Mischief to be remembered for ever

This afternoon, mommy had stepped out for an errand and daddy was in the shower. I was all by myself - playing in the room. Then I got hold of Vicks bottle - the balm that you use when you have cold or headache. I have always enjoyed opening the bottle and smelling it. I would also take it to mommy and daddy and make them smell it. Since mommy and daddy were not around, I got this idea that may be the wall would like to have some of it. So, I opened the bottle and rubbed half of the bottle contents on the wall. Some of it also ended up on my cheeks and soon it started burning. But since I knew I had done something wrong, I just sat there - waiting for daddy to figure out my mischief. Soon, daddy was out of the shower and noticed what I had done. He as very mad and scolded me. He immediately took me to a sink and tried to remove all the vicks from my cheeks - I had already started crying by then. He also tried to clean the wall - but since this is so sticky, the remains will be seen on the wall for many more days and months to come :)

My new activity - Jigsaw puzzles

I have recently started getting very interested in jigsaw puzzles. It all started with a 4-piece Winnie-the-pooh puzzle. It used to be lying around my toys, but I never quite figured out how it worked. Then, one fine day, I put it together and realized how much fun and easy it was.
After that, my mom got me larger 25-piece puzzle and I got the hang of it in matter of days. Then, Vishal mama got me another dinasaur puzzle and Varsha ba got me a Princess puzzle (sent by Shivani mami). I can put all of these together in just few mins with little help from daddy and I do this every single day. I can't wait for more puzzles :)

Making of snowman

This morning I was playing with my Varsha ba with 2 balls - one was big and one was little smaller. Suddenly, I got the idea of making a snowman out of the two balls. I put the smaller ball on top of the big ball and shouted "Look mommy, Snowman". My mommy was so surprised and happy at my imagination and creativity that she started clapping :)

Communication Incident at School

Going to school has been a pretty interesting and different experience for me. I am still getting used to the new place and the new environment and the new language. Since it is a big change from the routine that I have had for years, it is taking me some time to get settled in. I cry for a while and don't really want to go to school in the morning, but then Miss Shefali helds me for a while and then I am all OK. I study and play and eat and go to sleep and then cry a little after waking up and then I am all OK again.

Miss Shefali leaves at around 5:30 pm and my mommy comes to pick me up around 6:00 pm. So, Miss Karen takes care of me during that half an hour. Today, I told Miss Karen that I wanted to color. So, Miss Karen gave me a paper and some coloring pens. I found that couple of coloring pens did not have the cap on. So, I held two pens with cap in my right hand and 2 pens without the cap in my left hand and went to Miss Karen. I then told her that I wanted the "dhankanu" for the 2 pens without the cap. But since I was talking in Gujarati (dhankanu means the cap for the pen), she did not understand me. I started crying saying "Dhankanu, dhankanu" and she did not know what to do. Soon thereafter, my mommy came to pick me up and understood what I was saying. She explained to Miss Karen that I was crying for the pen caps and they both burst out laughing. They thought it was so silly that I was crying for the pen caps - and that too when I did not loose them. I was just being nice to them and my mommy found it funny :). She came home and told this incident to my Dad and he started laughing too.

Now they are trying to teach me some English to avoid such communication incidents at school.