First stage show

Aritya's daycare was preparing for the end of school academic year and one of the plans was to let kids perform a dance in a cultural show in the city. They asked us if we would allow Aritya to join and we agreed. They practiced the dance every Wednesday routinely during their fun dance lessons and eventually they called us to spectate the rehearsal in a stage hall not far from his school. We anticipated for his performance on March 17th. Parents were earlier asked to prepare black leggings and black t-shirt with a yellow bow-tie attached to it. And there we were, at the hall, all set with Aritya. We had to leave him with his teachers back stage and we were asked to be seated in the seats facing the hall. And when the music is played, the kids entered the stage and performed dance to the songs 'Zip-a-dee-doo-dah' and  'mickey mouse' dressed as Mickey and Minnie mouse. It was exhilarating to see the kids dance confidently, enjoying the performance on the stage. The next day, they performed enthusiastically again in front of a large crowd. Satya and I were truly happy to witness the performance and seeing all the kids enjoying themselves with their friends. This was Aritya's first performance in a stage in front of a large crowd and I am glad that he has experienced it. After the show, I rushed back stage to welcome him, and there he was anticipated for our return and ran to me happily. I was very proud of him and happy for his delight. After a brief snack time, I brought him to the hall to see some of the performances from older kids and later headed back home, with a happy and very tired kid.

A visit to Katsuoji Temple

I am aware of the existence of an old Japanese temple called Katsuoji Temple nearby our house. It is located uphill about 4 km away from our house in Minoh-shi. I always wanted to visit the temple but often put off the plan. So on March 4th, I suddenly decided to bring Aritya to the temple. I have done a little research beforehand stating that the temple is famous for daruma-san which were depicted from Bodhidharma. So we set off to the temple after breakfast and to my utmost surprise it was a very pleasantly landscaped with a koi pond and beautiful bridges crossing over  the pond. The temple was vastly decorated with miniature daruma-san all over. Aritya had so much fun climbing over the plight of stairs, looking at the tall water fountains, miniature man-made water fall and the koi fishes in the pond. It was a memorable visit for me and enjoyable trip for Aritya. We took a bus on our way back and Aritya seemed to enjoy the bus trip downhill. We look forward to visiting the temple again maybe in spring and enjoy the lush growth of sakura, trees and other blooms.

It is nice being me

It is so nice being me at the moment...
My baby favors me a lot and is showing a lot of affections towards me...
I am just jotting this down as a reminder as everyday passes, this moment, right now is the moment that he will ever loves me the most...
The past few weekends were spent exploring the unknown roads in our neighborhood looking for signs of spring, cooking and visiting a beautiful temple.
I feel loved, I feel joy, I love being me at this very moment...