Funny Things - Clothes!

Western clothes here in South Asia are quite different than Western Clothes in America :) They have their own special style here :) Here's just a small taste of the clothing... We got these two outfits from the Kumars (the family we lived with in M-town). They gave her these outfits when she was born :)This is actually one of Aashini's favorite outfits. It's all one big sweater (even the pants). You also can't really see the awesome fringe and the bells that are all on the bottom of the sweater. She looks at it all day when she's wearing it and she cries for it when we take it off! haha! I didn't know she would love clothes or anything like that yet - it's pretty funny! In this pic below you can see Aashini playing at her favorite hang-out - by the window ;) She loves to look out the window and climb on it :) She also loves to carry her purses when she's climbing on at the window - not sure why :)
Now, this outfit is my personal favorite! It looks like it's from the 70s :)
Here she is in her window! :)

And this picture just made me laugh :)

Aashini's Kite Day!

Yesterday was Kite Day (to read more about that make sure you check out the other blog - http://www.southasiarocks.blogspot.com/)...

We went to M-town for the first time after being back in South Asia and had a lot of fun! Here's Jaya with Aashini (look at Aashini's crazy hair!).

She really does have some hair (you can see it in this picture below! - really!!)... Aashini got a lot of attention and had a lot of fun :) I don't know how many Mobile Phones (Cell Phones :)) have Aashini's picture on them, but there are a ton!
Aashini loved playing with the kites and the kite accessories ;)
The rolls of string were her favorites!
Here she is on the ladder - she thought it was so much fun! She even climbed up on it by herself! (don't worry, we were right next to her! Really, I'm safety conscious - see the post below!)

She thought it was awesome ;)

We had a few broken kites here and there, and Aashini loved to play with them! This one was her favorite and she just kept running around with it!

She also got to play with chalk for the first time :) (that's her name written in Hindi in chalk if you're wondering) :)

It was a very fun and eventful day for her :) She was sooo exhausted by the end of the day, it was a hard trip for her! She wouldn't really take any naps because she was so excited all day :) It was cute! If you want to see more pictures, check out: Facebook Pictures (you don't have to have Facebook to see the pics)...

Funny Fun :)

We have a funny little play Mobile (Cell) Phone that we bought for Aashini before we left to go go America. It makes me laugh because it has a "Barbie-type" doll on it but it says "BENIGN GIRL" haha!

It didn't come with batteries, and we didn't get around to it before we left, so the other day, Adam got some batteries for it :) It plays loud Hindi / Bollywood music and it's hilarious! You can see a video (below) of Aashini dancing to it :) (she was covering up the speaker, so it's not that loud in the video) :)

And this picture just made me laugh :)

Potty Training Already??!?

OK, this is going to seem really weird to most of you :) haha! Here in South Asia most babies are potty trainied by the time they are one... yes, I did say one :) This is what they do: When the child can sit up (with support) then they will start the training. They figure out when the baby goes to the bathroom (ie - right after a nap, after eating, etc)... and put them on the toilet at that time and say something (like "shushu" - the Hindi word for pee... nice hunh? or make a shhhhhh sound). You keep them on the toilet until they pee (up to 15 minutes or so)... Anyway, supposedly by doing this, the baby is potty trained by one!

So we're attempting it... The first time we put her on the toilet, it took about 10 minutes, but now she goes almost immediately after we put her on. She always smiles really big after she goes too - I think she's really proud of herself :) It will be interesting to see if it works. We took this pic (below) just for fun - haha!