5th Birthday

Rayna is very clear on what she wants.

• She wanted to take her friends to a soft play area for the party.
• Wanted a Sofia the first theme.
• Wanted a cake with roses, rainbow and Sofia with her pets on it.
• Really wanted her friends to play Limbo.
• Wanted to wear a Sofia Princess similar dress.

So she got it all.

Fairies are good

Rayna loves playing the hand sanitizer...
once at home instead of washing her hands she kept pouring the sanitizer bottle all over her hands...

Reshma asked her to stop but she didnt..so when she turned around for a second I picked up and hid the sanitizer.

Rayna was shocked to not find it but immediately knew tat I her fui had hidden it..she kept asking me for it and I repeatedly told her I dont have it.

So she asks if u dont have it..who does? Its only me and U in the room.  I told her I dont know someone took it...

She immediately thought of ghosts and ran and hugged me screaming "I am scared". I felt so sad to see her scared and tried telling her no dont be scared...

It could be a pretty fairy who took it away & fairies are nice beautiful creatures who protect us and take care of us always....
So she immediately asks me " if they are so nice..they wouldn't take peoples things...would they?!!"

I was stunned and speechless! Still am!!

Written by Deva Fui.

Birthday Invite

Rayna has selected her 5th birthday theme as 'Sofia the first'.

We got her birthday invites and she distributed to her friends at school, phoenix and roller skate classes. 

When she came home, Nana & Nani asked for her invite, so she though for a while and said, 'I will give you only one, because you stay in one house together only'.

Then Dada asked her to give one to God idol and invite the Gods, to which she replied 'No, they can not walk, how will they come'.

Guest at home

Jayesh Mama had come over with family to Mumbai.

We had just met and sharing our hello's.

Rayna did her round of chit chat too.

And then she got a call from her friend, asking her to come to the garden and play.

I though Rayna would have a question in her head on where to spend her time, with guest at home or with friends at garden.

But without a blink she looked at Jayesh Mama and spoke in the phone, "I have guest at home, they will be going in 30 minutes, I will see you at the garden then".

Jayesh Mama was shocked, he looked around and then told Hetal Mami, we have to go in 30 minutes. 

Horse Cane

We were at Matheran shopping souvenirs. There is a soft horse cane that is a signature take away.

I showed Vivaan and Rayna that as soon as Vivaan said he wanted it, Rayna to followed, louder.

After handing over it to them, Mom asked both what it was:

Vivaan: I know it is a Horse Cane.

Rayna: Horse Cane? What is a horse cane, how do you use this?
(holding the stick, looking at it, and moving it around)

So Mom joked, she said 'this is a stick to wack kids when they don't do their homework', and she turned around looking away from Rayna.

Within the next second, I hear a Zap of the cane and Reshma shouting in pain 'Aaaaaaaa'.
As soon as I looked to Rayna, she questioned:

'Like this?, Is this the way this cane has to be used?

Hath jodu chu ...

Kids are very alert and aware of their surroundings. They grasp and catch-up to things very fast.

Not only do they adopt the actions or words they are exposed to, but they very smartly link the context it is being played in.

Rayna for the past few days, whenever she wants something and doesnt get it in the first attempt, she joins her hands and say 'please give that to me, hu mara hath jodu chu...'.

Meaning, I join my hand and request you to do that thing for me, fast.