Fun craft with Crayons for 3 year old

Yesterday evening Megha was a little bit bored and wanted to go to park. With A being under the weather and me just returning from work (with no energy left), I persuaded her that this evening we will stay home but will do something fun.

When I started thinking what would interest her, crayon crafts came to my mind! Here is a simple, yet, beautiful way to make a crayon impression.

I just took a small leaf from one of the indoor plants and placed it under a sheet of white paper. I gave her a crayon. She just needs to scribble on the paper over the leaf and thats all! The first one I showed her how to do it and she got the hang of it :)

When we finished drawing a few leaves, we turned our attention to paper boats. We made a couple and let them float in the kitchen sink :) She loves water and it was fun to watch her playing with boats :)

Little guy loves to move....

Baby Anand loves to move a lot. He is especially active between 6:30 and 7:30...the time when I am in the train on the way to work. Like clock work he wakes up 6:25 and makes sure I know that he is up! I only hope he sticks with this schedule when he is born.
He also loves to move a lot when everything is quite in the nights. He doesn't usually stick with schedule at nights. When everything is quite, he loves to love around. I talk to him sometime and at other times when I am too tired, I just put my hand on my tummy and massage him.

This afternoon Megu and I spoke to him for along time. Megha loved interacting with him. She asked him if he wants milk or water and thought that pouring water on my tummy would give the baby water :)!
She even read Mickey Mouse club house Farmer Mickey stories to him. He seemed to enjoy all this attention quite a bit. He moved around for a while and fell asleep after about 30 minutes. Megha sure will make an awesome big sister. She even said he poked him :)

He is almost pound now and is as big as a spaghetti squash. Needless to say, I am more tired than normal. The carpal tunnel syndrome kicked in a lot sooner this time, compared to the last time. 

Easter!

Megha had fun this Easter. She made quite a few crafts at the daycare that involved egg painting, drawing and fun with colors. I did not take pictures of all the crafts but here is one cute one, a chicken made out of her feet :)

Here she is being all silly being a bunny.

Dressed up for the Easter party at the daycare. She also had pancakes at the daycare that looked just like bunny :)

This morning I hid a few eggs for the easter egg hunt. I couldnt really organize anything outdoors, unlike last year as we had a lot of snow last night.
We also missed the easter egg hunt at downtown Milton. She still had a little fun at home this evening for all her eggs in our home though :)
Here is her basket filled with chocolate eggs and treats.

Maple Syrup Farm Visit

As is our yearly tradition, we took Megha to the Maple Syrup farm this year too. This was also in March, last month. We went to Richardson's Farm, about and hour and half hours drive from where we live.

The Farm had a sugar bush where maple syrup is made and we learned a bit about how the maple syrup is made (which I promptly forgot). The horse driven wagon took us to the sugar bush. Megha was very excited. It was cold, wet and windy but that didnt stop the girl from jumping in joy when she saw the horse driven wagon.

The highlight of the trip was the petting barn where a few animals were waiting for the kids to go talk to them. Megha of course was delighted when she saw the animals.

 Here she is petting the Horse named Charlie.

Dad and Megha..

Here she is with the chickens. She also touched the eggs the chickens laid. She held a bunny rabbit and pet her too. She remembered the bunnies from Suresh Tatha's yard in Kothagudem.

Her favorite farm animal of all time, cow.
We met a few kind people from that village who invited us over for lunch. Its a shame we couldnt make it.

Disney on Ice, Frozen

Last month, Megha and I went to Disney on Ice, Frozen show in Rogers Center. Anand couldnt make it as he was working. Megha and I were very excited as we love Frozen movie a lot. A friend of mine joined along with her daughter as it was so much fun watching the kids play.

Here is Megha dressed up as Queen Elsa. I bought the kids slush.

The stage before the show began.

Megha and I couldnt wait for the show to begin!

Show in progress. I made hot dogs and french fries and took them for lunch.

Baby movement!

Today I felt the baby move for the very first time! It's a wonder how nature works.
I am so guilty. I hardly write anything anymore.

Updates (or is it?)

Things are so different with this pregnancy. So very different compared to my last pregnancy. They say each pregnancy is different and while I was partially prepared for that, I just wasnt prepared for the intensity of change.

With my first pregnancy, I gradually put on weight. This one seems so different. I started with 130 lb (60 ks), lost some weight and at 15 weeks, I am still 130 lb. By now I should have gained at least 8 lb. Oh well, there is still time. History shows I have no problem putting on weight. ha ha

The major downside is the sleep deprivation. Since day 1 of the pregnancy I had trouble staying asleep and I thought come second trimester, it will get better. But no. its getting worse. For example this morning (or night, i must say), i woke up at 2 AM and thats it for the night. I simply cannot go back to sleep. Its funny though, all day I wait for bed time (which is not a good sign at all) and when it finally does come, i cannot sleep and when I do sleep, I cannot stay asleep.

I think about Megha, about baby, about how life will change again, my parents visit, my work, bills, C-section, whether or not I will be OK....mostly I worry. Some of the popular pregnancy books say its normal to feel this way, this way of not being happy, that it will be OK in the end. One can only hope. I want to cry most of the time. Its an effort to get past a single day without crying.

I havent even started looking into baby names yet. With the first one, by now Anand and I had a list made. Oh well. I wish to fall asleep and when I wake up, it is time delivery. I keep telling myself and i know it that baby is more important than anything right now, so, I try to stay positive, which is not very easy these days to me.
I hope the baby understands that to hate being pregnant does not mean I hate the baby itself. I feel guilty for feeling this way. I had a happy pregnancy with Megha. How I wish this time around its the same. It is not right or even appropriate to feel this way, but this is what i feel right now and I just cannot help it.

So as you can now see, why I hardly write anything in this space anymore.

P.S: I dragged myself to get a couple of baby things last night. In an attempt to feel more positive. One step at a time and one day at a time.