2015

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 ?

Sunday, March 22, 2015

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 !

Sunday, March 1, 2015

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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Monday, February 9, 2015

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

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

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 !!!!

Thursday, November 20, 2014

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 !



Tuesday, August 12, 2014

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 !

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Movie time

Earliest memories of movie theater is the dark room where a huge screen on the wall mysteriously comes to life.

Loud sounds, rows & rows of chairs, squeezing in these chairs were all part of that movie memories.
Not to forget the sometimes annoying people in the theater and sometimes we annoying people in the theater.

We were sitting in our car with Saanvi & looking at the huge screen in front of us...

Movie was yet to start & all these movie theater memories rolled by as if they were some side reals.

It was an drive-in theater and Saanvi's first movie experience !

We were not sure if Saanvi would like being confined in a dark room for an hour or more. Add to that the needs of running around and stretching.

Drive-in theater was made for these situations !

Saanvi was super excited about this idea of movie going. After driving to the venue, it was time to park our car in a spot where the giant white screen was convenient to watch. Rows & rows of other cars were already parked.

Still there was time for movie to start and Saanvi used the time to run around and play with other kids.

We all sat under the hood of our SUV with legs stretched.

It was clear sky above...

The giant white screen came to life. Audio for the movie was anyways tuned to be coming from Car's Stereo.

Movie was about the fire-fighting aeroplane. It was nice to see an occasional aeroplane flying above us when we are watching a plane movie !

Saanvi watched movie most of the time. Watched it sitting, watched it sleeping & watched it standing. Enjoyed the pop-corn, rolls & juice during the movie. Also ran around a bit checking what other kids are doing !

It was a good movie experience..

Sunday, October 28, 2012

First day of school !

Her mom was getting Saanvi ready.

Saanvi:  Where am I going ?
Mom:  You are going to the playhome school that we saw other day.
Saanvi (as expected) : Why?
Mom: To play in the slide & swing. Also there are lots of friends & teacher.

In no time, Saanvi was ready in her bright pink dress. The little green school bag that mainly had snacks box and water bottle was on her.

We took her to the school.

We didn't know how she would react when its time to go inside the school. Is she going to cry and insist she won't go? In any case, we thought we will hang around the school.

So we took her to the playhome and left her at the class room where there were already 2 other kids. She sat with them and the teacher brought some colorful cups to stack upon. We stayed there some more time and Saanvi started looking comfortable.

We took courage and left her with the teacher. We came out of school and then waited for some more time outside. There was no noise. Finally,we came back to home.

We knew she needs to be in school for 2 & half hours. But it felt like time was running very slow. We were wondering if she started crying after we came. We again came to school after one hour and the maid in school informed that Saanvi is doing fine.

Finally after 2 & half hours, it was time for Saanvi to come out of school.

There she was..

Our little girl with bag on her back. She was walking towards the school gate, holding hand of her teacher. She looked little excited, little puzzled, little happy & little tensed. As soon as she saw us, her eyes lit up. She rushed to the gate and hugged us.

We were very eager to hear how did it go. Teacher & maid was full of praise for Saanvi that she didn't cry at all and it was good to see the kid to be like that on first day. Looks like she had a good time in school with singing rhymes, playing & seeing new friends.

Teacher also told she has given a 'star' to Saanvi as she was absolutely good on first day.

While returning back, Saanvi was very happy & proud about the star. She said teacher gave the star & kept showing it.

What a way to end the first day in school by taking a star back home !

Sunday, September 9, 2012

ಜೀವನೋತ್ಸವಕ್ಕೆ ಈಗ ಎರಡು !

ಪಪ್ಪಾ ...
ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರೆದ ಹಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ಮತ್ತೆ ಪಪ್ಪಾ ..

ಕಣ್ಣು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ನೋಡಿದೆ, ಸಾನ್ವಿ ನಿಂತಿದ್ದಳು. ಸನ್ ಬಂದಿದೆ ಅಪ್ ಪಪ್ಪಾ ಅಂತ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಿ ಹೋದಳು.
ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಇಟ್ಟು ಇಳಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು.

ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಕಣ್ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ಒರಗಿದೆ.  ಕಣ್ಮುಂದೆ ನೆನಪಿನ ಮೆರವಣಿಗೆ..

ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಕೆಲವು ನಿಮಿಷಗಳಾಗಿತ್ತು. ನನ್ನ ತೋಳಿನಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಕಿನ್ನರಿ ಮಗು ನನ್ನನ್ನೇ ಮೊದಲ ಸಲ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. 

