Dhriti and Dhruvi - The Joy of My Life

Some photos during Ganesh Chaturti... We also had to discontinue GSC due to unavoidable circumstance but to keep ur practise going we have got GCC club membership which is walking distance from home. You also became the class monitor which you wanted to be from a long time.

Aug started with Semister exams then followed by our visit to blore for Arihant mundan. After mundan we visited the flower show with Jyothi and Tanisha.  Pics follow...

July had both good and not so good memories for you.  The best was were you received a prize from Dr Kiran Bedi for best science project.  Pics follow.. The bad part is you got your leg burnt from the scooter exhaust pipe.  The burn was severe.  Both on the same day.

June comes with school. reopening and a new journey for you.  Swimming has been in your mind for a long time and after a lot of search I found out Goregaon sports club is the best.  So we started formal coaching @ GSC from 11 June.  This meant you had to travel by local train everyday.   You seemed enthu abt it but that meant a lot of changes in your day schedule where u would not be able to sleep in the afternoon as u have today study and finish ur homework. You never ribbed but I understand its hard for u.  But for now we dont have a choice. June is also your birthday..... I had convenced you u for a no party celebration.  Mummy and Daddy had come over for the birthday.  We went to Shirdi.

May was  very busy with Manju's wedding.  We went to blore in the first week and were there till the 3rd week.  It was a lovely wedding and I dream to have you wedded similarly.  Though out of job never felt bored due to the wedding activities. Once back from the wedding we had a whole lot of projects to complete and prepare for the first test in June.  So it was a busy busy month..

School reopens and a list of activities begin.  Grade 2 events started with poetry writing yesterday and poetry recitation on april 1st. For the recitation you are partcising Sheakespeare's Sonnet 18.  Will update on the practise as we go Update on April 07 You managed to learn 8 lines of the 14lines. I was happy that you were able to learn atleast the 8 lines perfectly.

My little baby is now in Grade 2. Time flies. yesterday was the first day of your Grade 2 class. You went with all your new school accessories (bag, pencil box, water bottle, books).

15th March was your results. I know you don't understand what results are today but then I know how hard you worked during the exams and so was sure your results will be good. A copy of the report card will be posted soon. To celebrate your success, we (dad and me) planned a day's picnic to Water Kingdom, your favourite place. We started early but due to the holi festival the place was crowded and took long for us to get in. But once we were in you were all charged up for a day full of fun. The only sad part is were you fell down and hurt your lower lip badly. The cut was very deep and bleeded a lot. Luckly after a couple of days now it seems to have heeled. Sorry no pics as camera is not allowed inside.

I love to gift and a gift that helps to learn life lessons is the best.  Whats better than a book.  The first in the series is NO LIMITS.

Here is Dhriti with her baby cousin brother, Arihant in Bangalore.  We went to see the baby for the first time.

Being in the corporate world, its a practice to have development plans, goal setting at the end of a year for the next year. So i picked up the same to set some goals for us to learn together this year and continuously review to check progress. Here is the list for 2014 The focus this year is to do little but achieve excellence in the field Values : a. Being Truthful b. Importance of Hardwork Life skills 1. Brushing Teeth : a. Brush teeth every morning and night b. Learn to brush yourself. 2. Having bath : a. Learn to have a bath yourself Health 1. Start Swimming 2. Healthy Eating habits There is no target for the Values but Life skills I have set as June for Brushing and September for Bathing.

Yeppy... Now that the 2 week exams are over Dhriti will be going to 2nd standard.  Whatever be the result I am happy with the hardwork.

This is Dhriti just after her afternoon nap during exams

The science exhibition is just over that the exam timetables were circulated. So here both of us go on a less tv, no entertainment study plan. You are really sweet that you don't rebell and really work hard. I know some things are hard to you but i just want you to give your best. Exams starting Feb 17 I am all nervous as any mother can be.

The science exhibition is just completed. The next big task it the folk song competition. I had to tell Bindu (music) teacher to teach you the folk song. She choose to teach the "O guna beeje" rajasthani song for you.

This was all that we have been busy all of December and Jan. The topic was Future Farming. We had to make a model and then a few charts. I was wondering how to get these done. A whatsup group was formed and updates provided. It was a group of 9 children and there parents. With most of the mothers working it was difficult to get the model done so we outsourced it. The charts were also finally given out. We had to train all the kids with the project summary for them to explain the visitors. The script had some of the difficult words or I thought they were difficult but after a weeks practice it all seems so simple. All of you performed very well. Pictures to follow and I am so happy we did it :)