tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-202424402024-03-20T08:38:49.013-05:00Just Like ThatLavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-90913497214184541992012-04-20T08:27:00.001-05:002012-04-20T08:27:24.869-05:00The juice story
Summer has begun and its unbelievably hot some days..Kavya had her first taste of a soft drink a few weeks back and has been hooked as usual..We used to refrain from buying these soft drinks just for her sake, but desire got the better out of us !!!! And because of constant drinking of the cold juice, Kavya got cold. So amma said no more juice for Kavya....But Kavya started her crying, so amma Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-3910329122296426952011-10-18T00:57:00.002-05:002011-10-18T01:00:51.245-05:00Is this just a phase ?Kavya is going through this phase where she wants to do everything amma does..If amma wears a pink salwar, she needs a pink pant dress..If amma keeps Santhanam, she wants it too, if amma gets a new dress, she wants one too..The other day when amma went shopping leaving Kavya at home, amma came home with a blue new dress..Kavya started crying on seeing the new dress saying Kavyakku pudhu dress Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-35685339355874066872011-10-18T00:46:00.002-05:002011-10-18T00:57:10.644-05:00She and Harry PotterFor the past few months, Kavya has developed a liking to listening to stories and trying to use pieces of them in the everyday life..Once she listened to the story of how Ganesha got his elephant head..She saw the Bal Ganesh video and the next thing she does is this - She dances a few steps, calls it Rudra Thaandi (Rudra thandavam of Shiva when he gets angry with Ganesha for not letting him into Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-28302904726353825932011-08-07T08:28:00.002-05:002011-08-07T08:43:42.231-05:00Back :)Hey, dunno if the blog missed me, but I sure have missed writing about a lot of things Kavya has been upto these days..Damn, I don't have that time anymore....With her going to school ,the long rides in the evenings, stories in the night and many other things keep me so occupied with the lil one...Maybe she is not a lil one anymore..Maybe she is..I really dont know..She keeps growing a bit every Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-12808513717439739502011-02-28T00:44:00.002-05:002011-02-28T00:54:02.831-05:00Simple joys :)Some lil everyday moments that make my day these days are- Seeing Kavya sit down on the stairs to put on her shoes and socks..She patiently waits for amma to finish this and then hurriedly starts off to school.- Dropping Kavya off at school, seeing her rush inside to hand over her lunch bag to her teacher and waiting for her turn to play in the swing..- Pointing out different things to Kavya and Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-81174338005556662172011-02-28T00:39:00.003-05:002011-02-28T00:44:46.083-05:00My little helper !Kavya has become amma's lil helper these days whenever she is in a mood !!!! She now wipes the kitchen counter if there is some spill on it, takes the broom and sweeps whenever she has made the place dirty, promptly returns each and everything to where it belongs once she is finished with doing watever with it !!!! Once amma says the word, Kavya clean up, lets go to bed, she immediately puts backLavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-50751285571132957182011-02-22T01:24:00.002-05:002011-02-22T01:28:55.995-05:00The first homework !Kavya finished her first homework in her life a few days back and it was homework time for amma too after a gap of nearly 10 years..Must say it was a great combination..Kavya was supposed to join the dots making a wave and repeat that action for 10 times..Naturally she being just 2.5, amma needed to hold her hand..Kavya did it twice and then became bored and started crying..She wouldnt even look Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-55393860326992292682011-02-04T00:33:00.002-05:002011-02-04T00:41:41.650-05:00The preschool saga !This blog has been dormant for quite sometime now, thanks to the preschool hunting job that amma has been busy at !!! Amma must have called and looked at a dozen schools that by now she can turn into a preschool broker if need be !!!!! Interviews with parents, correspondents, principals, teachers..Its been a tough month..But we have found it..a good one according to us for Kavya..Its near home, Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-51379251633804737832010-10-30T02:45:00.003-05:002010-10-30T02:53:59.185-05:00Shame