Summer Break of 2012 Begins

Gianna’s summer vacation has started and it is going to be a 2 months break from school. It is difficult to plan out daily activities for her.

To start with, we brought some colorful chalks new set of crayons and a new ball to play with. Every day is passing by watching television for three hours, coloring activity books, playing outside with friends for one hour, reading one of her favorite story books, and messing all over in the house.

I am glad to see that Gianna has started coloring with crayons and pencil colors really well. She has also started helping me out in cleaning up the mess and picking up the things from the floor or refrigerator as she knows that mumma cannot bend much.

Pyaari Baatein

1. Mumma to Gianna (after Gianna finishes her good night prayer), “Gianna, bhagwanji says bless you”
Gianna replies, “God Bless you too Bhagwanji”

2. Mumma you will live one hundred years old and I will take care of you.

3. Mumma I want baby sister and we will name her “Gianna Gupta Baby” and if its a boy then we will name him “Papa baby”.

4. Mumma, "Gianna, I am so proud of you"…
Gianna, "I am proud of you too mumma".

5. While fighting with papa, “Papa! You are a poopoo, diaper baby.” Not sure where she came out of this term, but its hilarious.

6. Gianna, "Baby when you will come out of mumma’s tummy, then I will teach you to walk."

7. Gianna, "Mumma! when baby will come out of your tummy, then you can take me ‘godi’ (take me in your arms)".

8. Gianna to Shobhit (while he was trying to feel the baby in my tummy), "Papa, its Gianna’s baby. Don’t touch it!"
Shobhit, "But Gianna sharing is caring!"
Gianna(after little thinking), "hmm! Yea papa, sharing is caring...it’s mumma’s baby, Gianna’s baby and papa’s baby."

9. Gianna, "I'm so proud of you “Bhagwanji”.

10. Gianna to the pressure cooker whistle, “Seeti, you better be nice to me! I am helping out mumma in the kitchen..okay?”

11. Gianna to Mumma (while mumma is chopping the veggies), "Mumma! You are a good cutter."

12. Gianna to Mumma(night time), "Mumma, is that funderstorm (thunderstorm)? Why does it make that ‘boom boom’ sound?"
Next morning: "Mumma, is the funderstorm gone? But where and why?"

13. Papa to Gianna, “ I miss you, baby!”
Gianna to Papa, “Papa, why do u always miss me?”

14. Gianna, “ Mumma, why does the rain falls down? Why it doesn’t go up?”

15. Gianna, “Mumma, did the doctor use screw driver to pull me out of your tummy?”

16.  Mumma to Gianna-“Gianna, I can’t bend down, as I have a baby in my tummy.” 
      Gianna to mumma- “Mumma, I can’t bend either, as I have food in my tummy.”

17. Gianna- “Mumma, is nani having cough?”

      Mumma-“Yes!”
      Gianna, "Bhagwanjiii, Please Nani ka cough theek kar do...please pretty please."

Gianna - A Nature Lover

These days, one of Gianna’s favorite activities after coming from school is to feed birds and ants. She takes handful of cracked wheat in a small bowl and enjoys sprinkling them all over on the floor outside our home.  It is a daily routine now and she starts crying if I ask her not to do it!

At first the birds used to come when they saw the grains on the floor outside, as of now, the birds come in advance and look at the door expecting that Gianna would come outside and sprinkle grains for them to eat.

Recently, she saw three ants on the kitchen floor and excited by their sight she said “mumma, these ants want to come to Gianna’s home”. Soon she fed them with three crackers (one for each).

Another one worth mentioning is her love to water one indoor plant that we have in our living room. She sprays enough water on each leaf and into the soil. And that’s not all! There is a small clay rabbit hanging on the pot. She makes sure to feed it with water so that the bunny is not thirsty.

How cute is that!

At age of 3, I am...

1.  Very talkative.

2.  In love with almost all shows on channel Nick Jr. My favorite ones being "Olivia", "Peppa Pig" and "The Fresh Beat Band".

3.  Developing a liking for painting.

4.  Fond of singing along with papa and his guitar. The very first song being “Puff The Magic Dragon” which I love to sing.

5.  Asking mumma to read books for me before I go to bed.

6.  Trying to click pictures using cell phone and pretend being a photographer by using papa’s tripod.

7.  Very fond of "puppies", "Mickey Mouse" and "Minnie Mouse".

8.  Always looking for a muddy puddle to jump into.

9.  Always preferring to hop like a frog than walk.

10.  Not willing to clean the mess I make in our home unless I am bribed.

11.  Going to complete my first school year soon and loving it.

12.  Interested in playing matching game, building blocks.

13.  Fond of listening to Michael Jackson’s songs like “don’t stop till you get enough” and “just beat it”.

14.  Believing that kids or any cartoon character can only be sad when he/she miss his/her mumma.

15.  Still in love with mumma’s tummy and want to hold it tight before going to sleep.

16.  Always ready to play Word game and Spelling game with papa and mumma.

17.  Only afraid of police uncle (imaginary one) to whom mumma and papa call every time I trouble them.

18.  Still giving hard time to mumma with my picky eating habits.

19.  Still afraid of pressure cooker’s whistle.

20.  Enjoying a head wash in a shower more than a regular bath.

21.  Loving being in the play area and swing REALLY HIGH.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Apple Montessori: International Day - Japan

Gianna in her pink pajamas (night suit) on Valentine’s Day in school

The Picaso in me!

I have always had an inclination for drawing/painting and would be most happy to see such artistic bend in Gianna. She seemed to have little interest in drawing or coloring in the last three years, however, her participation in scribbling with crayons and water colors has increased in the last few weeks.





As now she knows the basic shapes by their names and tries to draw them on paper, she loves to make a happy face, a sad face, a flower, a circle with some dots within is a cookie or a potato, a circle with a few lines coming out becomes her Incy-wincy spider and she arranges her wooden blocks to make alphabets like L, J, A, C, & I. She tells us to draw different cartoon characters on her magnetic board. I feel happy to see Gianna’s growing interest in art and glad to see her own way of imagining and believing about the things around her. Proud of you, my girl !!

Are you happy?

These days Gianna keeps a check on mommy’s mood by asking -”mumma, are you happy?” If the answer is a “YES”, then everything is fine, but if mommy’s answer is a “NO”, then there is a problem! She is smart enough to ask this question especially, when she does not eat properly, or do something naughty, or when I am doing some work very seriously, or when I am really sad.
Here’s how a conversation usually begins & ends-
Gianna- “Mumma, are you happy?”
Mumma-“No”
Gianna- “Mumma, are you sad?”
Mumma-“Yes”
Gianna- “Happy please! I am sorry and I will not do it again (She thinks that mommy always gets upset because of her.)”
Mumma- All smiling
Mumma’s worries take a back seat with all this conversation and Gianna gets a bear hug from mumma.