Wanted to share this pic of maya that I love. This is when she became a Japanese doll for her school fancy dress competition.
Well, Maya is at that age when she likes frills & pinks & princesses & barbies. She wanted to be something very pretty like a princess or a doll. And when her father suggested that she become Ravana, she was appalled. (Trust men to come up with something like that. Tho i must admit I quite liked the idea & her reaction was very funny too.)
After a lot of thinking (we wanted her to be different, but at the same time it had to be do-able too, since rented costumes would be disqualified & it had to appeal to Maya) we finally settled on dressing her up as a Japanese doll with white make up & all.
I had this old night shirt of mine which was modified into a kimono with satin piping. The make up & hair & the umbrella which a colleague had was perfect to complete the look.
And I simply loved this expressive picture of her looking into the mirror.
-maya ki mummy
Archive for February, 2007
Japani Gudiya
February 28th, 2007
My Favourite Mistake
February 28th, 2007
To be honest, Maya wasn't planned. We did not plan to have a baby for another 3 years at least if at all we did.
And when I came to know I was pregnant a month after we celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary..I was.. err confused, a lil’ angry, felt .I don't know what .something.. but not on top of the world.
My first thought was,' Do I want to have a baby now? Am I ready for the responsibility? What about my work? And the things I'll be hindered from doing when I have a child..? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
And it didn’t help that my husband was leaving for a 3 month assignment that very night.
At that moment I even felt betrayed. Hey, you cant leave me just when this has happened. We need to take this decision together. And here he was running away. 
Though somewhere at the back of my mind I knew I'd be keeping maya, I went to my family doctor who advised me to keep the baby, tho he did say 'it is finally your decision' & 'bcoz u'll regret it later'. & also bcoz, 'it was my first.'
So I did decide to have Maya .
And things somehow just changed completely when an uncle of mine told me, 'just go with the flow.’ Something very simple, but I did just that & was so much happier.
And to cut a long story short like the song by Sheryl Crowe, Maya is my Favourite Mistake. 
-maya ki mummy
