Minchu's Fourteenth Week: Toe-Sucking Adventures and Temple Tours Continue

June 28 - July 4, 2025

Greetings, faithful readers! Your increasingly flexible correspondent Minchu here, reporting from my fourteenth week of adventures! This week brought some absolutely revolutionary discoveries - I found my toes! Plus, I continued my temple touring career, experienced my first park adventure, and developed some hilarious new facial expressions. Let me tell you all about these exciting developments!

🦶 The Great Toe Discovery

The most mind-blowing development this week was discovering that I have TOES, and they're absolutely delicious! Here's how this monumental discovery unfolded:

The Discovery Process

I figured out how to grab my legs with both hands
Successfully pulled my foot all the way to my face
Discovered these amazing little things called "toes"
Immediately decided they needed to be taste-tested
Now spend considerable time in what Appa calls "happy baby pose"

The adults find this absolutely hilarious and keep taking photos of me trying to stuff my feet into my mouth. I don't understand what's so funny - I'm just exploring my own anatomy! It's called self-discovery, people! 👶🦶

🏛️ Temple Tour Continues

My temple touring career continued this week with a visit to a nearby Chamundi Temple, not the world-famous Chamundi Temple (Ajo says the bigger one is very crowded in this season)! This was quite different from my previous temple experiences:

Chamundi Temple Highlights

So many people! We had to wait in something called a queue, which I found was very non-chaotic.
I maintained my signature prayer pose throughout the visit
Fell asleep just after the darshan (all that spiritual energy was very soothing!)

I'm definitely developing a reputation as a very well-behaved temple baby. The adults are impressed by how calm and reverent I am during these visits. I think I'm a natural devotee! 🙏

🌳 First Park Adventure

This week I experienced my first proper park outing! I had only heard of the place when I was in Amma's belly. What an adventure that was:

Park Discoveries

So much open space and fresh air!
Different sounds - birds, other children, rustling leaves
New textures and sights everywhere
Unfortunately got a bit overheated and had to cut the visit short

Note to self: Parks are amazing but require better temperature management. Maybe next time we'll go during cooler hours!

😄 Facial Expression Mastery

This week I developed some absolutely hilarious new facial expressions:

The Lip-Sucking Face

My latest signature move: sucking my upper lip
Creates the most amusing expressions
Perfect for making the adults forget what they were upto

Enhanced Communication

My raspberry sounds are getting more sophisticated
I now say "aaaooo" during Appa's veda classes (perfect timing!)
Different expressions for different moods

📸 Third Month Photoshoot

This week we did my official third-month photoshoot! I was feeling particularly fresh and cooperative:

Showed off all my best poses
Gave my most charming smiles
Proved that I'm definitely photogenic

The adults seemed very pleased with how the photos turned out. I'm becoming quite the little model!

🚗 Solo Adventures (Sort Of)

Appa went on a day trip to Bangalore without me, and I was quite cranky about it:

Missed having Appa walk me around (I have standards!)
Made sure Amma, Ammamma, and Ajo knew I wasn't happy about his absence
When he came back, I made sure to give him extra attention - I even stayed up late for him!
Learned that I don't like being separated from my walking-and-soothing team

Appa brought back toys for me from his trip, which was a nice peace offering!

📊 Minchu's Week 14 Stats

New Body Parts Discovered: Toes (and they're delicious!)
Temple Visits: 1 (Local Chamundi Temple with perfect behavior)
Facial Expressions Mastered: Lip-sucking face and enhanced varieties
Veda Class Participation: Active "Om" responses
Photoshoot Cooperation: 100% professional model behavior
Appa Separation Tolerance: Low (I missed my walking buddy!)

🔮 Looking Ahead

As I finish my fourteenth week, I'm feeling very accomplished! I've discovered a major new food source (my toes), continued my temple touring career, and expanded my social experiences significantly.

Next week promises even more adventures. I heard something about visitors coming for my 100th day celebration - sounds like a big deal! I'm working on perfecting my most charming expressions for the occasion.

Until next week's adventures!

With toe-sucking skills and temple blessings, Minchu 👶

P.S. Appa seemed particularly emotional about his day away from me. I think he's getting properly attached to our daily routine together. Good - I've trained him well! 😉