Joe chetan, was also in town the same week. He wasn't sure if he would be able to make it since he was pretty busy with work. Saturday morning he called us to say he will be able to make it. Yay!
Saturday was a busy day.Rhea had swim lessons that morning so I took her for that. Sean had soccer at noon for which Aji took him and we told Joe chetan that we'll pick him at 4:00pm. I did my cooking in between all this. Aji was a bit late to start from here but managed to pick up Joe chetan and get home by 6:30pm. Soon after Joppen, Anishchayan and family came over. We had a great night of fun and laughter and after dinner, it was dessert time and I brought the chocolate cheesecake, the mimickers and the chocolate dipped strawberries. As I was serving the dessert, Aji sneaked out of his seat and couple of minutes later reappeared with cake, lighted candle et all. My birthday was 2 days later and boy did he get me on this one. I did not see this coming at all...what a surprise!!! The kids were all excited and I was so embarrassed, I wanted to hide under the table. I was just not prepared for all the attention. It was a good surprise so I tried to enjoy the moment the best I could.
Last weekend Aji's cousin from California was in D.C for a conference. We came to know about it only on Friday and he wanted to stop by. He said that he was staying with a friend. We suggested Tea or Dinner and he opted for Tea. Maybe he had already made dinner plans with pals. Since it was an action packed weekend - swimming, soccer I didn’t plan for anything big. Saturday morning rolled around and Aji took Rhea for swimming. Around noonish Sean started showing symptoms of UTI so Aji took him to urgent care and sure enough it was. By the time he came home, Joboy chetan and his friend and wife (Regi and Geetha) and Geetha's sister Latha and her husband Tomsy stopped by. They made a quick stop at ANishchayan's place and Anishchayan and Suzanna brought them to our place. We had a great time with them...I had make egg puffs which they thoroughly enjoyed. They even took the leftovers for their son who LOVES puffs. I had also made a crumb cake which was also enjoyed by all. We took chicken spring rolls and coconut macaroons also along with tea. We chatted quite a bit and then we suggested that they stay back for drinks and dinner. They didn’t seem to mind the drinks part but had to get back to the Latha's place since all the kids were there and were supposed to go to a birthday party. Tomsy and Latha left to take the kids to the party, Anishchayan and fly left for church and they had a friend over for dinner.
So once the movers left the shakers took the party to the deck. The bar was open and Glenfiddich was the star of the show and definitely helped to take everyone's humor and wit to a whole new level. Luckily I had some cutlets and almonds to accompany the wine and scotch. Much fun was had by all and the party dispersed around 8:00pm since they had to pick up the kids.
What a fun last few weekends it has been. We really hope we have more family coming to this part of town! It’s always a joy to have near and dear ones for company!
