Birthday Party #2

This evening we were invited to our second children’s birthday party here in India. The first one was back in March, and was quite an experience. This party was at the same place, and it was even more festive than the first. There were probably about 100 guests with children of all ages to celebrate little Krishna’s 3rd birthday. In addition to a magician (Mr. Sendhu), face painter (Ms. Pratima) and ‘bouncy castle’, there was a full food spread of dosai, mini-idli, pizza, quiche and all the ice cream that kids could eat. Kaia enjoyed himself, but was a bit overwhelmed by all of the noise and games. He wanted to go home after about 90 minutes. It was really cute when we said goodbye to Krisna and his parents, as Kaia and Krishna shared an unprovoked embrace. Kaia was sad to have to wash off his crab and heart paintings, but at least we have the photos as a reminder.

Why I Love this Time: Amazingly, how comfortable many aspects of life have become that I never would have imagined would be the case. Humans do have a way of settling down and finding their own happy rhythms.