Monthly Archives: February 2012

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  Kaiya’s First Year: Week 20

  Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dona in India, Parenting, Wanderings

  Kaiya’s Happenings This Week: India has a love affair with babies, especially fair skinned ones that belong to a foreigner. Kaiya attracts attention everywhere we go, mostly of the photo-snapping, cheek pinching, ‘let me hold her’ variety. At first I thought I’d try to keep tabs on how many strangers held her during our trip, [...]

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  Kaiya’s First Year: Week 19

  Posted on February 22, 2012 by Dona in India, Parenting, Wanderings

  I’ve managed to fall behind on these weekly updates and the weeks seem to be bleeding together, so here’s a quick recap of what we’ve been up to since we last checked in. Took the train from Delhi to Calicut in Northern Kerala. Spent a day in Calicut, but because of a political strike there [...]

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  Kaiya’s First Year: Week 18

  Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dona in Parenting

    We all survived 36 hours onboard an Indian train! While we weren’t exactly sitting with chickens and goats in the general class seats, doing anything for 36 hours with 3 kids can be a challenge. We played lots of card games, ate too much train food, and relished the moments when the train would [...]

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  Kaiya’s First Year: Week 17

  Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dona in India, Parenting

  We’ve been in India now for a full week and so far so good. The first couple of days were a bit hairy as we adjusted to the time difference, extreme noise, and cold. I know, coming from Canada you’d expect India to be hot in comparison, but coming here always makes me so grateful [...]

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  Cow Poop & Almond Smoke

  Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dona in India, Parenting, Wanderings

  “Ohhh, she looks like a baby doll. Beti, beti, beti boht payar hai!” an unknown relative squeals as she pinches Kaiya cheeks and snuggles her up close. The living room has been overtaken by 25 female relatives who have come to wish Kaiya a lifetime full of happiness and good luck. Kaiya is passed around [...]

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  Kaiya’s Weekly Series: Week 16

  Posted on February 1, 2012 by Dona in India, Wanderings

  I had to triple check that it’s actually Wednesday today. I’m not entirely sure how it happened or where the time went, but our alarm clock went off at 4:30am Sunday morning at home in Victoria and now suddenly it’s Wednesday and we’re in Firozabad. Somehow between 5 airplane meals, endless ticket counters, and entertaining [...]

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