New home and winter break

We moved to a new house in Palo Alto last week - it was a lot of fun to run around in the new house which has a lot more space than the previous house (I think we will have a lot more space once daddy opens the moving boxes and gets them out of the way). I am going to decorate my room with a lot of pink and maybe some purple and mommy promised to paint a rainbow in my room.

I am also on my winter break from school for 2 weeks. It is kind of strange to be away from school for so long and I miss my school friends. But, I am having fun at home with a lot of cousins and friends visiting us.

At four and a half

New school and stuff ….

The big and exciting news - I started at Stratford school a few weeks ago and love my school. I was a little apprehensive about leaving all my old friends but the transition was smooth and I made a lot of new friends already. I am still only in pre-K, but it already feels a big school. My parents have to drop me off by 8:45 and despite my morning tantrums, they somehow manage to get me ready on time every day. (Parents seem to have inner depth and resourcefulness beneath all that flabbiness).

I am also ramping up my out-of-school activities with Bollywood dancing and swimming classes. I am also going for play dates with my old Kindercare friends. I am having a lot of fun.. I also keep a journal now to write down what we learn at school (oh, a journal is like a blog - only you write it in a book with a pen, instead of on the computer)… My dad also got me interested in Calvin and Hobbes (and my favorite Susie).. I have a “transmogrifier” in my room that makes me transform into dinosaurs or elephants or space aliens. My dad tells me that the “transmogrifier” can also work as a “time machine” if I flip it upside down.. I am not so sure though…..

Aanya's 4th birthday and more...

Ok.. another year rolled along and my dad was too lazy to update my blog any more frequently (but somehow we seems to have time to update his Facebook page and to monitor the stock price of GOOG every minute).. My parents kicked into high gear (or maybe it was medium gear) to celebrate my birthday season (given that I usually have three birthday parties - one on my actual birthday on March 16th, one at school and for all the friends on a convenient weekend day, it is a birthday season of sugar kicks and excessive fun).

On March 16 th, we cut a small cake for my birthday and we headed out to Munich (don't ask me why my parents pick places like Munich for my vacation). Despite my apprehension about Germany being full of germs, it turned out to be a fun place and daddy and I did a lot of sightseeing, while my mom was stuck in some conference. We also went to the Neuschwanstein Castle which apparently was the Sleeping Beauty castle. My dad told me that Sleeping Beauty has now relocated to Orlando and so we could not see Sleeping Beauty at the castle.



From Munich, we went to Venice for a quick trip. I loved the pizza and the chocolates there. We went on the boats all the time and there was water everywhere. I had a lot of fun chasing the pigeons there.



And finally coming to the birthday itself - my parents organized the birthday at City Beach in Fremont where there was a lot of jumphouse fun. A lot of my friends showed up and we had a blast (see photos here). The parents milled around aimlessly (I think these jump house places need a parent care center to keep them engaged while we have fun, so they don't get cranky and throw a tantrum. They should probably have a TV with continuous re-runs of "Mad About You"). Then we ate a lot of pizza and I cut a yummy cake and enjoyed all the great presents I got. It was a fun day!! I can't wait till my next birthday next March.