First quarter of 3rd year of my life

Greetings everyone !

I am back with the quarterly updates for the first quarter of 3rd year of my life.

Here are the top 12 memorable events and achievements this quarter :

12. Talking in English : I used to speak in gujarati only, but I am starting to learn some English now. One of the sentences that I have recently picked up in English is "I don't know". As you might have guessed, my parents are not very thrilled about it :-)

11. Routine tasks : I can take-off my shoes, socks as well as clothes on my own. While this is a very big achievement, my parents are not very excited about it since I take off the clothes whenever I feel like it and then I make them run after me to put them back on :-)

10. Favorite Vegetable : I have identified my favorite vegetable. Its Okra. If you give me okra sabji with roti, I will eat without any fuss. My mom is happy about it, but she is upset at the same time because I want that everyday for dinner now :-)

9. Gymboree : I started going for Gymobree classes every saturday morning. I love it and eagerly wait for Saturdays.

8. NY trip : When my mommy went to NY for her work in January, I tagged along to meet my grandparents. It was cold in NY, but I enjoyed it.

7. Lake Tahoe : We spent one full week in Lake Tahoe around Christmas. It was lot of fun wearing all the winter gears and playing in the snow. Check out the pictures to see my snowman !

6. Little helper around the house : I have started helping my parents with little things like putting the lights on or off and putting some things where they tell me to. I can also get some things within my reach (like a dish or spoon) for them - ofcourse, when I am in good mood :).

5. Coloring : I have started using coloring book and crayons. At first, I would just randomly color here and there, but gradually, I am getting the hang of it. Now if you tell me to color a circle, I will just put some lines in the circle. I cannot color it fully yet, but I don't color outside the circle at the same time.

4. Playing pretend : I have started playing pretend (not sure if this is because I watch lot of Barney :) ). I pretend being a mommy or daddy to my dolls and softtoys and feed them and take them for a stroll in their little stroller. I also pretend to be a cat or tiger or dog or rabbit or fox or even strawberry :)

3. Story Time : I love to hear different stories. So, my parents make up lots of stories involving different animals and day-to-day activities like brushing, taking a bath, eating, playing, etc. I can also tell you most of those stories (word for word - no kidding :) ) when I am in good mood.

2. Identifying the alphabets : I can identify lot of alphabets along with what they stand for. For example, A for Ami, B for Barney, D for Desai, K for Kavya, G for Gaurav, and so on...

1. Potty-training : I am "almost" potty-trained. Yeaaahhhh !! This one makes my parents very happy. I say "almost" because although I go to potty, I don't always say "I want to go pee" - instead one might see me do the "pee-pee" dance. Also, I don't always wake my mommy up at night :-)

Enjoy my pictures:


Love,
Kavya