The end of a musical era.

The highlight of our evenings once were a solo performance of the number one hit single: "Crinkle Crinkle Little Star". This tradition has sadly, as inevitably it must, come to an end. Getting it 'right' is apparently not always an improvement.

Singing has of course been a big part of every day for a long time now. The new trend, however, is taking a familiar tune and spontaneously changing up the lyrics. Recently we got "Mom,Mom"(repeating) to the tune of 'Baa Baa black sheep' for example. How about Barney's "clean up" tune with the name of a good friend and neighbor (Ayla) inserted for a change.

Mom free week.

Got to spend loads of time with Pops who was grounded for a week while Mom traveled back alone. New favorites: Old McDonald, Teletubbies, Nursery Rhymes with bad graphics on Youtube (Gtown only), raisins, cheese sticks (as in curls), Diwalli lights/sculptures. Learning milestone: recognizing single digit numbers. Thanks to the Grandparents and many uncles and aunts for baby sitting during the day.

New outfits

Special thanks to Dr Anu Kulkarni and Mrs Sureka Maddiwar for her original Indian outfits all the way from the sub-continent. We were told that Dr Gan picked out this pink scrub suit, also to grow into - marked 'Doctor in training' on the back. Hmmm, subtle indeed.

Ice cream on the Sea Wall.

She likes the stuff almost as much as the Great Grandmother she is named after.