Raneesha, you've turned THREE!

1. Your favorite word, for now, is BEAUTIFUL (pronounced as "bee-ti-fool')
2. For now, and for the past 6 months, you are aspiring to be a BALLERINA. You constantly walk on your toes and show off your dancing "skills" to drive home this point.
3. Your favorite color is PURPLE. Thank God it's not pink coz your Ga Je's (Cantonese word for elder sister) is simply too fascinated with pink, much to our chagrin!
4. You love DRESSES just because your Ga Je loves dresses too. Please know that you always do the curtsey and say "thank you Your Majesty" whenever anyone tells you you're pretty.
5. You LOVE the most: your maternal Thaata and Paati; followed by your Appa, Amma, and Ga Je - in this particular order, yes.
6. You also always TALK about your Roan Anna; Australian Mummy and Achan. Your Thaata is now familiarizing you with Skype. :)
7. You are STUBBORN (trust us!); do not give in easily, and your best friend and number 1 enemy is your Ga Je.
8. You use a host of key words in 4 LANGUAGES/DIALECTS : English, Tamil, Malayalam, and Cantonese - for now, that is.
9. And oh, Appa insists that you know this coz it's really important: you have created a SONG of your own (that is actually a combination of different Disney songs) and which goes..."everything you do is a boom boom clap and a folie..." Please don't ask us what it. We are just waiting for you to outgrow this song and move on already!

We LOVE YOU, Raneesha, more than WORDS could ever say. On this very SPECIAL day of yours and ours too, we wish you the most LOVING of GOD's BLESSINGS. Thank you, our dear girl, for coming into our lives. REMEMBER, OUR LOVE FOR YOU WILL SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A BEACON IN THE DARK - FOR ETERNITY.

Love always from all of us on August 8, 2011