Holi Hai

        This is the first time, Rismi gets introduced to Holi celebration . We had a invite to Rekha's home for holi celebration. As it falls on Sunday this time, Shafi is also bit free. We have reached Koramangala at 11 in the morning. Rhea and Gauri are waiting at the entrance for our arrival. Once we entered, they get delighted at the arrival of us and started applying colors on us.

      As this is the first time for Rismi, she got bit scared and she started crying. Why she cried , you know !!! She is shouting that, don't make me dirty. I don't like this. I don't want colors... On top of it, she is screaming that, don't apply colors to my mom too.. She tried to secure me from them..  How much affection she has on me !!! I am lucky and proud too !!!

She is running away from Rhea

        We didn't force her too. We left her as such and we continued throwing color on all except Rismi. After watching us, she slowly started playing with colors. At the initial stage, She applied colors on her own and also applied colors to others, but no one on her :) .

Rismi applies color on Gauri



Rhea, Rismi and Gauri

     Then she got used to it and allowed us to touch her with colors. Now she is so happy and enjoyed the festival as she applies colors at others. Finally nobody remains in the original texture at the end of the play. And everybody takes delight looking at the other.


She is so happy with the colors

      Indhu, Vishali and their parents joined later with us in the holi celebration.  After had a bath, we had a good vegetarian lunch at Rekha's house. Rekha prepared all the dishes deliciously.

Sanjay and Shafi with kids



All kids playing carom

            The colorful festival of holi was celebrated with much of enthusiasm and energy.  Though Rismi was less interested in the starting, she enjoyed a lot and her enthusiasm reached its peak. Really the other name of the Holi festival is FUN.

Rismi's First Dance on Stage !!!

       Heritage Academy celebrated its Annual Day on 12th March 2011 - Saturday at JSS Auditorium, Jayanagar.   We are informed , 10' O clock, the function will be started and parents will be allowed inside the auditorium by 10 AM and the Parents has to drop the kids at 9'O clock for the rehearsal. We reached the school in time and it was so colorful to watch the kids dressed-up for their dances.

       

        We were waiting outside the auditorium with other parents and we wondered why people were rushing to go inside the auditorium once they started allowing inside . We were getting inside very relaxed , resulted in getting almost last row to sit :( . We were not aware of those tricks as like other parents , but learnt a lesson from that :) . [We should not see decency and all  ;)] . Otherwise we would have got a front seat and we could have watched Rismi's performance very clearly.  

Seat Kedachuthaaaa Ammaa ???



Finally, you got seat to sit :)

Then the event started and they called each class one-by-one to the Ramp . It was Play school Kid's turn, and Rismi came to the stage with her classmates. Many of her classmates are not dancing  and crying all over the song as they were very tiny and new to this kind of environment. But Our madam came with a fair bit of confidence and looking around the stage while dancing. You can make it out while seeing the below dance clip.

Her class teacher was dancing in front of the stage to give the confidence to the kids as they are just 2 to 3 years old . Really it was very good to see the kids while dancing. It might be big project for the teacher to teach the dance steps for the tiny ones though there are very simple steps. Hats off to the Teachers .. Really a good Job.

One funny part is that, in between the dance, as part of the stage decoration, automatic bubblers started blowing the soap bubbles from the roof. All we know, soap bubbles always an attraction for kids [why not, for me tooo :)]. Instead of dancing, kids were started playing with the bubbles. Major flaw in stage decoration . They stopped the Bubble blower after that incident :)