Nanya turned 3 last weekend. Ananya is my niece and every first time aunt/uncle knows how precious nieces are. My little girl with her angelic features, curly brown hair and bottomless dark eyes turned 3. It seems like just yesterday Manasee was indulging her cravings for pani-puris and blaming it on her gently swelling belly. I know this sounds odd but I can't remember the time when we didn't have Ananya around. Aunts are immune to objectivity so I feel no shame in proclaiming that our family has been blessed with the cutest, smartest and the most adorable child. Just like everybody else's :)
It was more of a birthday weekend for Nanya than a Birth-Day. What with her understanding the concept and having gone to countless Dora-themed birthday's she had a specific list of demands for her special day. She wanted to eat pani-puri, cut a big Mickey Mouse cake and go to her favorite Thai restaurant. The Thai restaurant fixation has less to do with the food and more to do with the super friendly staff who allows Ananya to paint on the tablecloth. First she celebrated her birthday in school by cutting a cake and distributing goodie bags, then came home to pani-puri(like mother, like daughter) . Then we all went to the Thai place where Ananya lost no time in proclaiming to all and sundry "It's my birthday today", "I'm a birthday girl", "I'm a princess" much to the amusement of the staff who had met her when the English words she knew were "Hi" and "Bye". After dinner she informed her mom with the authority of a just turned 18 yr old that she was coming to stay with me and we had plans for Saturday. Manasee who had already downed a glass of champagne fought long and hard to keep a straight face :). Saturday morning Nanya and I went to Apple Seeds in Manhattan, an indoor play area for kids. We also got her and her doll matching pink dresses. A sugary confection on ruffles, frills and lace the dress was perfect for a little girl. The highlight of the trip was of course the train rides where Ananya sang Hindi songs for a nice Chinese lady who kept smiling politely through the performance.
On Sunday we celebrated her birthday again, now with a dozen kids at Chuck E Cheese, the kid mecca. It was a Sunday night and atleast 4 birthday's celebrated in that place. What ensued was complete pandemonium. Kids on a juice and cake high were running around dragging their hapless parents behind them till the mascot ChuckE came out and led the kids around the room and sang some songs with them. The pizza sauce and cake smeared faces looked super happy and super tired at the end of the evening. And Ananya was a little dazed by the whole affair.
And so with some fanfare, a pink dress, a princess cake, cheese pizza and ChuckE, Nanya turned 3.
It was more of a birthday weekend for Nanya than a Birth-Day. What with her understanding the concept and having gone to countless Dora-themed birthday's she had a specific list of demands for her special day. She wanted to eat pani-puri, cut a big Mickey Mouse cake and go to her favorite Thai restaurant. The Thai restaurant fixation has less to do with the food and more to do with the super friendly staff who allows Ananya to paint on the tablecloth. First she celebrated her birthday in school by cutting a cake and distributing goodie bags, then came home to pani-puri(like mother, like daughter) . Then we all went to the Thai place where Ananya lost no time in proclaiming to all and sundry "It's my birthday today", "I'm a birthday girl", "I'm a princess" much to the amusement of the staff who had met her when the English words she knew were "Hi" and "Bye". After dinner she informed her mom with the authority of a just turned 18 yr old that she was coming to stay with me and we had plans for Saturday. Manasee who had already downed a glass of champagne fought long and hard to keep a straight face :). Saturday morning Nanya and I went to Apple Seeds in Manhattan, an indoor play area for kids. We also got her and her doll matching pink dresses. A sugary confection on ruffles, frills and lace the dress was perfect for a little girl. The highlight of the trip was of course the train rides where Ananya sang Hindi songs for a nice Chinese lady who kept smiling politely through the performance.
On Sunday we celebrated her birthday again, now with a dozen kids at Chuck E Cheese, the kid mecca. It was a Sunday night and atleast 4 birthday's celebrated in that place. What ensued was complete pandemonium. Kids on a juice and cake high were running around dragging their hapless parents behind them till the mascot ChuckE came out and led the kids around the room and sang some songs with them. The pizza sauce and cake smeared faces looked super happy and super tired at the end of the evening. And Ananya was a little dazed by the whole affair.
And so with some fanfare, a pink dress, a princess cake, cheese pizza and ChuckE, Nanya turned 3.
2 comments:
Nicely covered. I actually could visualize every day of her Birthday celebration..:) .
Hey manasi! thoroughly enjoyable a description of Ananya's bday...we too became a part of our celebrations! kay danga asto yar...childhood fun is matchless!
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