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Wednesday
Mar072012

Little Miss Vaidehi reacts to her nose and other noses, too

 

 

 

I have spent two very busy days with Sujitha - the first given to memorial and the second to some of her many wedding preparations. I will blog it all, but before my evening with Little Miss Vaidehi, her parents, grandparents and great-grandfather slips any further into the past, I will blog it right now.

Here she is, Little Miss Vaidehi, two-and-a-half, greeting her grandmother Vasanthi right after we arrive for dinner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now she greets her grandfather, Murthy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She takes some time to show her grandmother some of her jewelry and makeup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is a girl whose energy and movement never seems to slow - even when she takes a nap with her great-grandfather, Nataranja.

She tells grandma a wild story as great-grandpa showers her with affection.

She pinches her nose shut.

Then she pinches her grandmother's nose shut. It works pretty good, but she figures it could work better if she  had the right nose-pinching tool.

So she finds the exact tool she needed and uses it to better pinch shut the nose of her mom, Vidya. Thanks to our common love of animals, including cats but also polar bears, elephants and such, after I returned to Alaska from my first trip to India in 2007, Vidya and I frequently exchanged emails and sometimes we would chat.

Now, we seldom do either.

Know why?

Facebook.

Facebook brings us all together and at the same time, pushes us apart.

Communication, Vidya noted, has become a sentence or two here and there, punctuated by a click of the "like" button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, Little Miss Vaidehi tries to clamp shut the nose of her dad, Vijay. He parries her attempts.

Sadly, it is time to go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodbye! See you soon!

 

Reader Comments (4)

I am glad blogs don't have like buttons yet! Thanks for sharing this...

March 7, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterVijay

Hi Uncle,
A small change here Vaidehi will be completing 4 in another two months time, you have mentioned her age as two and a half .Thanks for posting those photos, my daughter looks very pretty through your lens.

March 8, 2012 | Unregistered Commentervidya

Have been reading your blog for a long time Bill. Love it. How about a little white space on the left hand side? Text is right up against edge of monitor.

March 8, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterBob

What a gorgeous and loved little girl!

March 8, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterDeven Werthman

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