Shame !Kavya's new skill is saying Shame Shame Puppy Shame All the mataaas know ur name..When amma reads the morning paper, Kavya sits with her and sees the pictures in the paper, spotting elephant, tiger, giraffe and what not !!! Today morning she saw the ad for Crusoe and started saying Anna shame shame...Then she browsed through some vikatans and snegidhiye magazines, saying Shame Shame everytime sheLavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-61272753466341185622010-10-26T23:24:00.003-05:002010-10-26T23:37:11.191-05:00Of changing preferences !Kavya is becoming more and more choosy these days..She wants all her things in a particular way all the time !!!FRUITS : She wants the apple, peeled without any browns or reds in it! She will eat bananas by biting the whole thing..If we slice it for her, she will make us stick the slices together before she bites it !!!!! Dates should be had as a whole even if it means loads of jollu falling to Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-7884096165993035902010-10-18T04:36:00.003-05:002010-10-18T04:40:42.414-05:00The moon.Yesterday, amma and Kavya went to the terrace to get some fresh air...Kavya looked at the sky and said Nila Amma, chesent nila,aiiiii, superaa irukke nila, nila nila odiii vaaa..Appa joined them after sometime and Kavya says to her appa, Nila Appa,looks at the moon for sometime and says nila maruudhaani potukku (maybe she was referring to the dark spots in the moon!!!).And when it was time to Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-45796489668117734762010-10-18T04:24:00.002-05:002010-10-18T04:36:26.817-05:00First day at school !Today was Kavya's first day at school..She was getting bored at home, so we thought it would be a good idea to join her in a pre school closer to home.The nervous amma did not get a good sleep the previous night thinking of Kavya's first day at school..Kavya who is always up and playing by 8AM, woke up only at 830AM today. And she was very silent and not in mood..Anyways, that did not deter her Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-21853672529936721642010-10-11T07:23:00.005-05:002010-10-11T07:48:08.555-05:00At 28 monthsKavya eats her cream biscuit and as always, her hands are full of cream from the biscuit..She comes to amma and says Amma Hand wasss panikalaam vaaaaaaIts a struggle putting Kavya to sleep these days..Everytime amma asks Kavya thoonga polaama, she says venaa venaa venaa venaaa venaa thoonga venaaaaaaaWhen she's happy she keeps singing loudly - the lyrics.. are all the objects in front of her eyesLavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-36380987415340872652010-09-07T04:00:00.002-05:002010-09-07T04:10:04.420-05:00And the boss becomes .....MOTTAI BOSS !Yes, finally after postponing Kavya's mudi irakudhal forever due to amma's fears...finally it happened yesterday...and now the Big boss of our house becomes the Big Mottai Boss...She is all over the place all of a sudden and amma is currently in search of some tails that can be stuck on Kavya..Really, its as if some big burden is off her head..She has been jumping and running around Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-58870452502403229962010-08-19T02:53:00.002-05:002010-08-19T02:55:57.109-05:00Nee kobapattaal :-) - Part2Ok, this is what she does now !!At 25 months : She says Amma kochiniyaa nee enna ???? At 26 months : She hugs amma and sings the Barney song like this I wuv you.. You wuv me.. we r a nanananananana ...won you say you wuv me tooooo !!! Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-20297186506975145582010-08-09T03:13:00.005-05:002010-08-09T03:24:37.601-05:00At 25 months..Kavya was given two slices of peeled apple as her evening snack..She examined the apple slice for a minute and said apple oooovaaaa...Amma looked at it to see that there was this little bit of peel left on the apple..Kavya refused to eat that slice and kept saying oovaa apple oovaa aaple !!!Kavya saw her paati lying down on the floor and reading books..Kavya kept disturbing her, so she said PaatiLavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-15541367175088165392010-07-08T02:52:00.002-05:002010-07-08T02:59:07.756-05:00Nee kobapattaal :-)The reactions of Kavya to amma's anger has amused even amma herself..20 months : Gives kisses to amma and hugs her21 months : Says Enachi amma, paapa paavam23 months : Sings Nee konapataal nanu konapaduven..baby iiiiii wuuuuvvv uuuuu.2 years : Cries, goes to anyone else except amma and says Amma kochuuuu Amma KochuuuWhat can she do next ???!!!!!Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-35124299253986081342010-07-02T02:11:00.002-05:002010-07-02T02:17:44.648-05:00Start of the terrible twos ...Until Kavya turned two, I never knew the meaning of Terrible twos..She was this sweet little darling who did not cry very often except at mealtime..For the past few weeks, she has become a completely different person..One moment she is all smiles singing some song and the next moment she screams and throws whatever she can lay her hands on..Sometimes she even jumps and falls down on purpose whileLavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-71858922266680142462010-06-13T11:11:00.002-05:002010-06-13T11:25:01.869-05:00And she turns two !!!!It was Kavya's second birthday last week and she enjoyed every moment of the day with all the attention..As soon as she woke up, we sang the Happy Birthday song and she was really happy and kept smiling throughout the rendition of the song..Then we took her to a temple where a kid who shared her birthday gave chocolates to her..Kavya got her first taste of chocolate then :-) In the evening, we Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-91589736893376263292010-06-13T11:06:00.004-05:002010-06-13T11:11:24.116-05:00First Bike RideIt was Kavya's first bike ride today ! Ever since we arrived here, thatha and paati have been asking Kavya to take a ride on the bike..But Kavya was scared to sit on the bike and so was amma :-) Finally amma and Kavya rode the bike together today sitting behing appa, who made sure that the bike went as slowly as possible !!!! Kavya enjoyed the ride and kept saying Bikele Polama all the way Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-72186884461044444262010-06-04T04:24:00.012-05:002010-06-04T05:03:14.504-05:00Fun with peopleIts been quite sometime since Amma wrote anything about me....She has become lazy eating, sleeping and just lazing around blaming it on the summer heat and power cuts..We are in a place that she calls as Chennai :-) I don't care what the place is called, but love it here..There are so many people around me to give me attention from the time I wake up till I sleep..Anyone whom I meet is either Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-60628250332458460042010-05-18T21:26:00.002-05:002010-05-18T21:31:05.055-05:00The second ...Haircut for Kavya is overrr !!!!! Got it done at the same salon..Kavya was the opposite of what she was during her first hair cut...As the lady started spraying water on Kavya's hair, she started crying..But we said Squirt Squirt Squirt (Her fav lines from the book Splash Splash Splash)...Then she started saying Squit Squit Squit Spashhh Spashhh :-) After that amma showed her the mirror and Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-62964641735196579342010-05-14T21:22:00.002-05:002010-05-14T21:26:16.425-05:00Latest Fav Song !Everyday as appa comes home, Kavya tells him some random things even before appa can remove his shoes. For the past two weeks, appa and Kavya have been listening to Raavan songs after evening tea. Today, when appa came home, Kavya looked at appa and did not say any of the random stuff...She waited for appa to remove his shoes and said - Yets Co Bene De (Let's go Behene De) ...And yea, it was Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-25532344232562950332010-05-13T13:25:00.002-05:002010-05-13T13:40:45.218-05:00Nonstop Chatter box :-)Kavya has started talking nonstop these days..From the moment she wakes up till the time she dozes off for her nap/nighttime sleep, she talks and talks..Sometimes she even talks in her sleep !! Before I forget the things she talks at 23 months, its time to note down a few of those !!!Ukkitha - This means Carry Me !!!! Aenna Sape - Means Enna Shape.She keeps asking this question so many times Lavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20242440.post-64798304675143943092010-05-09T20:59:00.002-05:002010-05-09T21:13:09.947-05:00Odi Pochiiii !!!!One day, Kavya was looking at a squirrel..The squirrel ran away after sometime..Kavya asked amma, Sqi yeng pochiii to which amma replied Odi Pochu...A few days back, Kavya started saying Odi pochii when squirrels run away and paranthu pochii for birds..Yesterday, she was watching her grandparents on Skype..Thatha went away from the webcam for a while..Kavya suddenly noticed it and said Thatha OdiLavanya Seetharamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09988171173931194994noreply@blogger.com2