15 Marbles

So much for wanting to write everyday ..:)
SD is at home and hogs my laptop..when he isn’t Aadi wants to draw pictures on paintbrush! She is really good at drawing those Powerpuff Girls and I don’t have the heart to say no!

See?I told you! How can I say no to such talent??
Anyway,with all this,I have very little screen time.
This week is a scorcher,here in Melbourne. We are used to an odd hot day or two,but almost always by night it rains and all is well again.But this week,the temperatures are in late 30s and 40s for all the 5 days and there will be some respite on Saturday,with a low 33deg..Fun!NOT!
Ideally,I shouldn’t be complaining,because I am not stepping out of the house. We stayed in all of Monday and Tuesday.Today,only SD has gone out to get some fruit and ice-cream,we are still at home,cooling off in the airconditioned lounge room,which is currently also our bedroom.We have only one aircon and its in the living room,so,bringing the mattresses was the only way to cope with the heat.
This Meme is doing the rounds on facebook and I can’t help but share it here..

I’ll stop here now and schedule some posts,now that I have the laptop in my control 😀

Yesterday,we went to the park with Aadi’s friend Anie and her mum K and little brother A.Anie & her mum were one of the first few friends little Aadi and I made in Melbourne. Then both K and I fell pregnant with our second babies at the same time and we had two more monkeys join the group 🙂
Anie asked if she could go in our car and it was so cute to hear the girls talk in the backseat. They shared secrets,talked about what they did in the holidays,compared notes on their siblings ..awww.. perfect recipe to turn mum into mush 😀
And then they started reminiscing about how they have know each other for the longest time..One said,”You are my first friend” and the other said,”And you are mine,we were so so so little when we met” 

After a play-and-picnic at the park,the girls asked if they could have a play-date at home and Anie came home with us.The girls kept talking non-stop-it helps that they like the same things and have same aged siblings..K sent me a collage of pics from yesterday and I thought I’d share it here…

And some of Ms.Nanya 

This was Nanya’s favorite place..She climbed up the lookout,looked through the binoculars and then went down the slide,every single time 😀

And all the playing made her so tired,she decided to lie down on the coffee table,after waking up from her nap 😛
I just missed out on some pics of K’s little boy,but with two toddlers,we split up watching them…
We are meeting them again tomorrow and Aadi has already laid out her clothes everything for tomorrow 🙂

Nanya has been making us smile and look at her with awe,with all the new things she has been saying lately. Aadi is home,so it means more tv time for Nan too and she now sings all the jingles of the cartoon shows- the one for My little Pony and Power Puff girls.She knows all the characters on both the shows and LOVES Baby Looney tunes and The Garfield Show and rattles off the names of the characters as they flash on the screen.

She has to know everything that’s going on in the house..if someone opens the main door(the safety door is noisy),she drops whatever she is doing and runs to the door,screaming,”Hey Wait-a-me!” She sees me cooking/eating/reading and she asks,”Mummmm,whatare you making/eating/weeding?” I love her baby talks.specially the words that are still not clear. I do worry sometimes,about the unclear words.But when I think about it,I realize its because she is a hurry to talk..she has to be,if she has to get in any words,with her chatter-box sister.When she takes the time to slow down,most words come out perfectly..except,R is still W and S is silent 😀

I love it how she understands now,when I try to explain something to her.Like the night we went to the drive-in movies,as soon as I put her in the car-seat,she started crying,then continued screaming loudly,for the next 5 minutes,till SD didn’t pullover to a side. I got down and tried to calm her down..I explained to her calmly that the movie was over and we had to go home,and so she had to stay in her car-seat and she stopped crying.She wasn’t happy about it,but she hugged me tight and sniffled,”OK Mum” I gave her bottle and blanket and she sat quietly for the rest of the trip.

She is starting to understand when she does something wrong and that mumma is cross.When I put her on the naughty chair,she actually sits there,looking sad.But,she will not say sorry to the wronged party(SD or Aadi) till I don’t give her a hug.Once I have given her a hug,she will happily say sowwie to whoever. She says sorry so happily..seriously,even if she ends up bumping into a chair or toy,she says sowwie hi-chair!LOL

Today,we were watching TV and Aadya said something rude and I was telling her off and she got upset and started crying..Nanya took one look at her sister and she got so mad at me and then she told me off!!! It was so funny and cute.I told her to stop getting mad at me and to say something to her sister and she put her hand up and said..”No mumma..No telling Aadu.. go mumma..” and to Aadya,”come on Aadu..naughty mumma”. No I didn’t get mad.. I just started laughing and so did Aadya,our fight forgotten.

Oh and when I write about Nanya,how can I not write about how she wakes me up. Did I tell you,the girls have been sleeping in their room in their own bed.Ok technically its the double bed in the guest room,but they have been sleeping there,for the last week or 10 days.There are still occasions when SD or I have to sleep with them,because one of them is unsettled or comes to our bed,but otherwise,we are all better rested,these days 🙂 So,when Aadya wakes up and I am still sleeping,she sneaks out to watch TV.When Ananya wakes up and I am still sleeping,she sneaks into my room and pulls the covers,pokes my eyes,with her little fingers and says,”I WANT CHAI-COCO(choclate milk!)” yup! So there is no sleep-ins,for me.But,as bizzare as it sounds,I love it when she wakes me up like that..Perfect start to the day,because serious,that is just an indication of how the rest of the day will be like..crazy,loud,chaotic and fun!

Speaking of crazy,loud,chaotic and fun,you know what else is all that? Everybody Loves Raymond.SD and I love the show and he bought the whole series ( a gift from me to him!!) and we’ve been watching it every night when the kids are in bed.. and we’ve been splitting our sides laughing … Next on our list after this is the Friends series..:D

More later..

Aadya loves sketching and if she can’t get a character right,it frustrates her. A few days back,she was in her room.She really enjoys quiet time in her room and I heard frustrated grunts. My first reaction was to ignore her and I did ..but 10 minutes later,I heard crying.I walked into her room and she told me,what was bothering her. If it was something silly as the iPad running out of charge or not being able to find a toy,I would’ve ignored it,but this was a real disaster in my 6 year old’s life.She was struggling to sketch her favorite pony,Rainbow Dash

.I offered to teach her and she was so excited.She found a picture she liked on google images

And we got to work:

And then she practiced some more till she got it 🙂

I am so proud of her for not giving up 🙂 Notice the details in Rainbow’s eyes 😀

Wow! Can you believe it,we are already in the second week of the new year ?? This year sure is going fast 🙂
Hope you had a good weekend 🙂