Little Anya completes one year !

It for sure was a special day for Little Anya, it was the first time in life she came face to face with 'princesstårtan' ( the princess cake ) and infact two of them and yet was oblivious of the fact that it was to celebrate her birthday and was something to be eaten. Well, the only thing we can say is that this will be the first & probably the last occassion when she will come so close to a cake and let it escape uneaten !

She was also introduced to the concept of getting a rich haul of presents on a birthday. While she enjoyed all the attention and the comments, it needed her a lot of help to open her presents and ofcourse she showed a lot of interest in the wrappers , but there was a glimmer of hope , she actually picked up a few and played with them too ! Infact the so called grown ups had a good time assembling one of the toy cars that she had got.



It was a lot of fun and mingling for her, there were kids of different sizes and shapes , the whole place looked like a miniature kindergarden ! with toys sprawled on the floor and babies and kids crawling around , come to think of it, it was rather like a zoo that day, our living room was !

Her fan club had done a lot of balloon decoration for her and she had a good time looking at it and trying to catch hold of it. The fun was the next day when she woke up and it was quite nice to run through the balloons, it helped get over the birthday hangover.

However, the star attraction of the day was the crown of balloons . Little Anya totally enjoyed all the attention & compliments. Waiving at people and beaming with radiance, it almost felt like a cavalcade of a tiny, clown of a princess !

To sum it all , one can easily conclude that Little Anya had a very good time, and despite all the toys she had got that day, she still preferred to play with her dirty, smelly fleece !

'Oh forget the rest, my stinking fleece is the best!' that was the war cry that evening, Little Anya was actually quite tired after the hectic fanfare that day and usually in such cases, she takes refuge in her fleece and roams around with it. The fleece usually gets entangled in her tiny feet thus bringing her down while she likes to run. Sometimes it is a close call and on other occassions , she needs to be picked up by her Mom

Later on, when Little Anya was cleaned and overhauled properly, her hair (which usually follows the Brownian motion and has a high degree of disorder) was done neatly and Little Anya was looking really posh !

Her parents decided to wish her happy birthday, in line with the Indian tradition, by presenting her with a plate with a swastika, an auspicious sign, and a candle. It however became clear suddenly that Little Anya wanted to eat the burning candle and hence had to be kept at a distance from there.

A tryst with the ducks

Friends, this tale belongs to the times when Västerås is taken by the 'ice age' and the whole landscape is snow clad. Little Anya has her all terrain vehicle converted into a snow mobile during such days and likes to ride out with that, noticing all the small details around her and making funny sounds, often attracting the attention of people. They greet her with gracious smiles and a few exchanges of pleasantries, ofcourse she speaks in her own language and usually says 'baikke baikke' or even 'bai bai' at times.

The excursion takes a route close to a small stream of water that houses a lot of birds, in particular the ducks that are quite keen on being fed almost round the clock. While her parents buy some bird food from the superstore or carry along some old bread, Little Anya enjoys the bird feeding episode very much.

When Little Anya's convoy arrives close to the fourth bridge over the stream ( sometimes even the third bridge), the ducks swarm around her and await their routine meal. Sometimes they come close to Little Anya and they communicate with each other well and Little Anya's parents and the passerbys witness all the kwack kwack and baikke baikke that prevails in the air.

Thanks to these bird feeding expeditions, Little Anya shows little more recognition for the concept of a duck ( next to that of a dog ofcourse !)

Fanfare in Ludvika

Happy new year folks !

Yes, Little Anya did have quite a lot of partying and playing to the galleries in Ludvika. Being the cynosure of the gatherings, received a lot of Christmas presents and walked around entertaining one and all. While traditionally she has known to show a lot more interest in the packing material than the contents, this time she was seen devoting little more time to the contents than usual.

One could also notice that Little Anya was getting more and more comfortable with all the 'publicity' and all the nice people around her who would like to play with her and talk to her. She seems to have taken to public appearances with quite some nonchalance ...

She also had a good time noticing other babies around, ofcourse quite some amount of 'parental guidance' was needed to co-ordinate that. She had this urge to go and catch hold of them, it still remains to be ascertained if the idea was to taste them, especially since Little Anya , continuing with her tradition, still likes to taste a lot of stuff around her.

Usually by the dinning table, she was quite a dish herself, making it difficult for others with her antics to focus on any 'grown up' topic . While she has travelled some distance in the art of not messing up the breakfast/dinner table too badly, she is quite good at springing surprises and putting her entire fist in a bowl of soup for example. While her parents are usually seen enjoying their food, their friends know that in their heart of hearts, there is a constant fear due this element of surprise that Little Anya carries with her.

She has started to walk on her own and while she enjoys a support here and there, she likes to walk on her own and explore things and ofcourse to boldly go where especially her parents would not like her to go !