Tea and Treats
My dad arrived yesterday for Kavi’s party; we came over to Roshani’s house this morning for tea and treats with her father.
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It’s Kavi’s Sixteenth Birthday Today
She informed me this morning that she’d been researching what you get to do at sixteen, and she is now old enough to drive (she takes her test next week, eep), and also old enough to get married (but her sweetie is still fifteen, so she can’t actually marry them yet). I think she’s wrong
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One Cookie Done, Another Fifty to Go
Well, I didn’t get through ALL the computer work on my list, but the vast majority of it, and I got an extension on the last thing ’til tomorrow, so when my brain starting melting at 3 p.m. — teatime is usually about my limit — I switched to baking for Kavi’s party instead. Kevin
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Thank You S’mores
The kids were only a little complain-y about all the sod lifting and rolling, and as a thank you, I built them a fire and pulled out the s’mores fixings. I also had discovered the badminton supplies during the garage clear-out earlier this week, so we did some of that too (mostly avoiding the newly-sodded
Kindly Rolling It Out
When we got the sod home — we’re repairing the giant dead circle created by three years of backyard pool — the kids kindly rolled it out. They tolerated me recording them, briefly.
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Mehndi Pattern Candles
Another little thingie from Etsy for Kavi’s party — I think we’ll put these in the gift bags. Supposedly when you light them, the mehndi pattern ends up floating on top of the melted wax, but I haven’t tried them out yet. That would make them even cooler.
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Making a Little Progress
This semester has been so oddly choppy and weird, I’m behind again on everything. But I finally did start making a little progress on Kavi’s party planning, so that’s nice. Isn’t this sign adorable? The blue and gold at the bottom are garlands that will hang down (like in the picture), shipped from India. Etsy
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Lots of Years and Choices Ahead
Kavi was pretty tired at the end of the night, possibly because she spent a good portion of the party giving the birthday girl piggyback rides. Kavi really likes little kids — she does a lot of babysitting these days, and if she makes it all the way to med school, she’s currently thinking she
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The Drowned Ophelia
You get one minute in the little transparent cubbies that jut out the sides of Willis tower. (Yes, it’s slightly nerve-wracking stepping out into them, even though it’s totally safe.) I grabbed a quick photo of our feet, and then spent the rest of the time doing a photo shoot for Kavi. The drowned Ophelia
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