Dear Dot

There is a lovely young girl, Gosia, who takes care of you at daycare. She is really really pretty and you really really love her. You get jealous when she holds other babies and you beam and blush when she calls your name. 

Congratulations on your first love.

Dear Dot

Someday you will be all grown up and go for expensive haircuts and buy fancy hair care products or have dreadlocks or have a Mohawk but do know that today dad and I cut your hair while you stood in the sink and then we vacuumed you clean. You look alright. But hey you are golden inside!

Dear Dot

This is exactly what you look like when you are being a total nautanki and saying No. EXACTLY like this. 

Dear Dot

You got your own room today! At 19 months you are the first to have your own room. Your parents didn't have this luxury until they were in their teens.

Use your room well. Create many fantasy worlds. Build a castle. Or a tramshed. Live it up !

Dear Dot

You love collecting leaves which makes it impossible for us to reach anywhere on time these days. Autumn is not helping. 

Keep the curiosity alive! But then wake up earlier so we have more time to reach our destination. Okay?

Kisses.

Dear Dot

We have moved past your horrible week of accidents. And my horrible work week which made me stay up nights working on a deadline for a client who forgot to mention she would be on vacation until next week. 

Now we are focussing on dressing you up for your first Halloween at daycare this 31st. 

I love owls. "Dhamri owl" to be precise. This is bangla. If you learn the language, you will know what that means. 

So basically you are going as an owl. We did a dress rehearsal today and you look like the cutest woodland creature ever.

Dear Dot

Sachin Tendulkar retired from cricket today and you fell over at daycare and split open your eyebrow on a table corner.

It's a pretty grim Thursday.