Today K1's doll-or-friend-or-whatever, Lottie, did some gymnastics. She was, apparently, the last competitor.


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She first looked at the Hindi alphabet in March of this year...and I think her progress (while handling so much that is new and tough) is excellent. Here she is (as usual, in the car!) reciting a Hindi poem about a bird:

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Both my daughter and my granddaughter continue to amaze me....!

Whenever LJ "opens", I rush to make a post. I miss so many things in the meantime...

This morning, I sent The Booda to brush his teeth. I didn't hear any "chikachikachikachik" so I investigated...and found a Boy In A Bucket.


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Here are three poyums (well, I'm sure that's the way she'd spell it!) by KTB on a single sheet of paper,with her trademark spelling. The erth, the "gordon" (garden), and bees...


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My Boodi Ma...

I've written about Bob Shaffer before,

here

You can click

here

for the Wiki entry about Bob.

Here are 4 generations of Shaffers:


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Though her birthday is on the 29th, the party happened on Sunday, the 26th.

Here are some of us:


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Here are some specimens of KTB's art, and her life with her sibling, my precious Kallubhai aka The Booda..

KTB enjoyed going on the ferry at her grandparents' home in Maine:


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He started out life as a small dash on the pregnancy-test kit. He was a peanut in his first scan, then he became Thupples, slang for "thappalai" or frog, because he looked like a tadpole....all while he was inside his mother.

He officially became Kalyan Mohan Shaffer on this day, two years ago.


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