ಅಮ್ಮನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾಗ ಮಾತಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವರು ಇವರೇನಾ ಅನ್ನುವ ಹಾಗಿದ್ದ  ನೋಟ.

ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಮುಂದೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಪಾದರಕ್ಷೆಗಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಪಾದದಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದಿಡುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ. 

ಪಪ್ಪಾ ಅಂತಾ ಮೊದಲ ಸಲ ಕರೆದಾಗಿನ ಕ್ಷಣ. 

ಮನೆಗೆ ಹಾಕಿದ್ದ ತನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು ತೋರಿಸಿ ಖುಷಿ ಪಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸ್ನಿಗ್ಧ ನಗೆ.

ಕಾರನ್ನು ನಾನೇ ಚಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಸೀಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು ಸ್ಟೇರಿಂಗ್ ಹಿಡಿದ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಕೈಗಳು. 

ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಗೆಜ್ಜೆಗಳ ನಾದ. ಸಾನ್ವಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಬಂದು ನಿಂತಿದ್ದಳು.ಪಪ್ಪಾ ಸನ್ ಅಪ್ ಆಗಿದೆ ಎದ್ದೇಳಿ ಪಪ್ಪಾ ಅಂತಾ ಎದೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಹತ್ತಿ ಕುಳಿತಳು. 

ಹೇಗೆ ಓಡಿತು ಸಮಯ !

ನಿನ್ನೆ ಇನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ತೋಳುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಡುತಿದ್ದವಳು, ಈಗ ಮನೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಓಡಾಟ. ಹಿಂದೆ ಹಿಂದೆ ಓಡಿ ಹಿಡಿಯುವ ನಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ .

ಮಾ ಮಾ, ಪಾ ಪಾ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಿದ್ದವಳು, ಈಗ ಬಾಯಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಮಾತುಗಳು..

ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಷಯಗಳೆಡೆಗೆ ಉತ್ಕಟ ಕುತೂಹಲ. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದಕ್ಕೂ ದೇನು ಎನ್ನುವ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು..

ನೋಡಿ ನಲಿಯುತ್ತಲೇ ಎರಡು ವರ್ಷ ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ !

ಕೇಕು ಆರಿಸುವಾಗ ಪೈನಾಪಲ್ ಕೇಕು ಬೇಕು ಅಂತಾ ತಾನೇ ಆರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಳು.ಹುಟ್ಟು ಹಬ್ಬದ ಆಚರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭ್ರಮಿಸಿದ ಪರಿ. ಹೊಸ ಬಟ್ಟೆಯುಟ್ಟು ನಲಿದ ಬಗೆ. 

ಆಫೀಸಿಗೆ ಹೊರಟು ನಿಂತಿದ್ದೆ. ಎಂದಿನಂತೆ ಟಾ ಟಾ ಮಾಡಲು ಗೇಟಿಗೆ ಬಂದವಳು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಮನೆಯೊಳಕ್ಕೆ ಓಡಿದಳು.

ಪಪ್ಪಾ ತಗೊಳ್ಳಿ ಆಫೀಸ್ ಆಪಲ್ ತಿನ್ನಿ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾ ಸೇಬು ಹಣ್ಣು ಕೈಗಿತ್ತಳು..

ಆಫೀಸಿನಿಂದ ಮರಳುವಾಗ ಮಲಗುವ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಳು. ನೋಡಿದ ಕೂಡಲೇ ಪಪ್ಪಾ ಆಫೀಸ್ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಆಪಲ್  ತಿಂದಿರ ಅಂದಳು.


ಕಣ್ಣಂಚಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲದೇ ಹನಿಗೂಡಿತ್ತು...

ಅಪ್ಪ-ಅಮ್ಮನ ಹೃದಯದ ಅಂತರಾಳದಿಂದ, ನಮ್ಮ ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ  ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭ ಹಾರೈಕೆಗಳು..

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

ಪಾತರಗಿತ್ತಿ ಪಾರ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ


ಹೊರಗೆ ತಿರುಗಾಡುವುದು ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ ಬಲು ಇಷ್ಟವಾಗ್ತಿದೆ. ಕಾರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತಿರುಗೋಕೆ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಸಿದ್ಧ..

