Annslie’s Cake Day(as she has been calling it) has Finally arrived!
5:00 pm birthday party, we invited our employees, S.S. van driver, and Kobid(for interpreting purposes). Dipti brought her diabetic husband Uttam, night guard Shunil came with his daughter in law Shumi and grandson.
Day guard Tulshi gave Annslie a long haired, stuffed dog with a heavy bottom,
Dipti brought her 6 Nic Nacs(imitation Kit Kats),
Shunil brought a bagful of candy and snacks, daughter in law Shumi brought the decorated layer cake that we’d ordered… white cake, the frosting had a yellow hue, a paper butterfly perched in the piping on the top edge, a few pearls and Happy Birthday Annslie written on the top
Kobid brought her a small tub of chocolate icecream.
A living room full of our Bangali friends visiting, my heart was full💗 but just a bit daunting to Annslie, she climbed up on the bench next to Tulshi, her favorite Bangali
Christina and the girls made some spiced cha ☕️
We turned out the lights, lit the candles, sang Happy Birthday during which Annslie started crying… was all a little much for her.. and then she wouldn’t blow out the candles so we gave her some time, Lonnie held her and started sending little puffs at the candles, blowing out 2. When she saw there was only 1 left she quickly blew it out cause she does love to blow out candles! Then we filled the plates with cake, icecream, and chanachud (a spicy, crunchy mix). Annslie helped me serve them, starting with Tulshi and Dipti. Nee-tie, our S.S. rickshaw van driver reminded us we needed to pray 1st(he very faithfully reminds us at any occasion involving food).
After the food we had Annslie open her gift from Maddie.. the quiet book I’d helped her make. And then Shunil said he needed to go, Hindu prayer time. Shumi was not in a hurry to leave tho and lingered, taking a picture of our peach colored hibiscus tree 🌺 But Shunil was insistent. Everybody else took their leave also.. We told Kobid, if he didn’t have anything else going he could stay and play Carrom. Tulshi came in also and Lonnie and I played against those 2 with plenty of interruptions for Lonnie and I. We both spent partial games playing the other side as well.
After they were gone, we let Annslie open the rest of her gifts. 💭 We had varying opinions on whether we should let her open them in front of the natives.. We didn’t know what they would think of More toys and books when we already have more than any of them! But, maybe they would enjoy trying to play the fishing game too or listening to Kobid translate a children’s story about a mudskipper in the Shundorbans..?.?.?
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