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I Love dressing her up!
The best part of having a daughter is that you can experiment all your creativity and innovative ideas on her. You can make her a princess wearing a lovely gown and a crown, or you can give her a sporty look with a wrist band, sneakers and a hair band. On a casual day, you can make her wear beautiful hair accessories and colorful bangles. Whenever there is a get-together, a birthday party, or play-time with kids, new ideas of dressing her up start coming in my mind. Countless shoes, clips, blouses, skirts, necklaces, caps, hand and hair accessories and earrings; all these things trigger my creativity and put me in a state to try each permutation and combination. Gianna has also started to enjoy getting dressed up, and when I ask her, “How is Gianna looking?” she says: “NICE” in her very babyish voice.
10 Cutest things I love about Her
1. Gianna is afraid of the pressure cooker’s whistle, so whenever she get a hold of the pressure cooker lid, she holds it with both her hands and start beating it hard saying : “bhapp”. Poor lid!
2. Gianna has recently learnt that her mumma’s name is “Radha”, so whenever her efforts of calling me as “mumma” fails, she tries to call me with my name as “dadhaa”. I couldn’t help but cuddle her tight!
3. Whenever she feels that her very own buddy “Mr Mickey Mouse aka Minnie” is hungry, she feeds him with her empty sippy-cup. She sure is a caring friend!
4. Gianna loves cooking. The condition is that she cannot just stir the spoon in an empty pan. There has to be some food in the pan. No false cooking!
5. Though she doesn’t bother whether the room is tidy or a big mess, she is very particular about one thing, and that is, she wants all her animal toys to sit in a line by the window shelf. Hmm! my little organizer!
6. She has her own way of fighting back with us. So, whenever she feels that we are going against her wish, she shouts back saying: “attkaii”. Shobhit and I don’t know its meaning but believe me, ‘attkai’, makes us feel embarrassed. God save us from her code word!
7. She says “Fir se” (once again) or “Aur cheeye” (want more) whenever she wants something again. For example, if she wants to listen to a song that she likes, or she wants to have another cookie, she says “Aur cheeye”. If we are reciting a poem or counting numbers, she says “fir se” when we finish.
8. Gianna is very fond of bangles, though she doesn’t have the actual ones yet! So, in order to fulfill her liking she wears the plastic rings of the stroller.
9. Gianna loves eating M&M’s (Chocolate Gems, as we know in India). Whenever she sees at any such picture (like colourful dots, or colourful buttons) she says, “Aa-ma-num” (M&M).
10. Earlier, whenever Gianna used to be mischievous, we would give her a fear of Kitty cat (Maau billy), by saying, “maau aaja”. Now when Gianna is naughty and she sees that we are not liking what she is doing, she herself says, “Maau Aajau”. She knows how to turn frowning parents to laughing parents :)
Poem recitation by Gianna-
Ba Ba Black Sheep…
Me: Baba baba?
Gianna: “baap peep” (black sheep)
Me: Have you any?
Gianna: “woo” (wool)
Me: Yes sir yes sir?
Gianna: “Tee ba sa” (three bags full)
Me: One for my…?
Gianna: “Massaaa” (master)
Me: One for the…?
Gianna: “Dame”
Me: and One for the…?
Gianna: “Dame” (little boy)
Me: Who lives down the…?
Gianna: “Name” (lane)
Johnny Johnny...
Me: Johny Johny
Gianna: “pa papa” (yes papa)
Me: Eating sugar
Gianna: “pa papa” (no papa)
Me: Telling a lie
Gianna: “pa papa” (no papa)
Me: Open your mouth
Gianna: “ha ha ho!” (ha ha ha)