ಇತ್ತೀಚಿಗೆ ಬನ್ನೇರುಘಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ ಪಾರ್ಕಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದಿವಿ.

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನದ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲೇ ಇರುವ ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು ೨೦ ಪ್ರಬೇಧದ ಚಿಟ್ಟೆಗಳು ಇವೆಯಂತೆ. ನಾವು ಹೋದಾಗ ೪-೫ ತರವಷ್ಟೇ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದವು.

ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾರಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ ತೋರಿಸಿದಾಗ , ಕಣ್ಣರಳಿಸಿ ನೋಡಿದಳು. ನಂತರ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹೊತ್ತು ನಡೆಯಿತು !ಕೊನೆ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವಾಗಿ ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಮೇಲೆ ಬಂದು ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಬಾ ಬಾ ಎಂದು ಕರೆದಳು !

ಅಷ್ಟರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲೇ ಹರಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ತೊರೆಯೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಮೀನುಗಳು ಕಂಡವು. ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಓಟ ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಮೀನುಗಳ ಕಡೆ ಚಿತ್ತ ಹರಿಯಿತು. ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಹೊತ್ತು ನೋಡಿ ಹೊರಬಂದಾಗ ಎದುರಿಗೆ ಜಾರಬಂಡಿ-ಜೋಕಾಲಿ. ಅವುಗಳ ಜೊತೆಯೂ ಆಟದ ನಂತರ ಸಾನ್ವಿ ಫುಲ್ ಖುಷ್ !

ಮನೆಗೆ ಮರಳುವಾಗ ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ ಇವತ್ತು ಏನು ನೋಡಿದೆ ಇಂದು ಕೇಳಿದಾಗ, ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು ಎರಡೇ..ಒಂದು ಪಿಶ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಮಂಕಿ !

ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ ಪಾರ್ಕಿನ ಹೊರಗೆ ಮಂಗಗಳ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಗುಂಪಿದೆ.  ಸಾನ್ವಿಯ ಅಮ್ಮನ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಡಬ್ಬವೊಂದಿತ್ತು. ಒಂದು ಮಂಗ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಬಂದೊಡನೆ , ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಡಬ್ಬವನ್ನು ಗಾಭರಿಯಿಂದ ಎಸೆದಿದ್ದಳು. ಮಂಗಗಳು ಡಬ್ಬದ ಹಣ್ಣುಗಳನ್ನು ಆರಿಸಿ ತಿಂದವು.

ಇದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ ಸಾನ್ವಿ....ಅಮ್ಮ ಹೇಗೆ ಡಬ್ಬ ದಪ್ ಅಂತ ಎಸೆದಳು, ಮಂಕಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಅಪ್ ಎಂದು ಜಂಪ್ ಮಾಡಿ ಡಬ್ಬ ಹಿಡಿಯಿತು, ನಂತರ ಮಂಕಿ ಹೇಗೆ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ತಿಂದಿತು ಎಂಬ ಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಮನೆ ಮುಟ್ಟುವರೆಗೆ ಅಭಿನಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ
ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು !

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Month Twelve


Saanvi is on her feet !

She gets up on her own and starts walking around. She simply loves walking and its becoming hard for her mom to catch up with her !

She has seen somebody touching her photo on the computer screen and giving a kiss. Now she does the same, every time she sees one of her photo. She does it for other baby and children photos as well.

One day, she was standing on top of a book and her mom told that book should not be stamped by leg. She told it should be respected by touching it by hand and doing namaste. Now she started doing it for everything she hits by leg that includes table, bed, modem, TV remote, computer.

She can now eat on her own and especially enjoys eating crispy things.

She can Imitate animals and does a cute imitation of Lion, Dog & Cow.

Also learnt some dance moves and starts dancing around !

Finally, Saanvi's birthday was celebrated for 3 days. First day, Saanvi had cake cutting party and next two days, she spent wit h family by visiting the temple towns - Sringeri, Horanadu, Dharmstala & Kukke

Overall, an exciting and memorable year that went by !!



ಸಾನ್ವಿ ತನ್ನ ಕಾಲ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಂತುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ !

ಯಾವ ನೆರವಿಲ್ಲದೆ, ತಾನೇ ಎದ್ದು ನಿಂತು ನಡೆದಾಡಲು ಕಲಿತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ನಡೆದಾಡುವುದು ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಅಚ್ಚುಮೆಚ್ಚು. ಆದರೆ ಸಾನ್ವಿಯ ಹಿಂದೆ ಓಡಿ ಅವಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದು ಅಮ್ಮನಿಗೆ ಕಷ್ಟ !

