He is two already! Every mom wants to see her son grow up quick and I do too, but I already miss the time when he was a baby that would fit in my arms while I rocked him. But his latest gimmicks come ahead each day and I love him even more!
This time decided to do the celebrations on a smaller scale. I had to invite the women in my apartment complex who had invited me earlier and a few who are really friendly. Plus some kids nearby and my immediate family of 10 people! All in all, we had about 15 elders and 14 kids.
We had decorated the entire house with cartoons and stars and balloons. Yea, most of the stuff was leftover or salvaged stuff from Arya's last birthday celebration. I can be a spendthrift if I wanted to! His happy birthday banner was last year's too. It doesn’t have a number on it so it is reusable. There were happy b’day caps too.
The cake was bought ad-hoc without any pre-booking. It was a 1.3 kg chocolate cake with Chhota Bheem on it, so Arya immediately fell in love with it and started dipping is fingers in the icing. Chhota Bheem is a craze with the kids.
Last year during Nivedita’s daughter's birthday she had organized a game that involved both kids and adults. I decided to do it too since it could be played with kids of any age group.
I took a red cloth bag and put few multi-coloured plastic balls in it. (It was a red satin bag with a golden lace at the borders. I had got fancy shoes in it from Dadar, Mumbai about 6 years back!) Each kid would come forward and announce what colour ball he/she wanted from it. The kid would then close his/her eyes and draw a ball. If the ball is of the same colour as announced, the kid would get two Cadbury chocolates, else just one. One chocolate for the loser was a must if I didn’t want crying children in the party!
One of the moms said that she wanted to try it out too. So I had another round for the mommies! This time the losing moms didn’t get anything! I had to make up for the lack of chocolates.
The fun part was when Pranjal (Namita’s daughter and Arya’s cousin) walked to me during the game, and said that she wants to play too. She had a try an d was really sad that she didn’t get the right ball. I gave her a chocolate anyway. Sejal, her sister, directly went to the box and took her chocolate without bothering with the formalities.
Arya came next and took a ball. Everyone clapped because he was the smallest of the gang. Arya began looking at the audience and started clapping (I’m guessing that this kid is won’t have stage fear). He didn’t bother to see if the ball was correct or not and directly grabbed his chocolate. Again he waited for a moment for everyone to clap.
I dropped my plan to make pav-bhaji and hired a caterer we know. The menu was simple pulav, chhole, gulab jamun, puris, and salad, apart from wafers, chocolates and cake.
Kids got apple shaped lunch plates as return gifts! And Arya got a cupboard for himself from Namita maushi, Mega Blocks wagon with building blocks from Asmita maushi, a bicycle from grandparents and parents, and lots of other gifts!
This time decided to do the celebrations on a smaller scale. I had to invite the women in my apartment complex who had invited me earlier and a few who are really friendly. Plus some kids nearby and my immediate family of 10 people! All in all, we had about 15 elders and 14 kids.
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| My mom, sister and her daughters with Arya |
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| Arya with his cousin Pranjal |
We had decorated the entire house with cartoons and stars and balloons. Yea, most of the stuff was leftover or salvaged stuff from Arya's last birthday celebration. I can be a spendthrift if I wanted to! His happy birthday banner was last year's too. It doesn’t have a number on it so it is reusable. There were happy b’day caps too.
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| Chhota Bheem cake! |
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| Arya secretly eating the cake! |
Last year during Nivedita’s daughter's birthday she had organized a game that involved both kids and adults. I decided to do it too since it could be played with kids of any age group.
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| Colored balls in the bag... |
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| Pranjal doing her try |
One of the moms said that she wanted to try it out too. So I had another round for the mommies! This time the losing moms didn’t get anything! I had to make up for the lack of chocolates.
The fun part was when Pranjal (Namita’s daughter and Arya’s cousin) walked to me during the game, and said that she wants to play too. She had a try an d was really sad that she didn’t get the right ball. I gave her a chocolate anyway. Sejal, her sister, directly went to the box and took her chocolate without bothering with the formalities.
Arya came next and took a ball. Everyone clapped because he was the smallest of the gang. Arya began looking at the audience and started clapping (I’m guessing that this kid is won’t have stage fear). He didn’t bother to see if the ball was correct or not and directly grabbed his chocolate. Again he waited for a moment for everyone to clap.
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| Dinner time! |
Kids got apple shaped lunch plates as return gifts! And Arya got a cupboard for himself from Namita maushi, Mega Blocks wagon with building blocks from Asmita maushi, a bicycle from grandparents and parents, and lots of other gifts!
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| My new Bike! |
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| New cupboard for my stuff! |
yes it was fun!!!
ReplyDeletebut i liked the after party that you, Arya, Namita n her kids and Rahul had!!!
nothing can beat that! lol!!!
Yes @ART, After that party, we had a great treat at CCD and a great family entertainment program which was fun. I can still remember Namita saying that we shouldn't leave Dad and RT alone in a house!
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