I got my very first tag a few days ago from MRC and after dealing with this with my trademark grace and equanimity (SCREEEECH!!!!! I've been TAGGED!! Tell anyone with ears about it right from S to the elderly aunt in upstairs balcony!! Call the husband to GLOAT GLOAT GLOAT- bet nobody ever tagged you!!)I dithered and dawdled over it till I realized I had totally missed the deadline and now had the inglorious honor of not having completed my first tag. You can bet P is not going to let me live this down for the rest of my years of existence on this planet. You would win too.
Anyway, no point crying over spilt milk as they say, and the point remains that I got my very first tag and I feel like I belong in the blogosphere! Yayyyyyyyyyyy!!! Yes I'm very needy like that. Thank you MRC and please forgive me for not completing the tag. You will tag me again won't you? Pretty please?
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Nikki's first birthday is coming up soon and yours truly is in charge of organizing the budday pardy. Deep breath. Several deep breaths. Stay calm, STAY CALM. Oh God, I can't handle the pressure! I thought I had it all figured out at first. A simple birthday lunch with close family and friends, at a restaurant known for its lip smacking cuisine. Then I spoke to a few random people and found out that people go all out for these things. We're talking magic shows and puppeteers and tattoo artists and what not! Of course being the firm, decisive kinds this threw me into a right tizzy and I called P out of an urgent meeting to discuss the issue like two mature adults.
"I want a magic show!" I wailed like a banshee, "And puppets! And tattoos! And a dance floor with a DJ and dhinchak dhinchak music!"
"We can do all that if you want honey" said the wise husband "But there are hardly any kids at our party and I'm not sure the adults will enjoy a puppet show. Er, and what do you need a tattoo for?"
He has a point of course. About the lack of kids at the party I mean, I really don't need a tattoo. There are less than five kids I think and they're all around Nikki's age so they probably won't appreciate a magic show. And we have a pretty mixed group of family and friends, so there can't be a one size fits all as far as the entertainment goes. So I'm thinking we'll go with the original plan. A cake cutting ceremony, a lavish lunch buffet (the chef is going to hang up his chef's hat and take sanyaas in the Himalayas if I hound him any more), mood music, and hopefully a pleasant and relaxed afternoon spent with some of the people who care about Nikki. Any ideas about how I can make the day special for Nikki and the guests are most welcome!
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We're off on a short holiday to the in-laws next week for Nikki's mundan which I am totally dreading. This is a custom in P's family and ideally we would have liked to do it when Nikki was around eight or nine months old, but the swine flu bug (heh heh! just kidding bug!) had other things in mind and we had to postpone our trip. I hope its not too much of an ordeal for Nikki, but that apart I think it will be quite a relief to get her hair cut, given that it has grown all straggly and unmanageable and is always in her face. I spend the day following her around and trying to pin it back and stuff but the child will have none of it. The sad part is she won't have any hair on her birthday, coz straggly or not, it does look rather cute :) Oh well. I hope it grows back all nice and silky and then I can get it cut into a cute little bob and pin it up with some pretty clips and bows. If she lets me.
Note to Self: DO NOT turn into one of those obsessive parents always planning stuff for their kids. Yes, even the hair, it always starts with the hair. Just let her be. If she doesn't want clips and bows, drop it.
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Nikki seems to have developed a sudden fear of water these days. She used to be this complete water baby, but now just the sight of her tub is enough to give her the heebie jeebies. There go my plans of a half hour of fun water games every day. Reminder: Refer Note to Self again.
On a serious note I'm wondering what to do to make her comfortable with water. Any suggestions, anybody?
Oh and a few other things I had forgotten when I wrote the last Nikki-dom update.
Like the way she likes to jump out of my arms the minute I set her down on our bed and crawl very fast towards the headrest where all the pillows are stacked. Then she sinks her face into the pillows and giggles, totally blissed out :) These little things make her so happy. I wish we adults could be as uncomplicated.
I've taken to keeping her awake for five minutes extra whenever I know P is about to reach home so that he can spend a little time with her. These five minutes are probably the happiest five minutes of the day for both of them as they play some silly games and Nikki is usually in fits of giggles till she finally goes to sleep, tired out.
Oh and did I mention the rousing reception P gets when he's back from work? No such thing for me of course. I'm the ghar ki murgi all right, daal barabar. Stale daal, too. I get a cold glance thrown my way at best. The "Oh there you are, change my diaper will ya?" kind.
Anyway, getting back to Nikki-updates, her love for all things musical is just growing by the day. She loves music and starts jigging up and down the minute there's even the hint of a tune. I think she may grow up to be a great dancer. Maybe I should think about signing her up for some dance classes when she grows a little older.
Reminder: Just get the Note to Self tattooed on forehead, will be easier to remember that way.
13 comments:
1) max the bubble bath experience by doing the "turn cup water escaping air bubbles" trick, that always gets a laugh out of them. arhaan was getting bored with just the rubber duckies so now i throw in the empty soap bottles, soap dish and loofah and leave him to his own devices.
2) re: the tonsuring ..arhaan surprised me by being very chirpy through the session. I predictably cried when the first lock went down, and another woman sitting at the hair dresser's started crying as well ( I REALLY didnt want to do it, in my case my mom emotionally blackmailed me with the two goats sadqa(the sooner Arhaan went under the clipper the sooner some hungry people would get to eat meat...)...then some wizened crone gave the edict that they have to be HASEEN goats, so most of the staff in Peshawar and Islamabad was looking for two 'good lookin' fellas before he had a hair cut in melbourne!!...tauba, I didnt go through so much energy when I was looking for Arhaan's father, but well whatever keeps them happy...frankly I would ask you choose your battles, stick a bow on her head for the birthday pics. I would do that for Arhaan and he looked really cute!!!