ಗಣಕಯಂತ್ರದ ಪರದೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಅವಳ ಪೋಟೋವನ್ನು ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ಮನೆಯವರೆಲ್ಲಾ ಮುತ್ತಿಡುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ ಸಾನ್ವಿ, ಈಗ ತನ್ನ ಪೋಟೋ ನೋಡಿದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಅದನ್ನು ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ಮುತ್ತಿಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಯಾವುದೇ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಪೋಟೋ ನೋಡಿದರೂ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಮುತ್ತು ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಅದು ಯಾವಾಗಲೋ ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಮೇಲೆ ಹತ್ತಿ ನಿಂತಾಗ, ಸಾನ್ವಿಯ ಅಮ್ಮ ಪುಸ್ತಕವನ್ನು ಹಾಗೆ ತುಳಿಯಬಾರದೆಂದು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಳು. ಪುಸ್ತಕವನ್ನು ಮುತ್ತಿ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದ್ದಳು. ಈಗ ಕಾಲಿಂದ ಮುಟ್ಟಿದ ಎಲ್ಲದನ್ನು ಮುಟ್ಟಿ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಮಾಡಲು ಶುರು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ಮೇಜು, ಹಾಸಿಗೆ, ಗಣಕ ಯಂತ್ರ, ಮೋಡೆಮ್, ಟಿವಿ ರಿಮೋಟ್ ಎಲ್ಲದಕ್ಕೂ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದ್ದಾಳೆ !

ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ತಟ್ಟೆಯಿಂದ ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವದನ್ನು ಕಲಿತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ಗರಿಗರಿಯಾದ ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ತಿನ್ನುವುದು ಇಷ್ಟ.

ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಕರಣೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಕಲಿತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ. ಸಿಂಹ, ನಾಯಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹಸುವಿನ ಅನುಕರಣೆ ಮುದ್ದಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ.
ಕುಣಿಯುವಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಹಾಕುವುದನ್ನು ಕಲಿತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.

ಸಾನ್ವಿಯ ಮೊದಲ ಜನ್ಮದಿನವನ್ನು ೩ ದಿವಸ ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಮೊದಲ ದಿನ , ಸಾನ್ವಿ ಕೇಕ್ ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿದಳು. ಮುಂದಿನ ಎರಡು ದಿವಸ, ಕುಟುಂಬದವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಶೃಂಗೇರಿ, ಹೊರನಾಡು, ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ ಮತ್ತು ಕುಕ್ಕೆ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದಳು.

ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ, ಒಂದು ಅವಿಸ್ಮರಣೀಯ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ಸಾಹ-ಉಲ್ಲಾಸದ ಸಾನ್ವಿಯ ಮೊದಲ ವರ್ಷ ಕಳೆಯಿತು.



Wednesday, August 17, 2011

ಪ್ರೇಮ ಪಾರಿಜಾತಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದು ವರ್ಷ !

ಪಾರಿಜಾತ ಪುಷ್ಪವೊಂದು 
ಗಾಳಿಯಲಿ ತೇಲಿ ಬಂದು
ಅದರ ಸೊಬಗಿನಿಂದ ಮೋಹಗೊಂಡು
ಬೊಗಸೆಯೊಡ್ಡಿ ನಾವು ನಿಂತೆವಂದು

ಪರಾಗ ರೇಣು ಮಡಿಲಲಿ
ಪುಟ್ಟ ಪಾರಿಜಾತ ಮೊಳೆಯಿತಲ್ಲಿ
ಪಾರಿಜಾತ ಹೊತ್ತ ಸಂತಸದಲಿ
ಕಂಗೊಳಿಸಿದಳು ಅವಳು ಅಂದದಲಿ 

ನವಮಾಸ ಒಡಲ ಬೆಳಗಿ
ಇಳಿಯಿತು ಪಾರಿಜಾತ ಇಳೆಗೆ 
ಎನಿತು ಸೊಬಗು ಎಂತ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ
ದೇವಲೋಕದ ಪುಷ್ಪವೇ ಸೈ

ಪಾರಿಜಾತ ನಲಿದು ನಲಿಸಿ
ಕಮ್ಮನೆ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಸೂಸಿ
ಬೆಳೆಯುವುದ ಕಂಡು ಹರ್ಷಿಸಿ 
ನೋಡುತ್ತಲೇ ವರ್ಷವೊಂದ ಗಳಿಸಿ

ಪ್ರೇಮ ಪಾರಿಜಾತಕ್ಕೀಗ ಒಂದು ವರ್ಷ !

