Friday, January 06, 2006

Nikki






Nikki is the daughter of Poonam and Guha and she is almost five years old. During our Hindi lessons every day, she is a source of great entertainment and joy. She is an incredibly gifted dancer and knows all of the latest hindi songs. She is really adorable and is incredibly hospitable. Nearly every day she will ask her mom if she is going to give us tea or not. Even when we are not there, she always tells her mom to save food for us and pieces of cake.

One of the phrases that Houser says over and over again is "Meera patni bahout sunder hai," meaning, my wife is very beautiful. Houser will tell it to Nikki every day and she'll always groan and roll her eyes. She thought this was so funny that she told her dad about it at night. She's started a dance now called, "Meera patni bahout sunder hai," and we all laugh hysterically every time she does it.

Needless to say, we are having so much fun with Nikki and look forward to hanging out with her and her family. Tomorrow we are supposed to go to a park nearby with Poonam and Nikki and learn Hindi there. This park has a little petting zoo sort of place so we can learn the name of different animals, flowers and all sorts of park vocabulary.