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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Funny Stuff
My friend, Heather, made this and sent it to me. Big heads are always funny. You know you want to make one!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Infinite Expansion of Love
Man, I'm weepy today. Satvinder's birthday walk gave me the teary eyes...now this. Sheesh. There's just so much beauty that touches my heart.
Birthday Walk
I blinked and suddenly Satvinder is 5 years old. Today is her actual birth date. Her school does a sweet "birthday walk" to acknowledge birthdays. I find it really touching. I mostly wanted to just be present and experience it in the moment so I didn't take many pictures this year.
We brought this poster with pictures from each year of Satvinder's life. She got to tell the class about the pictures or about what she remembered from each year.
Then after sharing about that year, Satvinder carried a globe around a lit candle that was in the center of the circle, representing the earth's cycle around the sun. Meanwhile the class sung a sweet song. Satvinder was actually a very rapidly moving planet Earth - she circled the sun many times for each year! zoom, zoom, zoom!
Unrelated to the birthday - I couldn't help taking a picture of this "Windo" sign that one of the kids put on a classroom window. They are learning sounds, reading, and spelling. These kids gave me so many smiles today - they are really so charming. I love that to them, my name is "Satvinder's Mom."
Haha. Windo. It's just so cute.
We brought this poster with pictures from each year of Satvinder's life. She got to tell the class about the pictures or about what she remembered from each year.
Then after sharing about that year, Satvinder carried a globe around a lit candle that was in the center of the circle, representing the earth's cycle around the sun. Meanwhile the class sung a sweet song. Satvinder was actually a very rapidly moving planet Earth - she circled the sun many times for each year! zoom, zoom, zoom!
Unrelated to the birthday - I couldn't help taking a picture of this "Windo" sign that one of the kids put on a classroom window. They are learning sounds, reading, and spelling. These kids gave me so many smiles today - they are really so charming. I love that to them, my name is "Satvinder's Mom."Haha. Windo. It's just so cute.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Hey, the fish
Meet "Hey". Hey is a fish. Satvinder received this nice Betta fish from her friends, Sat Darshan and Nirankaar. And she named it Hey.
Good things about having a pet named Hey:
1. No wasted words. Simply saying "Hey" to the fish covers both the greeting and the identification.
2. Uniqueness. I bet you don't know anyone else with a fish named Hey.
3. New responses. The next time someone says "Hay is for horses" we can say, "No - actually, Hey is Satvinder's fish."
Good things about having a pet named Hey:
1. No wasted words. Simply saying "Hey" to the fish covers both the greeting and the identification.
2. Uniqueness. I bet you don't know anyone else with a fish named Hey.
3. New responses. The next time someone says "Hay is for horses" we can say, "No - actually, Hey is Satvinder's fish."
Satvinder's Cupcake Birthday Party
Yesterday we celebrated Satvinder's 5th Birthday with friends, family, and cupcakes.
Satvinder and party guests - check out the cute birthday hat that Satvinder received from her friend, Maria.
I made this cupcake shaped pinata, which was a fun and lengthy project since it had been nearly 20 years since I'd done paper mache!
Mangala Sadhu Sangeet Singh got on the roof and held the pinata over the edge for the kids to hit
Kids collecting pinata loot
Decorating cupcakes - that's right...you can put as many sprinkles as you want!
Happy Birthday to Satvinder!
Satvinder shrieked with joy when she opened her "My Little Pony" bus. The bus had been on her wish list.
It was a fun day!
Satvinder and party guests - check out the cute birthday hat that Satvinder received from her friend, Maria.
I made this cupcake shaped pinata, which was a fun and lengthy project since it had been nearly 20 years since I'd done paper mache!
Mangala Sadhu Sangeet Singh got on the roof and held the pinata over the edge for the kids to hit
Kids collecting pinata loot
Decorating cupcakes - that's right...you can put as many sprinkles as you want!
Happy Birthday to Satvinder!
Satvinder shrieked with joy when she opened her "My Little Pony" bus. The bus had been on her wish list.
It was a fun day!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Tree
Since the big storm back in August that uprooted many trees, we have left one of our trees in a side-lying position. It seems to be surviving fine - its just sideways.
People ask us, "So...you want to keep that sideways tree?" It could be debated. We COULD replace it with a tree that stands upright.
Here are the points of discussion - On the plus side: Satvinder loves climbing the tree, which she can now do since it is sideways. On the negative side: Our car is now a poop-mobile. Birds sit on the branches and unload continuously on our car.
Guess which side wins?
People ask us, "So...you want to keep that sideways tree?" It could be debated. We COULD replace it with a tree that stands upright.
Here are the points of discussion - On the plus side: Satvinder loves climbing the tree, which she can now do since it is sideways. On the negative side: Our car is now a poop-mobile. Birds sit on the branches and unload continuously on our car.
Guess which side wins?
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