January 27, 2009

Zabardast weekend

Had about 10 of Navy's colleagues for dinner on Saturday and not a single woman in the group!! And almost all of them were single. I had been apprehensive that Anush should not get in their way and kept telling her to stay with me or in her room.

But she turned out to be the light of the party and all the guests indulged her ( taking turns if they needed to do some serious talk) Piggy back, stitching, jigsaws, dance moves , dumb charades, naming the masks, naming the uncles . . . . .

I was really amused to see some of them wanting to be addressed Anna and not uncle - all over 25 yrs, then why the complex???

We were gifted a pair of round base papier-mache dolls from Thanjavur and a lovely rug from Fab India among other things.

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Some Anushims:
To her toy laptop which keeps asking her to key in the number, when she is slow-
" Don't keep saying the same thing again and again!! Wait okay"
Or if she does not follow what the voice in the laptop asks-
" Eh ?" or " Aanhh?"


Navy " Hang on, I will come"
Anush" I am hanging Appa. Please come."

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Could not go to the Mylapore festival nor could I make it to the Mahabs dance festival. Anush has again got a severe bout of cold- cough " I am in bad shape amma. So I cannot go to school." We wondered if she brought on the fever as well to avoid school. But poor baby!

Would like to make it to this- The Tree of Life festival. And here is this year's agenda.

14 comments:

Rohini said...

Well the Anushisms are better than what I got this weekend, which was 'Mama, don't piss me off. OK?' :(

VJ said...

so cute !!!
just loved the hanging appa and dont say same thing bit !

Just Like That said...

LOL'ed away at 'I'm hanging, Appa'. Anush is so hilariously cute.

Mama - Mia said...

hehe! anush speak is always fun!

and you know M's logic when he was a kid was anyone who is married is uncle/aunty and anyone who isnt bhaiyaa/didi! :p

cheers!

abha

Artnavy said...

ro/ VJ/ just like that- :-))

Mama mia- once i turned into late teens i would ask how the person wishes to be addressed

Choxbox said...

okay i'm coming to chennai. this tree of life sounds too good. ready to host us? ;)

Monika said...

Lol on the Anshusims.

So sweet of the guys to indulge her like that :)

Artnavy said...

of course- always welcome chox only if u bring n3 and 4

monika- yes i thought so too and i could focus on being a good hostess

IBH said...

That is so sweet of Anush :)

hey btw, at C P Art Center, there is an Indonesian craft empo going on! and they have lovely masks on sale....was thinking about u..and thought will let u know...

IBH said...

That is so sweet of Anush :)

hey btw, at C P Art Center, there is an Indonesian craft empo going on! and they have lovely masks on sale....was thinking about u..and thought will let u know...

Subhashree said...

Lol at 'I'm hanging appa'.

Is she better now?

Artnavy said...

IBH- really want to go and see it but navy and my mom are against it!!they say too much clutter in the house:-((

no subha- bunking today as well

she is almost gleeful "if i have cough and fever i cannot got to school"

i told her she cannot do a lot more things :-))

so she said she would get better then!!

The Seeker said...

SO sweet! i'm hanging, appa....

Choxbox said...

of course milady. didn't you notice the 'us'?!