As a horse

A new technique here being demonstrated while waiting to see the doc. She really is fast asleep and not jus 'tekin a five'. See next post for follow up.

Recovery Nap

A respiratory infection and barking cough has taken out the piercing little voice and won her a trip to the pediatrician. A long rehab nap yesterday afternoon had the old man occupied entirely.

Marnin face

First moments of a new day. Too bad the fisher price toy messed up the composition a little. Perhaps some sepia could work here.

Complete sentences

Even with Guyanese creole known for it's chopped and abbreviated phrasiology (of which we hear nuff), we do get treated to the occasional full length soliloquy.

"Mommy please pass the keys I want to drive the car" was a recent demand.

Very common of for some months now is referring to herself in the third person:

"She likes the purple one" or

"LEAVE HER!"

Sometimes her family has to stifle some loud laughter to avoid re-enforcing a phrase that is best not repeated.

Throat back to normal.

When your throat is so sore and inflamed that even eating soft ice cream is to painful to handle without crying out loud, u know life is officially miserable. We are thankfully back to swallowing normally and finishing off the dose of treatment with pleasure. Medicine and vitamins are actually a highlight. The damsel is pictured here gulping down her barney-colored favorite on the humpty wall while fending off one of the neighboring twin cats.

We do admittedly have a lot of catching up to do including her trip to see the Albany-based grand parents and a birthday event too.

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.

Weekend Snooze

Hot words of the week: "Excuse me","spider" and "Lion".

Before the Haircut

Her grandmother Judy had her bangs re-adjusted so this is one of the last shots prior.

Happy Birthday Grampa (Opa) John

It's a big day today - Grampa John's Birthday! Often referred to as Opa to distinguish from our Georgetown-based Grampa.

Great to talk to you both this morning.

After a day at play school.

Subject

The problem with forsaking the old fashioned stand alone camera for the phone is that you sometimes make a picture that you like - but it's always low rez. The good part is that it otherwise would probably never have been uploaded for the cousins overseas. We need an SLR with a sim card and key pad to fill a big gap here. Watch, within two years may I predict....

Bobble finger

Bobble heads are not nearly as cool as you can see. Keeping bobbles on the head is even more difficult. Today she reportedly sang herself to sleep at play school with a stuck record of 'I love you...'. It was back to a big crowd today as "summer" is officially over. Rainy season still hanging around however.

It is nearly impossible now to find a letter that she cannot identify positively on the first attempt. Capital letters for now are the rage. The complete Alphabet song got delivered by phone to Grampa in Albany.

Counting in the teens is our new challenge. We don't like to boast but she amazes at least me without fail. A blue streak is now no longer an adequate reference.

Juan's Birthday

RTM was called on to do the honors at our friend Juan's second 'cake sticking' ceremony. An approaching rain storm stole all the blowing fun and chased the guest home - but not before a great party time was had by all.