Sharanyaa’s birthday shopping on 10.01.09

Went to buy a  birthday dress for Sharanyaa. She has been dreaming of buying the frock ever since I bought Shambhavi’s in November. A girl who loves to be at home, it was indeed an effort when she said she would come with me shopping. We took the metro ..by the time we reached she was hungry..had chole baturea and proceeded on. She fell in love with the first frock she saw …was difficult to make her fall out of love…but I managed and got her a lovely golden frock instead..got matching shoes as well. Reached home late because Sharanyaa wanted to have pink candy…went searching for the hawker …could find him nowhere…ultimately saw the candy in some aunty’s hand…went to ask her where she bought if from…she understood the state i was in and kindly gave the candy to sharnayaa…i heaved a sigh of relief. Finally we reached home. I was anticipating the burst out. It happened when I was making chicken in the kitchen. The shrill was deafening and the volume kept on increasing. Shambhavi was uncontrollable, envy had completely overtaken her. After she had cried for 15 mins, i asked Sharanyaa if she had shown the shoes as well. She replied No. I told her to show them too so that the envy act happens once and for all. It happened. Shambahvi kept crying for an hour. I let her. She had to learn how cope up with jealously. And I should say, she did it well. One hour she suffered, then she came to terms with it. Ranjith was home by then and Shambahvi wore the entire set to show him. I think that was how she decided to kill jealously – experiencing the feeling that actually did not belong to her. It worked because when Sharanyaa also decided to wear and show Ranjith. Shambahvi actually helped her wear it and also kissed her saying that she looked lovely. Wow! that was nice. Hey, Shambhavi just realized that once the dress gets short for Sharanyaa, it is going to be hers. Well, that’s a day ending on a nice, positive note.