We were waiting for this event for long time, So when it come to our area, We don't wanted to miss this weekend opportunity. Indeed this was very exciting and fun day for our little one ( now grown up one ) being one of the die hard fan of "Thomas- The tank engine ".
This Little Blue engine was the Star of the Day !
Being in the same Apt building, This was easy Move as compare to previous Big move, Still There were same 'change of Addresses'; out of which few are still pending. Advantage of living on ground floor is you've easy access to outdoor; less use of elevator and kids can run around the house without bothering downstairs neighbors.
That's right, Our Little one knows his A B C, He also knows all Colors and He can even tell that Pizza is Circle and Samosa is Triangle.
While Driving in Car He can even tell that Yellow Light is for Slow Down ; Red is for STOP and Green is for GO...!
For now we can say bye bye to Huggies, Our Little one is Potty trained. Now only Issue is, When he want to Pee, We have to find the nearest restroom within 5 minutes.
A casual visit to Quassy Amusement park turns out to be a family fun for the whole day. This affordable amusement park is Worth a visit, if you've kid under 3 yrs or so.
Most of the rides are quick ones with no waiting and for the grown-ups, they've Water park & Beach . Specially, I had awesome fun on this Tunnel Twister water slides.
A great way to spend your Saturday afternoon with the family !
Being a second floor tenant and having a 20 months old toddler isn’t the best combination you can ask for. Specially, If you are living in American Apartments, where everything is made up of wood.
Kids love running & jumping on hardwood floor and more when you ask them not to. This has been really disturbing ground floor neighbors.
Facing this dilemma, I was running out of options. Carpeting or changing the apartment wasn’t feasible option. Hence, the other day I found this alternative option to cover most of hardwood floor by these Play mats. These mats are made of soft foam, which might be used as shock absorbing material. It is easier to assemble and most importantly economical.
For now, I’m hoping that these mats will solve the purpose. So if you are in same situation, this might be the solution you can think of.
It was raining most the weekends moreover the average temperature was below normal making it not so pleasant April.
Spent most of the week days preparing another set of Visitor Visa documents & scheduling online interview.
On positive side, Our little one has started uttering few words; few of them are papa, kaka, baba.
Finally news that has changed the perspective of living current life, it gave us much needed reality check, a reminder to plan for future.
and how can I forget Much talked, Much Hyped wedding of the year ie Ash-Abhi wedding.
What I learned today is, getting the haircut of your 18 months old is the toughest job in the world. This was the first haircut of our little one, after he started understanding the things, which makes job more difficult. Thou this was home made haircut, I'm just preparing myself for all the action in barber shop for next haircut. Thanks to my wife, she did a decent job, in cutting his hairs.
This is a new entry in our little ones toys collection; ‘Thomas Big Loader’ a first toy from 'Thomas and Friends' brand. There is something about trains that fascinates everyone and 'Thomas and Friends' have upper hand in the train toys.
This particular set is a nice piece of engineering; coordinated with sequence of events taking place by one engine. Being a software guy, I can imagine lot of logical thinking has been put in this toy while designing it. One wrong placement or mismatch can spoil the entire game, by unit colliding with each other.
Thou I wouldn’t recommend for little ones; an interesting one for big ones.
“T.M.X. Tickle Me Elmo” was the most desired toy of 2006’s Christmas. During that time it was overly priced above $100 due to all media hype. Also this happened due to limited supply and huge demand.
No Way, I could have paid that much money for this toy. But when I saw it today on Toys "R" Us, It was listed for $36.99. So finally after thinking many many times, I bought this toy for my kid and I still think I paid too much.
Somehow our little one loves music; particularly bollywood songs and so far his favorite songs are from “Lage Raho Munna Bhai”. He hints by clapping his hand when he wants to listen 'Pal Pal Har Pal' song.
After repeatedly playing these songs from many days he got bored and so did we. Therefore I thought to find out songs that he will enjoy. I could hardly find more than five songs that could be counted as children’s song made in bollywood which has enjoyable music. Those are
Lakdi Ki Kathi from Masoom (1983)
Chanda Chamke from Fanaa (2006)
Mere Paas Aao from Mr.Natwarlal (1979)
I still remember I loved ‘Lakdi Ki kathi’ most in my childhood days.
Unlike bollywood I did find many songs in Marathi known as "Bala Geete" including most popular
"Mamachya Gaavala Javooya"
"Zuk Zuk Aagin Gadee"
"Naach Re Mora"
Our little one has started understanding few instructions and properly following them. Few of them are “Where is a remote control?” once he finds the remote, He sincerely brings it to us, so we don’t get need to move our lazy ass.
Another useful one is now he knows where to throw dirty diapers, exactly in the bathroom dustbin.
It does not hurt having another handy hand in the Home.
Its winter time and we are trying to spend much of our time by staying indoor.
So just to make our winter time entertaining; we got for our self these toys.
For us
For our Little one
This is the new addition to our Little one's Toy Collection. My intention behind buying this Toy was to keep him busy. In addition, It was eligible for *FREE Super Saver Shipping on Amazon.
But in reality, I found that the balls are always flying around, and I am the one who is collecting them constantly, which keeps me busy. When the Air blower fan starts to pop the ball, It sounds like Vaccum Cleaner. It works only well with 3-4 Balls at time, but soon it stops automatically when it gets interesting.
The real bad thing about this toy is, Even thou it has been priced below $20, It requires 4 D batteries which costs almost $5. So overall not Recommended one.
Speaking of batteries, these days I am really spending big chunk of money on all kinds batteries. Recently purchesed AA/AAA battery charger is not much useful as every toy has different kind of battery for ex. D, C, AA, AAA, 9 Volt.
Today is the day; we can mark on the calendar as the day when our little one started taking those little steps.
He's been attempting this stunt from last few days but today is the one, we can count as the successful attempt; which was whole 20 steps completing one small circle. Until then we didn’t know that few M&M'S Candies could inspire him to achieve this target.
Truly, It was the moment to treasure for, a joy to watch his efforts and excitement to achieve that tiny distance.
A Long Journey from this moment.
I am skeptical about the advantage of joining the Gym in this early age, But none the less it seems like a good away to have a Fun at same time they gain strength, balance and coordination.
Many Thanks to our Little One that, He allowed us to watch LRB on Big Screen without any trouble. We entered into Movie Theater with our fingers crossed but came out with relief that we didn’t miss the opportunity to watch such great Movie on Big Screen.
In fact, seems like he also enjoyed the movie, specially he was imitating the clapping and asking for that Birthday Balloon when he saw it on the screen.
It's 2 toys in 1: stable walker that helps baby learn to stand and walk, and later, it converts to baby's first ride-on toy.
Just to make a note that, Our Little One has learned to imitate 'Ta-Ta' . These are just few signs to remind us that our kid is growing .