3)re: the birthday party, you cant go wrong any which way, frankly its a lot like the wedding day, it goes off in a blur and you are only left with pics and saying stuff like " When did that happen"??
Gosh! u r hilarious!! n i mean that in a good way. have fun at the 1st party.. :) share some pics too.
hey, nice funny post again. u sure have a super sense of humour. me too am scouting out venues and making other plans(ya i hav a puppet show in mind :) for the big day coming up. for the 1st b de what u have planned seems perfect. cos really the kid is too young to understand and enjoy. the mundan may not be a very pleasant xperience, cos the kid is bound to howl, especially if done in a temple or such other place. if doen at home or in familiar surroundings, you can minimise the anxiety a bit. good luck n best wishes to darling Nikki
Every time I read your post, I do a check things in my mental checklist. Things that Buzz does as well. Just that reading yours are so much more fun than I can ever get to :)
The first B'day party are too much pressure, me thinks. So I stopped myself at a dress that Buzz would not be too embarrassed when she looks at her pictures years later, and a cake that I felt happy about. Kept the rest simple, which kept me sane.
The mundan thing is so bad. Buzz cried and I cried along with her. Thank God that was done and over with when she was 4 months old so she had a head full of hair by her 1st B'day. She did not look like my child after her mundan. She looked that different in a space of 10 mins.
Bubbles, ducks, squirt fishes are something you can try for bath time issues.
Since we both work I get my share of welcome smiles. Actually more than he does..so can't complain there :)
Hmpfff!!Im psulking, with the P silent as my dad puts it !! Here I am , trustingly passing along my first ever tag, only to be cruelly ignored...aah woisme, never again shall a tag be passed ...UNTILLLLL you complete the pretty please sentence.The husband has used this very line , many a time...HEY an incidental rhyme! ;)
Now I shall read the rest of the post and pskulk away in silence.
psssttt....your word verification is "sultie"
Aneela...Pick your battles. I needed that. Note to Self: Chant repeatedly in mind. Will need it in the harrowing weeks to come.
I usually bathe Nikki in her bath seat followed by some play in the tub. She quite enjoys the bath itself, but pull out the tub these days and the wails begin. I've tried it all, bubbles, duckies, even dunking the husband head first in the tub but nothing works!
I really don't want to do the mundan either :( Will go with the bow idea for the birthday. As far as the party goes, you are absolutely right. Since there will be plenty of well fed relatives around, willing to look after Nikki, my plan is to just get totally sloshed and quietly pass out in a corner. That way I won't have to deal with the pressure. Always the victor's way out,what?
MM: Thank you :)I aim to please. I am also needy as you know (HINT HINT HINT). Fingers crossed for the party, will keep you'll posted.
Momo's Ma: I am really really dreading the mundan ya :(
And you have a puppet show? Naheeeeeeee! Gotta go now, must call the husband.
comfortablynam: hey I stopped by at yours a few days ago and it was like a scene out of my life!
I'm worried Nikki will look totally different after the mundan too:( Sigh. And for the next bday I think I'm just going to plan a vacay for the three of us, far far away. No party, no pressure.
Psulker:
Oh pretty please?
Now don't be a tease!
Of your forgiveness give me a lease,
Oh come now, still pissed? Oh jeez!
LOL! The Birthday part really cracked me up. I recently saw pictures of my friend's daughter's 1st B'day party and it was the most extravagant affair- magic shows, tattoo people, DJs, numerous games for the adults. Frankly by the end, it made me forget what the occasion really was. Seems like these days people in India handover such celebrations to event organizers or something. Its all just TOO MUCH for my taste.
About her fearing the water- just chill. These kids keep changing, tremendously. Maybe you can just make more beach visits but not take her in the water, just near it.
It was the same with Ash's hair clips, one month she would let me clip her hair, the next month she would literally pull her hair out with the clip. KIDS! :S
The psulking lurker is psulking no more,
She's just rolling around laughing on the floor,
What began as an incidental rhyme,
Is pathetic but intentional this time
Thank you newmum,
The psulker's spouse's uppance has come.
;)
Priyanka...Ya you're right, there are birthday party organizers these days who do everything from the invites to even the return gifts! A far cry from the days of yore when we used to have the birthday party at home with ghar ka khaana and games that we crafted ourselves :) Thanks for the beach idea, I'll try that, she quite enjoyed the last visit a few months ago.
MRC...
Hurrah! No longer will she lurk,
The Psulker, she is out of her Psulk!
What's more, the next time she has a grouse,
With rhyming rhymes she can flummox the spouse!
So you WILL tag me again won't you? :D
The psulker psulked no moa
and tho she had no grouse
(this time)
these comments to her spouse
she did sho
promptly he pulled up his sox
and came with this rhyme
snorting like an er...ox
;)
"The spouse cannot be flummoxed with such ease,
Even if of her forgiveness she gives you a lease.
The reason for this is difficult to mees,
It's cos' he's a better rhymer than she ees."
(The psulker begs to differ
but 'tis for you to infer
anyway ,come see
you asked for it
so this time wont ye
please do it)
MRC...
Ah MRC, THANK YOU for the tag,
I'm so pleased, if I were a dog, my tail I would happily wag!
I would do the tag right now, but alas and alack,
I am off to the laws tomorrow, so it must wait till I get back.
But do it I will, I give you my word solemn,
In a few days, dedicated to you, will be published a brand new pome!
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Oh and the spouse is good, I really must admit,
But nothing compared to you, with your unsurpassed wit!
"the tale of a (p)sulker
who was once a lurker
till the one time
incidentally she did rhyme"
Thanking,
Hook'd I am,but not sinking
Jest linking while yer thinking
:D
http://minisblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/incidental-rhymes-on-birthday-time.html
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