Vedika - Day 582

"Aa gaya" and "chala gaya" define recurring themes of words Vidhi uses these days. Every person and object gets its presence announced by "aa gaya" and absence by "chala gaya", be it papa, chacha, mummy, aunty, ant, cow, or airplane. She would randomly call out things like cow or airplane, and when asked where, will simply say "chala gaya".

Aeroplanes are her favourite in-thing these days. Even a sound of passing plane will have her running to nearest member shouting 'aeroplan' and demanding to be taken to balcony to see it. Even when she is sleeping or drowsy, mention of very word in communication will have her alert and ready to run. She understand "aeroplane wings" as additional component, thanks to her Mom, and will actively point them out to us.

Vidhi is showing signs of becoming the grown up person she will be, at least till puberty hits her. She understands the context and meaning of 'shh' and talking in whispers. When she is made to sleep at night, she is at her playful best, with peek-a-boo within the sheets and talking in whisper lest mom hears her. Radhika is annoyed by my such attempts as this distracts from environment of absolute silence that must be created for Vidhi to fall asleep but it feels like such a fun time between father and daughter against mother.

Today she tried to do an absolute adorable thing. I had laid out photocopy of my PAN card on A4 paper and she tried to pick PAN card only, obviously to fail, repeatedly, not realizing that it's an image over larger white paper and not an separate object.

Vidhi visited Mysore Dassera prior weekend - the one where I lost my iPhone 4s - and enjoyed parts of morning in the zoo. Possibly not as much as I had hoped because enclosure of zoo kept most animals quite far from her and vision was short. She fell asleep in the middle of rounds.

Vedika - Day 578

Vidhi's vocabulary as of today...

A apple aeroplane ant anklet aunty auto

B banana balloon baby butterfly biscuit bird ball bat bag bear bangles bottle bell baby book back bye-bye bend

C car cat close clock chin chocolate cow cockroach chair cheeks curtain clean colour cap circle comb crocodile catch clap

D donkey dog duck doll drum dustbin door done

E elephant eyes ears earrings

F fish forehead flower fan finger finish fly

G goat good-day good-night gym giraffe

H horse house head hair hen hot hippo hands

I

J jump

K kite kangaroo kitty

L lion lips legs leapord light

M monkey moon mouth mango milk

N no nose nest nails neck

O open office owl orange onion on off

P pant pigeon pencil pen peacock potty put-in pink phone

Q

R rabbit rice

S sun spoon star sky shoes stick-it stone stana spider see-saw socks

T teeth tummy toes tea teapot tounge tub tata throw tree TV

U umbrella uncle up

V

W watch

X

Y

Z zebra