Meanwhile, Vivian learned to walk and run. She loves wandering around - outside in the rain, down the aisles of a store, on the trail at Edwards Park. She's a walker.
And she loves sugar - specially if it's mixed with good quality milk fat and then churned and chilled. Amy's white chocolate ice cream and Mandola's chocolate hazelnut gelato are the best.
And she's learned to throw a good fit. She flops down on her butt. Then she screams and arches her back and throws herself to the floor - with tears streaming down her cheeks. Very dramatic. Her best fit to date was when she ran out of white chocolate and chocolate chip cookie shake at Amy's. We got a few stares from concerned onlookers.
Here are three pictures before, during and after the ice cream.
Vivian has a regular sitter - one evening a week, she ditches her parents and parties with Ana. During that time, we try to discover what it's like to eat out without quickly shoveling food into our faces while nodding at people who are chatting with Vivian. I hear that there may be a movie date or two in the near future.
Vivian had her first haircut. Grandma took the scissors to her bangs. A bit traumatic for Mom, but now we are all used to it. She looks so grown-up.
And Vivian played Holi (look at the post from Mar 07 2007 "Simran Didi" for a note on last year's holi celebrations). This year, we went full throttle with toxic colors and water balloons and all. Pia was visiting Simran for her spring break and added to the festivities. The sight of six of us flinging red dye and water balloons at each other may have Jeanne's neighbors wondering. Here's a few pictures:
And, here's a slide show.
Happy Holi. Navroz Mubarak. Happy Easter.
1 comment:
can I be upset that I didn't get a Holi invite ? Too much colour, too many photo ops :)
Good to see you've woken up on the blog front.
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