Scaling new heights !!

Hello folks, it has been a while since we met. Seems like Little Anya's dad has been getting too much of exercise pushing his luck ! ;) Well, needless to say, Little Anya is very difficut to find in her ground state these days. ( ground state for Little Anya is defined as the one which is theoretically known to be least dangerous and has the least potential for mischief , for example, being on the floor and playing harmlessly with toys etc)

One does not need to apply Pauli's exclusion principle to learn more about her possible places of interest. Her favourite high energy states, to make the short story long, are indeed all those places that would provide her with extra possibility for mischief। These days she manages a mid-air docking from her baby chair to the normal chair. Her parents just hope for the best while she is busy taking 'space walks' !

The TV cabinet is almost like her favourite picnic place। One day her father had to lift her up from there and put her down on the floor close to 50 times ! That probably just increased the appeal for TV cabinet further!

Scientists have granted her a dual status (Little Anya is a particle as well as a wave ). She manages so much mishief in so little time that the theoretical phycisists are almost convinced that she is present everywhere at the same time. Her Dad is seen reading books on quantum wave equations thinking that they could provide a solution for all the mischief locations but that is advanced maths for him, we would not like to be quoted on this but as a matter of fact, he has been observed staring at the heavens for quite some time while performing the simplest of percentage calculations..


It so happens that her hapless parents are usually seen busy cleaning up the trail left behind by this little twister ( little, yes ... but 5 on the EF scale ! ) that they fully believe in the new age concept of space time. The space time continuum is totally endless when it comes to all those co-ordinates that have witnessed Little Anya's mischief. Infact they are not at all amused when they are told that Little Anya could perform mischief in 11 dimensions. One research associate who divulged this possibility to her parents one fine evening was unceremoniously driven out of their apartment with an interesting conversation and a cup of coffee half finished and a chocolate cookie still in his mouth!

When weather permits, taking Little Anya out could be a nice respite for her parents. She likes to jump around these days, say 'Hi' to people around her and attract their attention. The swing is her favourite and so is the slide.

When she climbs up the slide, she is quite at peace with herself, one can ofcourse hear her making very interesting sounds in all possible hailing frequencies. However, one day, her dad realised how Little Anya's object of affection was infact an object of affliction for him when he saw that instead of going down the slide, Little Anya was busy in the nearby sand place. Now, playing with sand is something all the parents usually allow, but our lady likes to toss the sand in the air and ensure that it finds her head before it reaches the ground !

While we are on the subject, everytime Little Anya is on the swing, she needs some rhymes to be sung to her. Her daddy had to learn not only 'Twinkle twinkle little star' but also one in French that she adores. It does not stop at that, these days he is busy learning 'Imse Vimse spindel' her favourite from the day-care. If one looks at the connection between the swing and the rhymes, it is a perfect example of how one thing leads to another!

One fine day, she clinged so hard to a ball at the toy shop that her dad decided ( quite a diplomatic word for not having any other option at all ) to buy it for her. She likes roaming around with it and can entertain her Mom and Dad quite well when she ventures out with it.

Well, after so much waiting, a bonus story is definitely at hand. One of the evenings, her mother had tried her hand at clipping Anya's hairlocks and had bathed her and combed her neatly. That ofcourse necessitated a photoshoot. Now, Little Anya after having been tortured by her parents during the bath, was a bit unhappy with them and was not likely to entertain any camera around her. She had to be given a bait for her dad to be able to take some pictures. The results are as follows,

Finally, we are leaving you with a video after quite a long interval, Little Anya generally does not allow any video coverage these days, but this day, her Mom just got lucky !

video clipping - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8332412879770072431

The art of diversion and subterfuge!

Traditionally it has been a problem for Little Anya's Mommy and Daddy when it comes to having full attention from her while feeding. The mean time between her two distractions is really a microsecond! They have been keeping her occupied on the dinner table with toys and many other things that could interest her. It started getting worrisome when the magic of these things faded away.

This new solution had been discussed before and had been tried with varying success but one fine morning, her Daddy decided to undertake a daring mission to use every possible aspect of diversion and succeed feeding Anya at a very great risk ( and that did not mean feeding her inside the Lion's den ofcourse but it could mean that she could have fruit and yogurt on her hair !)

The usual porridge was prepared with fruit/yogurt mix by the side and this time Little Anya was given the fruit/yogurt. With the spoon in her hand , it meant relinquishing more or less full control to her!

Daddy had to act swiftly, while the enemy, sorry I mean Little Anya, was busy playing with the fruit/yogurt, He had the unenviable task of shovelling in as much of porridge into her as ever possible . He was lucky and managed to empty almost three quarters of a bowl into her along with a lot of fruit and yogurt too. The operation was over in ten minutes flat. The casualties were the Financial Times newspaper and ofcourse the floor which bore the brunt of the fruit yogurt mix. Financial Times was rendered entirely out of use and the floor had to be cleaned with minimal effort.

Now folks, this might sound like the Blitzkrieg but believe it or not, Daddy did not read any WWII history book to come up with this. The genesis of this risky but effective plan was her Mom's mind! Daddy was only following the orders ! As he usually does ( now this one could be a contentious statement, but it is all about living dangerously these days!)

Little Anya at Busborgen

Well folks, in Swedish, 'Bus' is mischief and 'Borgen' is the castle and Busborgen is a place in Västerås where kids can go and play and run around and climb and have a good time, while the parents could sit and chat and catch their breath! Basically do a lot of 'mischief' !


Well, for Little Anya, she had a lot of running around, climbing and all that but it did not mean that her Daddy could rest. He had to be on the double most of the times and taking photos while he could actually have rested!

Little Anya challenged herself to a couple of things such as plunging herself into the 'ocean of balls' . Once having gone in there, ofcourse there was no looking back. There was a lot of give and take and throwing of balls. The whole occassion was made special by Little Anya showering her smiles and making sounds at other kids/babies and their parents.

There ofcourse was a section for the grown ups and Little Anya tried her level best to get into that and we can assure the readers that her daddy had to do all within his powers to contain the hurricane that day.

However, one could definitely say that she did have a good time there. The mere fact that she put up quite a brave fight to postpone the journey back home and did infact fall asleep immediately after being put into the carseat speaks a lot.

There were plenty of things to look at and play with. She did not really have to make a choice, she did it all !