It’s my friend’s birthday and we went shopping to buy her birthday gift. We have been friends since the first day of nursery school. We play together and share our toys. So I want to buy something very special for her. Mumma took me to the shopping mall close to our house where there are many toy shops. It is a very big mall and you can find almost everything there.

We went straight to the second floor. There is one shop that I love a lot. It has many toys and gift items. Dadda brings me to this shop to make up my mind whenever I am angry. I have bought many toys from this shop. Everyone knows me here, so I went in and told them that I want to buy a very special gift for my friend. They took me to the girl’s toys section where there were loads of toys – Barbie dolls, kitchen sets, bedroom sets, beach sets, soft toys and a lot more.

Both of us love the same kind of toys, so I decided to take a colourful battery operated train set. There are different parts that have to be put together to make a train track. The train moves on it making a choo-choo-ing sound. I love this toy! Dadda bought me this gift last year and I want my friend to have this as well. I picked up the gift and the person at the toy store said, it’s a perfect choice.

Mumma also appreciated my choice. We went to the paying counter, where Mumma paid the bill and we came out of the store. We had ice-cream and popcorn and came back home. On the way back home, we bought a colourful birthday gift wrapper.

We have to attend the birthday party tomorrow, so we started packing her gift. Mumma gathered all the things in one place – sticky tape, scissors, ribbons and sketch pens. She wrapped the pack carefully. I helped her cut the sticky tape and stick the wrapper at every corner.

The pink ribbons were a perfect match. Mumma made a beautiful flower and curls with the ribbon. We first tied the gift with the ribbon and then place the flower and curls properly with help of some adhesive. With help of the colourful sketch pens, Mumma wrote her name on the gift. It looked amazing! I am sure my friend will love it.

I decided to make a handmade card for my friend. So I cut a chart paper in a rectangular shape and fold it into the shape of a card. Mumma helped me draw some balloons on the card on which I wrote ‘Happy Birthday to You’. I coloured them carefully and wrote a message inside the card.
Now I am fully prepared to attend my friend’s birthday party tomorrow. I am sure she will love my gift and we will have a lot of fun together.

Hello Everyone!

Variety is the spice of life. Life without feasts and celebrations is charm less and lifeless. So is true in case of school life. Without functions and celebrations school life becomes monotonous and uninteresting. Therefore, almost all the schools have certain annual functions such as, Annual Sports Day, Parents’ Day, Teacher’s Day, School Anniversary Day, and so much more. These celebrations add color and charm to school life.

Recently my school declared that this year we are all going to celebrate the occasion of Easter. On going back home I asked Dadda what is the significance and meaning of this festival. Dadda told me that Easter Sunday or Resurrection Sunday is an important and very old Christian festival. This festive event is celebrated mainly by Christians in the honor of Resurrection of Jesus Christ from dead. It is believed that the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead took place three days after his crucifixion. That’s why people celebrate Easter by visiting the church and praying to God.

Easter Sunday is that this day signifies the win of Good over Bad. Lord Jesus is the “son of God” and the resurrection of Jesus signifies that follower of virtuous or righteous path will always be loved and protected by God. Dadda told me that praying to God every day and being thankful to Him for whatever we have in our lives will help us become better human beings.

Our teacher in school told us that Easter marks the end of the forty days of Lent, a period during which the Christians observe fast and penitence in preparation for the Easter which begins on Ash Monday and ends on Easter Sunday. She gave us an entire schedule which shall be followed in school for the entire Easter week. Our morning prayers shall be extended to 15 more minutes from the usual time. This shall be followed by recitations and hymns by our school chorus group. I am very excited about the whole thing as I shall get to learn more about the religious and cultural norms of Christianity.

So here I begin my preparations for Easter! I told Mumma to buy me psalms and a book on prayers to be taken to school. I thought I shall share a few lines from the book in our Morning Prayer session. This way I too can participate in the event. I have also given my name in the Chorus. For this we would be required to stay back in school for an extra hour to practice the hymns post our classes. I am thrilled to experience the entire event.

I also came to know that before Easter Sunday, the preceding week is known as Holy Week that celebrates Holy Thursday as well as the Good Friday. We have a holiday for Good Friday. Dadda and Mumma have promised me to take me to the church to see the ceremonies that are celebrated. This is going to be an eventful week for me and I am so glad that God has given me this opportunity to experience and be a part of it.

Happy Easter!