2 weeks without nanny!

So, our nanny went to Italy on vacation for about 10 days. Dipesh worked from home so that Ic an get some work done while taking care of Arya for those 2 weeks. I was worried how it would work with keeping Arya entertained and getting my work done.

I went to the library to arm myself with all the activities ideas I could find so that I can keep Arya occupied. Little did I realize that I will be doing all those activities with Arya...
1. We did finger painting
2. We created Alphabet poster board with colorful glittery stickers
3. We created Number, Color, and Shapes poster board - again with glittery stickers. Though the poster boards are still a work in progress it was fun doing it with her. Particularly trying to keep her from pulling the stickers off the poster board after I had pasted them there.
4. We baked cookies using our mini cookie cutter shapes.
5. We went to the library a few times
6. We went to Michaels to pick out craft materials.
7. We cried together when both mommy and baby were frustrated at each other for not giving what we wanted :)
8. We spent sleepless nights together when the storm hit


Overall it went much better than I expected - luckily I did not get slammed at work. But after 2 weeks of paying attention to Arya, work, cooking, cleaning, doggies - I need a vacation. Maybe we will make a trip to Disney World soon.

Holi 2011

03/20/2011

Arya's first Holi (festival of colors) - she had all these expressions when I would apply color to her face :) At first she was not happy with it and kept covering her face and saying "NO".. but once she saw me apply color to Daddy dear - she was all for it. Lucky for us she doesnt yet know that she is allowed to take a handful of color and put it on us. She kept dipping her finger in the dry color and applying it very neatly to our face.. Towards the end she was taking a little more color and painting our hands and legs. It was just so much fun. Hopefully next year the weather will be warm enough for us to play with water guns in the backyard.

She is growing up so fast.. it is absolutely amazing.

Finger painting

03/24/2011
So our first try at finger painting - it was a blast. Just a few days before we had played Holi (festival of colors) in our kitchen. So, when we lay down paper and paint for finger painting, Arya thought that we were just playing Holi again with wet colors this time :) So we have to stop her from trying to paint us and herself instead of the paper...

She had a lot of fun doing it and there are pictures to prove it.

Sleepless nights back on!

03/03/2011

After the excitement a few days ago regarding Arya making it through the night without a beep in her room, well we are back to sleepless nights. More like I am back to sleepless nights. She has been waking up every few hours unless one of us is with her. So we have stuck to our plan to not let her in our bed and continue to go to her room in the middle of the night and sleep in with her. Even though my dear husband said that I didnt have to wake up every night, he still asks me most nights to get up and take care of her... Oh well I dont really mind curling up next to my precious bundle of joy, but it sure would be nice if she would just sleep through the night on her own. I hope it will happen soon... I am going to go insane if I keep adding to my number of sleepless nights.