Asha in her Sixth Year

Asha at Age 6

1. Color: Blue
2. Fruit: Mango
3. Vegetable: Bell Peppers
4. Breakfast: Nutella on Toast
5. Lunch: Bagel and Cream Cheese with a Kit Kat
6. Snack: Hot Chocolate
7. Dinner: Parathas and Dal
8. Drink: Mango Lassi
9. Dessert: Bread Pudding*
10. Candy: lolly pops
11. Ice Cream Flavor: chocolate with vanilla swirl
12. Animal: Tiger
13. Song: One Way or Another by One Direction
14. Book: Little Treasure by Colin McNaughtun
15. TV Show: Sophia the Great
16. Movie: Moana
17. Outfit:Sequenced Flippy Unicorn Sweatshirt
18. Toy: Dog Stuffy, Snowy
19. Thing to take to bed at night:Dog Stuffy
20. Game: Jenga
21. Thing to do outside: Play soccer
22. School subject: Math
23. Sport: Soccer
24. Vacation place: Missouri and India
25. Best friend: Mom and dad
26. What I want t be when I grow up: An engineer that builds robots
27. Favorite after school activity: sports and games
28: How to be a cool parent: Dads should wear a big gold cross and a gold shirt and rap.  Moms should wear a lot of make up.

Photo highlights of the year:

December 2019: Asha on her seventh birthday in India.
Asha at her ballet class.
November 2019: Gma comes to visit for Thanksgiving and we went to the Baltimore Museum of Art for a class. 

Met up with cousins at the zoo in D.C.

Asha in Mexico celebrating the Day of the Dead.

October 2019: Asha dressed up for Halloween with neighbors Gabriel and Jim.

Asha at the Harriet Tubman museum near Cambridge, Maryland.

September 2019: Asha at Ladew Gardens. 

Asha on the first day of first grade!

August 2019: Asha showing off a geyser pool in Yellowstone National Park.

Asha and Gma at the Hallmark Cards headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.

July 2019: Asha and her fairy house that she made at camp at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York.

Asha and her cousins in Virginia Beach.

Asha and her parents at the Ben and Jerry Factory in Waterbury, Vermont. 

June 2019: Asha meets her baby cousin Genevieve in Illinois.

Asha with her Chicago cousins.

Asha walking home with her dear friend Catherine.

Asha on her last day of Kindergarden. 

May 2019: Asha with her grandparents in Pennslyvania.

Asha lost a front tooth. 

April 2019: Asha painting in the backyard. 

Asha and the tulips at Sherwood Gardens in Baltimore, Maryland.

March 2019: Asha planting seeds for tomato, thai peppers, okra and basil for our family garden.

Asha and her buddy Catherine.

February 2019: Asha and dad on a hike.

Janurary 2019: Asha and Gabriel and the backyard snowman. 

Asha at the local ice skating rink taking a lesson.

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