As part of the Friday 5 series Mommy Niri continues this week with fresh thoughts her impending daughters’ (yes both of them) birthday festivities the next day. Not sure how to deal with the huge bash but fugured taking some time to write this blog post will prevent me from thinking of ever-growing to-do list. RSVP. Come on, most of the time you know whether you...

It is birthday season all year when you have kids. It seems all you can do is manage the social calendar of your kids and with a twinge of envy wonder why your own seems drier than the Sahara desert. It it all I can do to keep my head wrapped around the several dates filled in the year. When I moan to parents of older kids about the amount of parties they chalk it up...

What an end to a very wet weekend that saw a wasted Saturday. Luckily we had beautiful weather for Ani’s 4th birthday party this Sunday. His folks planned the perfect birthday which included a bouncy house for the kids, scrumptious food prepared by mommy Ritu (she is an excellent cook and her several catering clients will attest to that, heck my need for a Mommy...

Jia’s 3rd birthday was held at the Kids Playground in Woburn, ma, a big indoor playground for kids. After Bela’s 1st Birthday party had 33 kids in attendance this location with its tunnels, tree-house and pretend play rooms seemed ideal. After playing all the kids were treated to a Dora birthday party. After stuffing of pizza, punch, ice-cream and cake, everyone...

Bela’s 1st Birthday party had 33 kids and their families cramped in our lounge enjoying the wonderful music by Kindermusik teacher Bernadette Baird. She was enthralling enough that all we could see was smiling faces. Maybe it was the yummy samosas or spicy paun bhaji on a cold April morning but there was merriment all over. Maybe too much as the birthday girl Bela...

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It is birthday time and it seems like decisions are up in the air. Ok, I am now a stay at home (SAHM) so this is where we get to roll up our sleeves and put our babes on display. I mean it is what our life is made up of now. Attending birthdays and giving them too. The pressure mounts with the various decisions. Timing for one, better make sure not on any public holiday,...