ಬೆಳಯಲಿ ಪಾರಿಜಾತ ಅಂದವಾಗಿ
ಹರಡಲಿ ಕಂಪು ಕೀರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ
ಮಾಡಲಿ ಹೆಸರು ಸಾಧನೆಗಾಗಿ 
ಇದುವೇ ಆಶಯ ಪಾರಿಜಾತಕ್ಕಾಗಿ 

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Months Nine to Eleven

Month 9

ಸಾನ್ವಿಯ ಸಾಗರೋಲ್ಲಂಘನ !

ಭರತಖಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗ ಸಾನ್ವಿಯ ಆಗಮನ..

ಮೊದಲ ವಿಮಾನಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೂ ಗಲಾಟೆ ಮಾಡದೇ, ಆರಾಮವಾಗಿ ಆಟವಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಳು. ವಿಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದವರಿಗೆ ಮುಗುಳ್ನಗೆ ಬೀರುತ್ತಾ, ಬಹಳಷ್ಟು ಜನ ನಮ್ಮ ಆಸನದ ಹತ್ತಿರ ನಿಂತು ಹೋಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದಳು.

ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಳಿದಾಗ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾನ್ವಿ ಬರಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ೨ ಡಜನ್ ಜನ ಬಂದಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರೆಲ್ಲರು ಸಾನ್ವಿಯನ್ನು ಇದೇ ಮೊದಲ ಸಲ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಮೊದಲ ಸಲ ಅವರೆಲ್ಲರನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸಾನ್ವಿ ಸ್ಪಲ್ಪ ಗಾಭರಿಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದಳು, ನಂತರ ಸ್ಪಲ್ಪ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಜೊತೆ ಆಟವಾಡತೊಡಗಿದಳು.

ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಆಟೋರಿಕ್ಷಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗುವಾಗ, ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ ಎನೋ ಖುಷಿ. ಥೀಮ್ ಪಾರ್ಕ್ ರೈಡ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಗುವಂತೆ, ಸಾನ್ವಿ ಆಟೋದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಕೆ ಹಾಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು ! ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾರ್ನ್ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾ ಓಡುವ ಆಸಂಖ್ಯಾತ ವಾಹನಗಳನ್ನು ಕುತೂಹಲದಿಂದ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು.

ಪ್ರತಿದಿನವೂ ಸಾನ್ವಿ ನೋಡಲು ನೆಂಟರು-ಗೆಳೆಯರು ಬರುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ.

ಹೊಸ ವಾತಾವರಣ, ಹೊಸ ಮುಖಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಯತ್ನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದಾಳೆ.

Saanvi  crossed the oceans and she is in India !

She was pretty relaxed in her first flight and was in playful mood. She was smiling at co-passengers on the flight and made many of them to stand at our seats.

Atleast 2 dozen people had come to airport to receive her. All of them were seeing Saanvi for the first time. Saanvi was initially terrified but soon started playing with everybody.

After some days, her first ride in Autorickshaw was fun. She was shouting with joy as if she is in a theme park ride during the auto ride ! She was curiously watching all the hundreds of vehicles around that were honking and running.

There are friends and family that come almost everyday to visit Saanvi.

Saanvi is trying to adopt to the new faces and new conditions.

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Month 10

ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಎಂದೊಡನೆ ಎರಡು ಕೈಮುಗಿದು ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ.
ದೇವರ ಕೋಣೆ ನೋಡಿದಾಗ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತೆ.

ಕುಕ್ಕರ್ ವಿಷಲ್ ಮಾಡುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ, ಆ ವಿಷಲ್ ಧ್ವನಿ ಅನುಕರಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಬಾಯಿಯಿಂದ ಗಾಳಿಯೂದುತ್ತಾಳೆ.
ಚಪ್ಪಾಳೆ ಎಂದೊಡನೆ ಎರಡು ಕೈ ತಟ್ಟಿ ಚಪ್ಪಾಳೆ ಬಾರಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ.ಗುಡ್ ಜಾಬ್ ಅಂದಾಗ ಚಪ್ಪಾಳೆ ಹೊಡೆಯುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

ಬಾಗಿಲಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರಗೆ ಹೋಗುವವರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕೈ ಬೀಸಿ ಟಾ ಟಾ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ.
ಬೈಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು ತಿರುಗಾಡುವುದು ಸಿಕ್ಕಾಪಟ್ಟೆ ಇಷ್ಟದ ಕೆಲಸ. 

