25 things that Ri did this year

1. She dropped out of play-group within a month of joining making her an official school drop-out.
2. She went on two big vacations; Kumbalgargh in Rajasthan and Kabini in Karnataka.
3. She visited Ganesha in the famous Pillayarpatti.
4. She got herself a passport.
5. She discovered she loves Gems.
6. She saw her aunt getting married.
7. She bonded with her mother's sister, her husband and her father's brother.
8. She walked confidently, is running, sprouted and is sprouting teeth.
9. She talked and talks 19 to a dozen.
10. She learnt to use a spoon.
11. Sometimes, she picks what she wants to wear.
12. She watched Dumbo for the first time.
13. She can sing the last words of most of the lines in the Kolaveri song.
14. She can almost write the alphabet A
15. She learnt to say Please, Thank You and Sorry.
16. She also learnt to throw a mean tantrum.
17. She can yield a crayon.
18. She developed an obsessive love for airline packs of Amul butter.
19. She starred as the main feature in a column her mother writes for a local community paper.
20. She knows how to brush her teeth but ends up eating all the paste.
21. She learnt alphabets and numbers.
22. She developed a bad fever a couple of times.
23. She lost interest in Ceebeebies.Poor Teletubbies.
24. She fell off the bed. Thrice.
25. She attended birthday parties and her first Christmas carnival.