Lets start with Friday, Halloween. At daycare they had a costume parade. All the kiddies got dressed up in their costumes and had a little parade in the parking lot. I really wish I could have seen it, but I'm sure Diya must have a a great time. In the evening I got Diya back in her costume and we headed out for her first ever Trick-or-Treating experience. She loved it. She would reach in the candy bowls and grab one candy and held it as tight as possible 'till we got to the next house where she had to do it again. She would say 'hi' and 'bye-bye' to everyone. She even said 'thank you' once when I asked her to. We only visiting about 5 houses...mostly just the people we knew on our street. It was a very fun Halloween. Here is Diya on our front steps in her lady bug costume.
Saturday morning was Sushma and Sam's house warming. It was nice to see them all moved in finally. Their place looked great. Many other kids there too so Diya loved running around behind them. She got fed so much food by anyone who took her. She was loving it.
Saturday evening was the ever waited annual samaj diwali party. This year there was a fancy dress, rangoli, mendhi, and dessert competition. Diya took part in the fancy dress...she was a pari (fairy). She was the entertainment while everyone was having appetizers. There was open area and music...what else does she need. I took part in the rangoli and mendhi competition. Didn't win either, but had a really good time taking part. By 9 Diya was getting sleepy. She wouldn't sleep but had her head down and was getting tired. We finally left around 10. Good thing we didn't wait for the end of the party which was apparently 2am! Here are 2 videos from the evening.
appetizer entertainment from Diya Shah on Vimeo.
Diya as pariyo ki rani from Diya Shah on Vimeo.
Sunday we got few things done around the house, made some phone calls, did a little shopping and had a nice dinner at dosa temple. Perfect ending to a great weekend.