ಮಕ್ಕಳೆಂದರೆ ವಿಪರೀತ ಖುಷಿ. ನೋಡಿದ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಬಾ ಬಾ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

Saanvi has learnt to do 'Namaskara' by folding both hands. When she sees the worship room, she automatically does Namasakara.

Initially she was terrified of cooker whistle sound. Now she got used to it and even learnt to imitate it. She blows air when we ask how cooker blows whistle !

She probably understands what clapping is. When we ask to clap, she will start clapping. Curious thing was she starts to clap hands when we say 'good job' !

She waves hands at everybody going out of door.

Loves roaming around on the bike.

Likes the kids a lot and calls every kid she sees.

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Month 11

ಆಮ್ಮ, ಪಾ, ಬಾ, ಭಾ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಶುರುಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.

ಅಂಗಾತ ಮಲಗಿದಾಗಿನಿಂದ ಕೈಯೂರಿ ಎದ್ದು ಒಬ್ಬಳೇ ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

ಮೂಗು ಯಾವುದು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿದರೆ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಗೋಡೆಯ ಮೇಲಿನ ಮಂಗನ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕೇಳಿದಾಗಲೂ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಥ್ಯಾಂಕ್ಸ್ ಕೊಡುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಕೈ ಚಾಚಿದರೆ, ತನ್ನ ಕೈ ಚಾಚಿ ಥ್ಯಾಂಕ್ಸ್ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

ಹೊರಗೆ ಓಡಾಡುವ ನಾಯಿಗಳನ್ನು ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನೋಡಿ, ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಬಾ ಬಾ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವುದನ್ನು ಕಲಿತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.

ಹ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್ ಅಪ್-ಡೌನ್ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಹೊಸ ಕಲಿಕೆ.

Saanvi has started to say 'amma',pa,ba,bha !

She pulls her up from sleeping position and sits.

Shows the nose when asked. Also recognizes the picture of monkey on the wall.

She extends her hands for thanks giiving.

She watches the dogs with curiosity and often waves at them to call.

Doing hands up-down is another new trick she has learnt.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Month Eight

There is a constant demand from Saanvi to make her walk. With somebody holding her shoulders, she is loving to walk. Instead of small steps, she is covering the ground with big steps !

Along with the walks, kicking the ball is another favorite activity these days.

She gets excited seeing other kids around. Often she extends her hand as if to call them and sometimes makes noises when she see other kids.

She is liking the boiled vegetables, rice & pulses. Saanvi can hold pieces of the vegetables in her fingers and stuffs into her mouth. Same with the Chapati pieces.

There are two new teeth now on upper jaw. All together 4 tooth !

















ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ ನಡೆದಾಡುವ ಹುಮ್ಮಸ್ಸು. ನಾವು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಹಿಡಿದುಕೊಂಡು ಓಡಾಡಿಸಿದರೆ ಮನೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಇಡುವ ಆಟ. ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಗಳ ಬದಲು ದಾಪುಗಾಲು ಇಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ವಿಶೇಷ !

ಇದರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಕಾಲಿನಿಂದ ಚೆಂಡನ್ನು ತಳ್ಳುವುದು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ನೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಆಟ.

ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಸಾನ್ವಿಗೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಖುಷಿ. ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಮಕ್ಕಳೆಗೆ ಕೈ ಚಾಚುವುದು ಮತ್ತು ಧ್ವನಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

ಬೇಯಿಸಿದ ತರಕಾರಿ, ಅನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ಬೇಳೆ ಇಷ್ಟವಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ. ತರಕಾರಿ ತುಂಡುಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆರಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದುಕೊಂಡು ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ತನ್ನ ನೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಚಪಾತಿ ತುಂಡುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸಹ.

ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಎರಡು ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳು ಮೇಲ್ದವಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿವೆ. ಈಗ ಒಟ್ಟು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳು !